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** His songs "Scatman" and "Scatman's World" got quite a bit of mileage in the early days of Website/YouTube. They were frequently used in [=AMVs=], WebAnimation/{{YouTube Poop}}s, and ''WebAnimation/SuperMario64Bloopers''. Additionally, "The Invisible Man" was commonly used in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' videos featuring the Spy.

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** His songs "Scatman" and "Scatman's World" got quite a bit of mileage in the early days of Website/YouTube. They were frequently used in [=AMVs=], WebAnimation/{{YouTube {{YouTube Poop}}s, and ''WebAnimation/SuperMario64Bloopers''. Additionally, "The Invisible Man" was commonly used in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' videos featuring the Spy.
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** One of his songs was called [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 "Let It Go"]]. One of the background singers even sings the title the same way as the final chorus of the song from ''Frozen''.
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Added link to a higher-quality fan upload of Fubuki's 3D video.


** While his international success is certainly nothing to sneeze at, the Scatman went down in Japanese history as one of the biggest foreign music acts ever. To put it into perspective, his ''Scatman's World'' album is one of the top 20 best-selling albums in Japan by a foreign artist (with 1.56 million copies sold - that's bigger than '''Music/CelineDion'''), his ''Everybody Jam!'' album had five [[NoExportForYou Japan-exclusive]] tracks, and he even did exclusive songs for a Japanese perfume commercial. A parody of "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" was even sung by the lead actor of ''Series/{{Ultraman}}''.
*** In October 2019, "Scatman" was partially [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYNSB9qYY5A covered]] by [[WebAnimation/{{Hololive}} Shirakami Fubuki]] as "Im. Scatman", which was later followed up by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umcw_9t8M5s a 3D version]] (both links are to fan reuploads since the originals have been removed). The sight of a Japanese anime fox-girl doing "Scatman" (or at least the scatting portions and "I'm Scatman") got a lot of attention, and has been credited by many fans as being their introduction to the [=VTuber=] rabbit hole. A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaqLk1YCv-s fan edit]] of the first video remixes the audio and adds graphics to mimic the "Scatman" music video.
** In general, Scatman was much more popular elsewhere than he ever was in the United States. Besides Japan, both "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" and "Scatman's World" were top 10 hits on most European charts while the former only charted at ''60'' on the US Hot 100 and the latter completely missed the chart.

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** While his international success is certainly nothing to sneeze at, the Scatman went down in Japanese history as one of the biggest foreign music acts ever. To put it into perspective, his ''Scatman's World'' album is one of the top 20 best-selling albums in Japan by a foreign artist (with 1.56 million copies sold - that's bigger than '''Music/CelineDion'''), his ''Everybody Jam!'' album had five [[NoExportForYou Japan-exclusive]] tracks, and he even did exclusive songs for a Japanese perfume commercial. A parody of "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" "Scatman" was even sung by the lead actor of ''Series/{{Ultraman}}''.
*** In October 2019, "Scatman" was partially [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYNSB9qYY5A covered]] by [[WebAnimation/{{Hololive}} Shirakami Fubuki]] as "Im. Scatman", which was later followed up by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umcw_9t8M5s com/watch?v=ZcvTNG-SAGk a 3D version]] (both links are to fan reuploads since the originals have been removed). The sight of a Japanese anime fox-girl doing "Scatman" (or at least the scatting portions and "I'm Scatman") got a lot of attention, and has been credited by many fans as being their introduction to the [=VTuber=] rabbit hole. A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaqLk1YCv-s fan edit]] of the first video remixes the audio and adds graphics to mimic the "Scatman" music video.
** In general, Scatman was much more popular elsewhere than he ever was in the United States. Besides Japan, both "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" "Scatman" and "Scatman's World" were top Top 10 hits on most European charts while the former only charted at ''60'' ''#60'' on the US Hot 100 and the latter completely missed the chart.



** "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" includes the lyrics "While you're still sleepin' the saints are still weepin' cause things you call dead haven't yet had the chance to be born." By that logic, the Scatman now has yet to have the chance to be born.

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** "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" "Scatman" includes the lyrics "While you're still sleepin' the saints are still weepin' cause things you call dead haven't yet had the chance to be born." By that logic, the Scatman now has yet to have the chance to be born.



** The first single from Scatman's 1999 album ''Take Your Time'' was "Scatmambo", fusing Scatman's usual style with elements of the mambo genre. One of the biggest hits that same year was another mambo-styled track - "Mambo No. 5" by Lou Bega. 20 years later, Bega sampled "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Da-Bop)" for the song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV7_lOPvkac Scatman & Hatman]]", officially credited to both of them.

