Fancy Footwork

Fancy Footwork
Studio album by
Chromeo
ReleasedMay 8, 2007 (2007-05-08)
Studio
  • DNA Productions, Mixart Studios (Montreal)
  • Third Side Studios (Paris)
Genre
Length39:53
Label
ProducerChromeo
Chromeo chronology
She's in Control
(2004) 		Fancy Footwork
(2007) 		Business Casual
(2010)
Singles from Fancy Footwork
  1. "Fancy Footwork"
    Released: April 12, 2007
  2. "Tenderoni"
    Released: June 10, 2007
  3. "Bonafied Lovin"
    Released: November 1, 2007
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauA−[2]
DIY[3]
musicOMH[4]
The Phoenix[5]
Pitchfork Media7.9/10[6]
PopMatters6/10[7]
Slant Magazine[8]
Stylus MagazineB[9]

Fancy Footwork is the second studio album by Canadian electro-funk duo Chromeo, released on May 8, 2007 by Turbo Recordings and Last Gang Records. The album spawned three singles: "Fancy Footwork", "Tenderoni", and "Bonafied Lovin". In the United States, Fancy Footwork reached number eleven on the Top Electronic Albums chart and number twenty-five on the Top Heatseekers chart.

A deluxe edition of the album was released in July 2008, containing a bonus disc of remixes and bonus tracks, as well as music videos. A special edition titled Fancier Footwork was released digitally in June 2008, consisting of three bonus tracks and fifteen remixes.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Chromeo

No.TitleLength
1."Intro"1:08
2."Tenderoni"4:14
3."Fancy Footwork"3:18
4."Bonafied Lovin (Tough Guys)"4:32
5."My Girl Is Calling Me (A Liar)"2:20
6."Outta Sight"2:36
7."Opening Up (Ce soir on danse)"4:58
8."Momma's Boy"2:49
9."Call Me Up"4:11
10."Waiting 4 U"3:47
11."100%"6:00
Deluxe edition bonus music videos[10]
No.TitleLength
12."Fancy Footwork"3:22
13."Bonafied Lovin"3:50
14."Tenderoni"3:34
15."Needy Girl"3:59
16."I Am Somebody" (DJ Mehdi featuring Chromeo)3:20
Deluxe edition bonus disc[11]
No.TitleLength
1."Needy Girl"4:17
2."Rage!"4:35
3."You're So Gangsta"4:03
4."I Am Somebody" (DJ Mehdi featuring Chromeo)3:10
5."Tenderoni" (MSTRKRFT Remix)4:45
6."Fancy Footwork" (Crookers Remix)5:28
7."Needy Girl" (Lifelike Remix)7:05
8."Bonafied Lovin" (Yuksek Remix)4:25
9."Me & My Man" (Whitey vs. Chromeo Fly Whitey Remix)4:03
10."You're So Gangsta" (Playgroup Remix)5:48
11."Destination: Overdrive" (DFA Remix)5:37
12."Fancy Footwork" (Laidback Luke Remix)6:37
13."Bonafied Lovin" (Jori Hulkkonen Remix)9:02
Fancier Footwork[12]
No.TitleLength
1."Needy Girl"4:17
2."Rage!"4:34
3."You're So Gangsta"4:01
4."Needy Girl" (Lifelike Remix)7:04
5."Me & My Man" (Whitey Remix)4:08
6."You're So Gangsta" (Playgroup Remix)5:58
7."Destination: Overdrive" (DFA Remix)5:48
8."Bonafied Lovin" (Jori Hulkkonen Remix)9:07
9."Bonafied Lovin" (Riot in Belgium & Ooh Ee Remix)4:55
10."Bonafied Lovin" (Les Petits Pilous Remix)3:37
11."Bonafied Lovin" (Sweetlight Remix)6:32
12."Tenderoni" (MSTRKRFT Remix)4:46
13."Tenderoni" (Étienne de Crécy Remix)6:00
14."Tenderoni" (Proxy Distort Mix)4:15
15."Tenderoni" (Sinden Remix)4:43
16."Fancy Footwork" (D.I.M. Remix)6:31
17."Fancy Footwork" (Tomas Barfod Remix)6:29
18."Fancy Footwork" (Surkin Rogue Teens Remix)5:04

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Fancy Footwork.[13]

Charts

Chart performance for Fancy Footwork
Chart (2007) Peak
position
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[14] 11
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[15] 25

Release history

Region Date Format Edition Label Ref.
Canada May 8, 2007
Standard
[16][17]
Australia May 26, 2007 Modular [18][19]
United States June 19, 2007 Vice [20][21]
Germany June 22, 2007 CD
[22]
Japan July 4, 2007
  • CD
  • digital download
 KSR [23][24]
United Kingdom July 22, 2007 Digital download Back Yard [25]
July 30, 2007 CD [26]
Canada June 3, 2008 Digital download Fancier Footwork
  • Turbo
  • Last Gang
 [12]
July 3, 2008 CD Deluxe Vice [27]
United States July 8, 2008
  • CD
  • LP
  • digital download
 [11][28][29]

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  7. ^ Raper, Dan (July 26, 2007). "Chromeo: Fancy Footwork". PopMatters. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
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