Weapon of Choice

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music video single song studio album

Weapon of Choice is a hit song by British DJ and producer Norman Cook, better known as Fatboy Slim, famous for its funk-driven sound and its iconic music video featuring actor Christopher Walken dancing and flying through a hotel.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Weapon of Choice music video 0
Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars 0
Star 69 / Weapon of Choice 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf music video ⓘ
single ⓘ
song ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Fatboy Slim NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fatboy Slim NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norman Cook NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Music Video ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video

MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography ⓘ
MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction ⓘ
MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing ⓘ
chartSuccess hit single in several countries ⓘ
hit single in the United Kingdom ⓘ
containsSample Into My Own Thing ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
director Spike Jonze ⓘ
featuresActor Christopher Walken ⓘ
featuresArtist Bootsy Collins ⓘ
featuresVocalist Bootsy Collins ⓘ
genre big beat ⓘ
electronic music ⓘ
funk ⓘ
hasCharacteristic funk-driven sound ⓘ
prominent bassline ⓘ
spoken-style vocals ⓘ
hasChoreographyBy Christopher Walken ⓘ
Spike Jonze ⓘ
hasMusicVideo Weapon of Choice music video ⓘ
label Astralwerks ⓘ
Skint Records ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableFor Christopher Walken dancing ⓘ
Christopher Walken flying ⓘ
fusion of big beat and funk elements ⓘ
iconic music video featuring Christopher Walken ⓘ
partOfAlbum Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars ⓘ
performer Fatboy Slim NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer Fatboy Slim NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordingPeriod late 1990s ⓘ
releaseYear 2001 ⓘ
sampleSourceArtist Sly & the Family Stone ⓘ
setting hotel ⓘ
tempo mid‑tempo ⓘ
writer Bootsy Collins ⓘ
Byron Stingley ⓘ
Norman Cook NERFINISHED ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Star 69 / Weapon of Choice
Fatboy Slim → notableWork → Weapon of Choice ⓘ
Norman Cook → notableWork → Weapon of Choice ⓘ