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** The first single from Scatman's 1999 album ''Take Your Time'' was "Scatmambo", fusing Scatman's usual style with elements of the mambo genre. One of the biggest hits that same year was another mambo-styled track - "Mambo No. 5" by Lou Bega. 20 years later, Bega sampled "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Da-Bop)" "Scatman" for the song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV7_lOPvkac Scatman & Hatman]]", officially credited to both of them.



** His songs "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" and "Scatman's World" got quite a bit of mileage in the early days of Website/YouTube. They were frequently used in [=AMVs=], WebAnimation/{{YouTube Poop}}s, and Machinima/SuperMario64Bloopers. Additionally, "The Invisible Man" was commonly used in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' videos featuring the Spy.

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** His songs "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" "Scatman" and "Scatman's World" got quite a bit of mileage in the early days of Website/YouTube. They were frequently used in [=AMVs=], WebAnimation/{{YouTube Poop}}s, and Machinima/SuperMario64Bloopers.''WebAnimation/SuperMario64Bloopers''. Additionally, "The Invisible Man" was commonly used in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' videos featuring the Spy.



** "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)" has been used in Italy as the soundtrack of a massively-popular comedy sketch which parodied the Italian phenomenon of "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinepanettone cinepanettoni]]" (meaning: films usually coming out for the Christmas holidays featuring LowestCommonDenominator stuff such as slapstick and vulgar humor, innuendos, hot girls, exotic locales, and then-recent dance music songs in the soundtrack). From that moment on, every parody of these films is almost required to use Scatman's song as background track.
** "Scatman's World" gained a bit of resurgence in 2018. One such example is someone passionately talking on-screen but their speech is replaced by by the intro ("Ba-bo-be-bo, ba-ba-do-ba-ba-ba-ba-bapadi") with the caption "Love it or hate it, X is speaking straight facts." Another is to have a meme play, but replace the funny bit with AntiHumor, and then play the intro while captioning the video with a CaptainObvious description, usually phrased as "'''Awesome!''' He finally..."

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** "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)" "Scatman" has been used in Italy as the soundtrack of a massively-popular comedy sketch which parodied the Italian phenomenon of "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinepanettone cinepanettoni]]" (meaning: films [[labelnote:meaning]](films usually coming out for the Christmas holidays featuring LowestCommonDenominator stuff such as slapstick and vulgar humor, innuendos, hot girls, exotic locales, and then-recent dance music songs in the soundtrack).soundtrack)[[/labelnote]]. From that moment on, every parody of these films is almost required to use Scatman's song as background track.
** "Scatman's World" gained a bit of resurgence in 2018. One such example is someone passionately talking on-screen but their speech is replaced by by the intro ("Ba-bo-be-bo, ba-ba-do-ba-ba-ba-ba-bapadi") with the caption "Love it or hate it, X [name] is speaking straight facts." Another is to have a meme play, but replace the funny bit with AntiHumor, and then play the intro while captioning the video with a CaptainObvious description, usually phrased as "'''Awesome!''' He finally..."



* NarmCharm: How did ''this'' guy become a pop star? Scatting, jazz-loving old guy in a dapper suit with a huge Tom Selleck 'stashe, doing raps over eurodance beats about peace and love. And in many corners of the world, he's a legend.

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* NarmCharm: How did ''this'' guy become a pop star? Scatting, jazz-loving old guy in a dapper suit with a huge Tom Selleck 'stashe, 'stache, doing raps over eurodance beats about peace and love. And in many corners of the world, he's a legend.



** Although "Scatman" became [[MemeticMutation memetic]] from [[TurnOfTheMillennium the late 2000s]] onward through sites like Website/{{YouTube}}, it was actually released back in [[UsefulNotes/TheNineties 1994]], old enough to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdv8rybrRaE have been parodied by a commercial in 1997]].

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** Although "Scatman" became [[MemeticMutation memetic]] from [[TurnOfTheMillennium the late 2000s]] onward through sites like Website/{{YouTube}}, [=YouTube=], it was actually released back in [[UsefulNotes/TheNineties 1994]], old enough to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdv8rybrRaE have been parodied by a commercial in 1997]].



** Speaking of that ''John Larkin'' album, the first track, "The Misfit", features the lines "Somebody asked, 'What's the meaning of jazz?'/And I said, 'We're the Misfits, and all I can tell you/Is while you're still sleeping, the saints are still weeping/'Cause things you call dead haven't yet had the chance to be born." Sound familiar? This was eight years before the more familiar version of that line appeared in "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Da-Bop)".

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** Speaking of that ''John Larkin'' album, the first track, "The Misfit", features the lines "Somebody asked, 'What's the meaning of jazz?'/And I said, 'We're the Misfits, and all I can tell you/Is while you're still sleeping, the saints are still weeping/'Cause things you call dead haven't yet had the chance to be born." Sound familiar? This was eight years before the more familiar version of that line appeared in "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Da-Bop)"."Scatman".

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* {{Glurge}}: "Scatman's World". [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools Not that that makes it a bad song]], of course. "Song of Scatland" from the same album is arguably an even greater example, complete with children's choir.



* {{Narm}}: "Song of Scatland" is a shoo-in for this trope. It's a ballad. A mere [=90BPM=]. With a sad piano and a children's choir. It's supposed to develop the whole mythos of "Scatland", but it's so corny, sentimental, and {{Glurge}}-y that it's difficult to take seriously. When WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows did an episode of ''One Hit Wonderland'' about Scatman John, he got to this song and just started snickering.
-->'''Todd:''' I love ya, Scatman, I really do. But ''who in God's name'' is this ''for?'' Who could ''possibly want this?!''

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* {{Narm}}: "Song of Scatland" is a shoo-in for this trope. It's a ballad. A mere [=90BPM=]. With ballad with a sad piano and a children's choir. It's choir, and while it's supposed to develop the whole mythos of "Scatland", but it's so corny, sentimental, and {{Glurge}}-y [[SweetnessAversion diabetes-inducing]] that it's difficult to take seriously. When WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows did an episode of ''One Hit Wonderland'' about Scatman John, he got to this song and just started snickering.
-->'''Todd:''' I love ya, Scatman, I really do. But ''who in God's name'' is this ''for?'' Who could ''possibly want this?!''
seriously, ''especially'' since it ''still features scatting'' at 90BPM.
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** In general, Scatman was much more popular elsewhere than he ever was in the United States. Besides Japan, both "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" and "Scatman's World" topped most European charts while the former only charted at ''60'' on the US Hot 100 and the latter completely missed the chart.

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** In general, Scatman was much more popular elsewhere than he ever was in the United States. Besides Japan, both "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" and "Scatman's World" topped were top 10 hits on most European charts while the former only charted at ''60'' on the US Hot 100 and the latter completely missed the chart.
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** In general, Scatman was much more popular elsewhere than he ever was in the United States. Both "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" and "Scatman's World" topped most international charts while the former only charted at ''60'' on the US Hot 100 and the latter completely missed the chart.

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** In general, Scatman was much more popular elsewhere than he ever was in the United States. Both Besides Japan, both "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" and "Scatman's World" topped most international European charts while the former only charted at ''60'' on the US Hot 100 and the latter completely missed the chart.
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** Scatman was much more popular in Europe than he was in the United States.

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** In general, Scatman was much more popular in Europe elsewhere than he ever was in the United States.States. Both "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" and "Scatman's World" topped most international charts while the former only charted at ''60'' on the US Hot 100 and the latter completely missed the chart.

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Have to add Fubuki's rendition of "Scatman".


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** "Everybody Jam!" also qualifies. Not only is it amazingly well sung, it's also Scatman's tribute towards his greatest inspiration, Music/LouisArmstrong.

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** "Everybody Jam!" also qualifies. Not only is it amazingly well sung, well-sung, it's also Scatman's tribute towards his greatest inspiration, Music/LouisArmstrong.



** While his international success is certainly nothing to sneeze at, the Scatman went down in Japanese history as one of the biggest foreign music acts ever. To put it in perspective, his ''Scatman's World'' album is one of the top 20 best-selling albums in Japan by a foreign artist (with 1.56 million copies sold -- that's bigger than '''Music/CelineDion'''), his ''Everybody Jam!'' album had five [[NoExportForYou Japan-exclusive]] tracks, and he did exclusive songs for a [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Japanese perfume commercial]]. A parody of "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" was even sung by the lead actor of ''Series/{{Ultraman}}''.

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** While his international success is certainly nothing to sneeze at, the Scatman went down in Japanese history as one of the biggest foreign music acts ever. To put it in into perspective, his ''Scatman's World'' album is one of the top 20 best-selling albums in Japan by a foreign artist (with 1.56 million copies sold -- - that's bigger than '''Music/CelineDion'''), his ''Everybody Jam!'' album had five [[NoExportForYou Japan-exclusive]] tracks, and he even did exclusive songs for a [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Japanese perfume commercial]]. commercial. A parody of "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" was even sung by the lead actor of ''Series/{{Ultraman}}''.''Series/{{Ultraman}}''.
*** In October 2019, "Scatman" was partially [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYNSB9qYY5A covered]] by [[WebAnimation/{{Hololive}} Shirakami Fubuki]] as "Im. Scatman", which was later followed up by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umcw_9t8M5s a 3D version]] (both links are to fan reuploads since the originals have been removed). The sight of a Japanese anime fox-girl doing "Scatman" (or at least the scatting portions and "I'm Scatman") got a lot of attention, and has been credited by many fans as being their introduction to the [=VTuber=] rabbit hole. A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaqLk1YCv-s fan edit]] of the first video remixes the audio and adds graphics to mimic the "Scatman" music video.



* {{Glurge}}: "Scatman's World." [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools Not that that makes it a bad song]], of course. "Song of Scatland" from the same album is arguably an even greater example, complete with children's choir.
* HarsherInHindsight:

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* {{Glurge}}: "Scatman's World." World". [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools Not that that makes it a bad song]], of course. "Song of Scatland" from the same album is arguably an even greater example, complete with children's choir.
* HarsherInHindsight: HarsherInHindsight:



** The first single from Scatman's 1999 album ''Take Your Time'' was "Scatmambo", fusing Scatman's usual style with elements of the mambo genre. One of the biggest hits that same year was another mambo-styled track -- "Mambo No. 5" by Lou Bega. 20 years later, Bega sampled "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Da-Bop)" for the song "[[https://youtu.be/bV7_lOPvkac Scatman & Hatman]]", officially credited to both of them.
** Related to the above, the concept of "Everybody Jam!" being a posthumous virtual duet between the Scatman and Louis Armstrong is funnier knowing that Scatman would end up in Louis's position with Lou Bega paying tribute to him instead. Doubles as HeartwarmingInHindsight.

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** The first single from Scatman's 1999 album ''Take Your Time'' was "Scatmambo", fusing Scatman's usual style with elements of the mambo genre. One of the biggest hits that same year was another mambo-styled track -- - "Mambo No. 5" by Lou Bega. 20 years later, Bega sampled "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Da-Bop)" for the song "[[https://youtu.be/bV7_lOPvkac "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV7_lOPvkac Scatman & Hatman]]", officially credited to both of them.
** Related to the above, the concept of "Everybody Jam!" being a posthumous virtual duet between the Scatman and Louis Armstrong is funnier knowing that Scatman would end up in Louis's Louis' position with Lou Bega paying tribute to him instead. Doubles as HeartwarmingInHindsight.



** A somewhat tasteless one: "...things you call dead haven't yet had the chance to be born." = "Scatman John is against abortion." See also "My intention is prevention of the lie" - it's ambiguous, but given how the "things you call dead" also follows "the saints are still weeping" -- it's a reasonable interpretation.
** "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)" has been used in Italy as the soundtrack of a massively popular comedy sketch which parodied the Italian phenomenon of "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinepanettone cinepanettoni]]" (meaning: films usually coming out for the Christmas holidays featuring LowestCommonDenominator stuff such as slapstick and vulgar humor, innuendos, hot girls, exotic locales and then-recent dance music songs in the soundtrack). From that moment on every parody of these films is almost required to use Scatman's song as background track.
** "Scatman's World" gained a bit of resurgence in 2018. One such example is someone passionately talking on-screen but their speech is replaced by by the intro ("Ba-bo-be-bo, ba-ba-do-ba-ba-ba-ba-bapadi") with the caption "Love it or hate it, X is speaking straight facts". Another is to have a meme play, but replace the funny bit with AntiHumor, and then play the intro while captioning the video with a CaptainObvious description, usually phrased as "'''Awesome!''' He finally..."
* {{Narm}}: "Song Of Scatland" is a shoo-in for this trope. It's a ballad. A mere [=90BPM=]. With a sad piano and a children's choir. It's supposed to develop the whole mythos of "Scatland," but it's so corny, sentimental and {{Glurge}}-y, that it's difficult to take seriously. When WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows did an episode of ''One Hit Wonderland'' about Scatman John, he got to this song and just started snickering.
-->'''Todd:''' I love ya, Scatman, I really do. But ''who in God's name'' is this ''for?'' Who could ''possibly want this?!''

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** A somewhat tasteless one: "...things you call dead haven't yet had the chance to be born." = "Scatman John is against abortion." See also "My intention is prevention of the lie" - it's ambiguous, but given how the "things you call dead" also follows "the saints are still weeping" -- weeping", it's a reasonable interpretation.
** "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)" has been used in Italy as the soundtrack of a massively popular massively-popular comedy sketch which parodied the Italian phenomenon of "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinepanettone cinepanettoni]]" (meaning: films usually coming out for the Christmas holidays featuring LowestCommonDenominator stuff such as slapstick and vulgar humor, innuendos, hot girls, exotic locales locales, and then-recent dance music songs in the soundtrack). From that moment on on, every parody of these films is almost required to use Scatman's song as background track.
** "Scatman's World" gained a bit of resurgence in 2018. One such example is someone passionately talking on-screen but their speech is replaced by by the intro ("Ba-bo-be-bo, ba-ba-do-ba-ba-ba-ba-bapadi") with the caption "Love it or hate it, X is speaking straight facts". facts." Another is to have a meme play, but replace the funny bit with AntiHumor, and then play the intro while captioning the video with a CaptainObvious description, usually phrased as "'''Awesome!''' He finally..."
* {{Narm}}: "Song Of of Scatland" is a shoo-in for this trope. It's a ballad. A mere [=90BPM=]. With a sad piano and a children's choir. It's supposed to develop the whole mythos of "Scatland," "Scatland", but it's so corny, sentimental sentimental, and {{Glurge}}-y, {{Glurge}}-y that it's difficult to take seriously. When WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows did an episode of ''One Hit Wonderland'' about Scatman John, he got to this song and just started snickering.
-->'''Todd:''' I love ya, Scatman, I really do. But ''who in God's name'' is this ''for?'' Who could ''possibly want this?!'' this?!''



** Although "Scatman" became [[MemeticMutation memetic]] from [[TurnOfTheMillennium the late 2000s]] onward through sites like Website/{{YouTube}}, it was actually released back in [[UsefulNotes/TheNineties 1994]], old enough to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdv8rybrRaE have been parodied by a commercial from 1997]].
** A theory among some fans is that he may have inadvertently pioneered ElectroSwing. "Everybody Jam," with that in mind, may sound a little ahead of its time.
** John Larkin, prior to adopting his Scatman persona, recorded a jazz album in the '80s under his real name. Larkin had actually been a jazz cat for ''years'' leading up to his '90s fame, because playing piano was a hiding spot for him, where he could succeed without having to speak or sing.

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** Although "Scatman" became [[MemeticMutation memetic]] from [[TurnOfTheMillennium the late 2000s]] onward through sites like Website/{{YouTube}}, it was actually released back in [[UsefulNotes/TheNineties 1994]], old enough to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdv8rybrRaE have been parodied by a commercial from in 1997]].
** A theory among some fans is that he may have inadvertently pioneered ElectroSwing. "Everybody Jam," Jam!", with that in mind, may sound a little ahead of its time.
** John Larkin, prior to adopting his Scatman persona, recorded a jazz album in the '80s 80s under his real name. Larkin had actually been a jazz cat for ''years'' leading up to his '90s fame, 90s fame because playing piano was a hiding spot for him, where he could succeed without having to speak or sing.



* SignatureSong: "Scatman," his whole ethos in one song.

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* SignatureSong: "Scatman," "Scatman", his whole ethos in one song.



** Hearing him talk about his childhood and youth and how his stuttering cause him a lot of embarrassment and emotion pain back in those days is rather heartbreaking. It also makes it even more awesome and inspiring to know how he managed to take this weakness head on, and transform it into the main strength of his performance.
** Knowing that he recorded his final album, ''Take Your Time'', while dying from advanced lung cancer.

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** Hearing him talk about his childhood and youth and how his stuttering cause caused him a lot of embarrassment and emotion pain back in those days is rather heartbreaking. It also makes it even more awesome and inspiring to know how he managed to take this weakness head on, head-on and transform it into the main strength of his performance.
** Knowing that he recorded his final album, ''Take Your Time'', while dying from advanced lung cancer.
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** Although "Scatman" became [[MemeticMutation memetic]] from [[TurnOfTheMillennium the late 2000s]] onward through sites like Website/{{YouTube}}, it was actually released back in [[UsefulNotes/TheNineties 1994]], old enough to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdv8rybrRaE have been parodied by a commercial from 1997]].
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** Related to the above, the concept of "Everybody Jam!" being a posthumous virtual duet between the Scatman and Louis Armstrong is funnier knowing that Scatman would end up in Louis's position with Lou Bega paying tribute to him instead. Doubles as HeartwarmingInHindsight.

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* MemeticMutation: The opening of "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" has gotten some mileage on Website/YouTube, particularly in, bizarrely enough, comedic ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' videos.
** His songs are frequently used in [=AMVs=] and WebAnimation/{{YouTube Poop}}s. "The Invisible Man" is most commonly used in any ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' videos featuring the Spy.
** A somewhat tasteless one: "...things you call dead haven't yet had the chance to be born." = "Scatman John is against abortion."
** See also "My intention is prevention of the lie" - it's ambiguous, but given how the "things you call dead" also follows "the saints are still weeping" -- it's a reasonable interpretation.

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* MemeticMutation: The opening of MemeticMutation:
** His songs
"Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" has gotten some and "Scatman's World" got quite a bit of mileage on Website/YouTube, particularly in, bizarrely enough, comedic ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' videos.
** His songs are
in the early days of Website/YouTube. They were frequently used in [=AMVs=] and [=AMVs=], WebAnimation/{{YouTube Poop}}s. Poop}}s, and Machinima/SuperMario64Bloopers. Additionally, "The Invisible Man" is most was commonly used in any ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' videos featuring the Spy.
** A somewhat tasteless one: "...things you call dead haven't yet had the chance to be born." = "Scatman John is against abortion."
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" See also "My intention is prevention of the lie" - it's ambiguous, but given how the "things you call dead" also follows "the saints are still weeping" -- it's a reasonable interpretation.



** "Scatman's World" gained a bit of resurgence due to its uses in memes. One such example is someone passionately talking on-screen but their speech is replaced by by the intro ("Ba-bo-be-bo, ba-ba-do-ba-ba-ba-ba-bapadi") wit the caption "Love it or hate it, X is speaking straight facts".

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** "Scatman's World" gained a bit of resurgence due to its uses in memes. 2018. One such example is someone passionately talking on-screen but their speech is replaced by by the intro ("Ba-bo-be-bo, ba-ba-do-ba-ba-ba-ba-bapadi") wit with the caption "Love it or hate it, X is speaking straight facts".facts". Another is to have a meme play, but replace the funny bit with AntiHumor, and then play the intro while captioning the video with a CaptainObvious description, usually phrased as "'''Awesome!''' He finally..."
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** One of his songs was called [[Disney/{{Frozen}} "Let It Go"]]. One of the background singers even sings the title the same way as the final chorus of the song from ''Frozen''.

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** One of his songs was called [[Disney/{{Frozen}} [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 "Let It Go"]]. One of the background singers even sings the title the same way as the final chorus of the song from ''Frozen''.

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* HarsherInHindsight: "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" includes the lyrics "While you're still sleepin' the saints are still weepin' cause things you call dead haven't yet had the chance to be born." By that logic, the Scatman now has yet to have the chance to be born.

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"Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" includes the lyrics "While you're still sleepin' the saints are still weepin' cause things you call dead haven't yet had the chance to be born." By that logic, the Scatman now has yet to have the chance to be born.born.
** The fact that his last album is called ''Take Your Time'' becomes this, since he recorded it while having lung cancer and passed away just a few months after its release.
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** "Scatman's World" gained a bit of resurgence due to its uses in memes. One such example is someone passionately talking on-screen but their speech is replaced by by the intro ("Ba-bo-be-bo, ba-ba-do-ba-ba-ba-ba-bapadi") wit the caption "Love it or hate it, X is speaking straight facts".
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** The first single from Scatman's 1999 album ''Take Your Time'' was "Scatmambo", fusing Scatman's usual style with elements of the mambo genre. One of the biggest hits that same year was another mambo-styled track -- "Mambo No. 5" by Music/LouBega. 20 years later, Bega sampled "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Da-Bop)" for the song "[[https://youtu.be/bV7_lOPvkacScatman & Hatman]]", officially credited to both of them.

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** The first single from Scatman's 1999 album ''Take Your Time'' was "Scatmambo", fusing Scatman's usual style with elements of the mambo genre. One of the biggest hits that same year was another mambo-styled track -- "Mambo No. 5" by Music/LouBega.Lou Bega. 20 years later, Bega sampled "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Da-Bop)" for the song "[[https://youtu.be/bV7_lOPvkacScatman be/bV7_lOPvkac Scatman & Hatman]]", officially credited to both of them.

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* HilariousInHindsight: One of his songs was called [[Disney/{{Frozen}} "Let It Go"]]. One of the background singers even sings the title the same way as the final chorus of the song from ''Frozen''.

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One of his songs was called [[Disney/{{Frozen}} "Let It Go"]]. One of the background singers even sings the title the same way as the final chorus of the song from ''Frozen''.''Frozen''.
** The first single from Scatman's 1999 album ''Take Your Time'' was "Scatmambo", fusing Scatman's usual style with elements of the mambo genre. One of the biggest hits that same year was another mambo-styled track -- "Mambo No. 5" by Music/LouBega. 20 years later, Bega sampled "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Da-Bop)" for the song "[[https://youtu.be/bV7_lOPvkacScatman & Hatman]]", officially credited to both of them.
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** Speaking of that ''John Larkin'' album, the first track, "The Misfit", features the lines "Somebody asked, 'What's the meaning of jazz?'/And I said, 'We're the Misfits, and all I can tell you/Is while you're still sleeping, the saints are still weeping/'Cause things you call dead haven't yet had the chance to be born." Sound familiar? This was eight years before the more familiar version of that line appeared in "Scatman (Ski-Bop-Bop-Ba-Da-Bop)".

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** Speaking of that ''John Larkin'' album, the first track, "The Misfit", features the lines "Somebody asked, 'What's the meaning of jazz?'/And I said, 'We're the Misfits, and all I can tell you/Is while you're still sleeping, the saints are still weeping/'Cause things you call dead haven't yet had the chance to be born." Sound familiar? This was eight years before the more familiar version of that line appeared in "Scatman (Ski-Bop-Bop-Ba-Da-Bop)".(Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Da-Bop)".

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** John Larkin, prior to adopting his Scatman persona, recorded a jazz album in the 80s under his real name. Larkin had actually been a jazz cat for ''years'' leading up to his 90s fame, because playing piano was a hiding spot for him, where he could succeed without having to speak or sing.

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** John Larkin, prior to adopting his Scatman persona, recorded a jazz album in the 80s '80s under his real name. Larkin had actually been a jazz cat for ''years'' leading up to his 90s '90s fame, because playing piano was a hiding spot for him, where he could succeed without having to speak or sing.sing.
** Speaking of that ''John Larkin'' album, the first track, "The Misfit", features the lines "Somebody asked, 'What's the meaning of jazz?'/And I said, 'We're the Misfits, and all I can tell you/Is while you're still sleeping, the saints are still weeping/'Cause things you call dead haven't yet had the chance to be born." Sound familiar? This was eight years before the more familiar version of that line appeared in "Scatman (Ski-Bop-Bop-Ba-Da-Bop)".
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* {{Glurge}}: "Scatman's World." [[TropesAreNotBad Not that that makes it a bad song]], of course. "Song of Scatland" from the same album is arguably an even greater example, complete with children's choir.

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** "Scatman's World" is another great song. As always, it has a message, and it really sticks. [[EarWorm In more than one way.]]
* EarWorm: Don't listen to "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" unless you want to hum to it for days.

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** "Scatman's World" is another great song. As always, it has a message, and it really sticks. [[EarWorm In more than one way.]]
* EarWorm: Don't listen to "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" unless you want to hum to it for days.
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** His songs are frequently used in [=AMVs=] and WebAnimation/{{Youtube Poop}}s. "The Invisible Man" is most commonly used in any ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' videos featuring the Spy.

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** His songs are frequently used in [=AMVs=] and WebAnimation/{{Youtube WebAnimation/{{YouTube Poop}}s. "The Invisible Man" is most commonly used in any ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' videos featuring the Spy.

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* {{Narm}}: "Song Of Scatland" is a shoo-in for this trope. It's a ballad. A mere [=90BPM=]. With a sad piano and a children's choir. It's supposed to develop the whole mythos of "Scatland," but it's so corny, sentimental and {{Glurge}}-y, that it's difficult to take seriously. When WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows did an episode of ''One Hit Wonderland'' about Scatman John, he got to this song and just started snickering.
-->'''Todd:''' I love ya, Scatman, I really do. But ''who in God's name'' is this ''for?'' Who could ''possibly want this?!''



* OlderThanTheyThink: A theory among some fans is that he may have inadvertently pioneered ElectroSwing. "Everybody Jam," with that in mind, may sound a little ahead of its time.

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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
** "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)". It's a song for all the kids out there who have a handicap of any sort, telling them that they can still succeed just as much as anybody else. Aww.
** According to rumours, he wrote "Su Su Su Super Kirei" about his wife. As in, the one where he's singing about how beautiful someone is.
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** While his international success is certainly nothing to sneeze at, the Scatman went down in Japanese history as one of the biggest foreign music acts ever. To put it in perspective, his ''Scatman's World'' album is the fifteenth best-selling album in Japan by a foreign artist (with 1.56 million copies sold -- that's bigger than '''Music/CelineDion'''), his ''Everybody Jam!'' album had five [[NoExportForYou Japan-exclusive]] tracks, and he did exclusive songs for a [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Japanese perfume commercial]]. A parody of "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" was even sung by the lead actor of ''Series/{{Ultraman}}''.

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** While his international success is certainly nothing to sneeze at, the Scatman went down in Japanese history as one of the biggest foreign music acts ever. To put it in perspective, his ''Scatman's World'' album is one of the fifteenth top 20 best-selling album albums in Japan by a foreign artist (with 1.56 million copies sold -- that's bigger than '''Music/CelineDion'''), his ''Everybody Jam!'' album had five [[NoExportForYou Japan-exclusive]] tracks, and he did exclusive songs for a [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Japanese perfume commercial]]. A parody of "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" was even sung by the lead actor of ''Series/{{Ultraman}}''.
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* TooCoolToLive: Even though he wasn't that young when he passed away, he still counts.

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** "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)". It's a fusion of scat jazz and [[{{Europop}} 90s eurodance]]. Yes, it's [[CrazyAwesome crazy]]. Yes, it's incredible.

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** "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)". It's a fusion of scat jazz and [[{{Europop}} 90s eurodance]]. Yes, it's [[CrazyAwesome crazy]].crazy. Yes, it's incredible.



--->He taught the Scatman all about scat, he's the father of it all, as a matter of fact!

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--->He --->"He taught the Scatman all about scat, he's the father of it all, as a matter of fact!fact!"



* {{Glurge}}: "Scatman's World." [[TropesAreNotBad Not that that makes it a bad song]], of corse. "Song of Scatland" from the same album is arguably a better (as in, worse) example, complete with children's choir.

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* {{Glurge}}: "Scatman's World." [[TropesAreNotBad Not that that makes it a bad song]], of corse. course. "Song of Scatland" from the same album is arguably a better (as in, worse) an even greater example, complete with children's choir.

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* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Big In Japan]]: While his international success is certainly nothing to sneeze at, the Scatman went down in Japanese history as one of the biggest foreign music acts ever. To put it in perspective, his ''Scatman's World'' album is the fifteenth best-selling album in Japan by a foreign artist (with 1.56 million copies sold -- that's bigger than '''Music/CelineDion'''), his ''Everybody Jam!'' album had five [[NoExportForYou Japan-exclusive]] tracks, and he did exclusive songs for a [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Japanese perfume commercial]].
** Also, a parody of "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" was sung by the lead actor of ''Series/{{Ultraman}}''.
** Scatman was also much more popular in Europe than he was in the United States.

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* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Big In Japan]]: While his international success is certainly nothing to sneeze at, the Scatman went down in Japanese history as one of the biggest foreign music acts ever. To put it in perspective, his ''Scatman's World'' album is the fifteenth best-selling album in Japan by a foreign artist (with 1.56 million copies sold -- that's bigger than '''Music/CelineDion'''), his ''Everybody Jam!'' album had five [[NoExportForYou Japan-exclusive]] tracks, and he did exclusive songs for a [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Japanese perfume commercial]].
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** Also, a parody of "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" was sung by Bop)". It's a fusion of scat jazz and [[{{Europop}} 90s eurodance]]. Yes, it's [[CrazyAwesome crazy]]. Yes, it's incredible.
** "Everybody Jam!" also qualifies. Not only is it amazingly well sung, it's also Scatman's tribute towards his greatest inspiration, Music/LouisArmstrong.
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Scatman was also much all about scat, he's the father of it all, as a matter of fact!
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more popular in Europe than he was in the United States.one way.]]



* [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Crowning Moment Of Heartwarming]]: "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)". It's a song for all the kids out there who have a handicap of any sort, telling them that they can still succeed just as much as anybody else. Aww.
** According to rumours, he wrote "Su Su Su Super Kirei" about his wife. As in, the one where he's singing about how beautiful someone is.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)". It's a fusion of scat jazz and [[{{Europop}} 90s eurodance]]. Yes, it's [[CrazyAwesome crazy]]. Yes, it's incredible.
** "Everybody Jam!" also qualifies. Not only is it amazingly well sung, it's also Scatman's tribute towards his greatest inspiration, Music/LouisArmstrong.
--->He taught the Scatman all about scat, he's the father of it all, as a matter of fact!
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** While his international success is certainly nothing to sneeze at, the Scatman went down in Japanese history as one of the biggest foreign music acts ever. To put it in perspective, his ''Scatman's World'' album is the fifteenth best-selling album in Japan by a foreign artist (with 1.56 million copies sold -- that's bigger than '''Music/CelineDion'''), his ''Everybody Jam!'' album had five [[NoExportForYou Japan-exclusive]] tracks, and he did exclusive songs for a [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Japanese perfume commercial]]. A parody of "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" was even sung by the lead actor of ''Series/{{Ultraman}}''.
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** "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)". It's a song for all the kids out there who have a handicap of any sort, telling them that they can still succeed just as much as anybody else. Aww.
** According to rumours, he wrote "Su Su Su Super Kirei" about his wife. As in, the one where he's singing about how beautiful someone is.
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* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Big In Japan]]: While his international success is certainly nothing to sneeze at, the Scatman went down in Japanese history as one of the biggest foreign music acts ever. To put it in perspective, his ''Scatman's World'' album is the fifteenth best-selling album in Japan by a foreign artist (with 1.56 million copies sold - that's bigger than '''Music/CelineDion'''), his ''Everybody Jam!'' album had five [[NoExportForYou Japan-exclusive]] tracks, and he did exclusive songs for a [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Japanese perfume commercial]].

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* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Big In Japan]]: While his international success is certainly nothing to sneeze at, the Scatman went down in Japanese history as one of the biggest foreign music acts ever. To put it in perspective, his ''Scatman's World'' album is the fifteenth best-selling album in Japan by a foreign artist (with 1.56 million copies sold - -- that's bigger than '''Music/CelineDion'''), his ''Everybody Jam!'' album had five [[NoExportForYou Japan-exclusive]] tracks, and he did exclusive songs for a [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Japanese perfume commercial]].

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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)". It's a fusion of scat jazz and [[{{Europop}} 90s eurodance.]] Yes, it's [[CrazyAwesome crazy.]] Yes, it's incredible.

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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)". It's a fusion of scat jazz and [[{{Europop}} 90s eurodance.]] eurodance]]. Yes, it's [[CrazyAwesome crazy.]] crazy]]. Yes, it's incredible.



* TearJerker: Knowing that he recorded his final album, Take Your Time, while dying from advanced lung cancer.

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