"Flat Beat" is a single released by French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 house

House music

House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...

 musician Mr. Oizo

Mr. Oizo

Mr. Oizo is the stage name of French electronic musician and film director Quentin Dupieux. His pseudonym is a corruption of the French , meaning "bird". He is currently signed to French electro record label, Ed Banger Records.-Beginning:...

 in 1999, featured as a bonus track on his debut album Analog Worms Attack

Analog Worms Attack

Analog Worms Attack is French techno musician Mr. Oizo's first full-length album, released in 1999. It was available on 10", 12", and CD. The album is mostly instrumental and minimal, taking cues from French House and early American Hip Hop...

. An accompanying music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 was released on VHS

VHS

The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....

. The music video features Flat Eric

Flat Eric

Flat Eric was a low-tech, yellow puppet character from Levi's commercials for Sta-Prest One Crease Denim Clothing, built by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. His name comes from an idea for a commercial that included having a car run over his head and flattening it. The idea was not used but the name stuck...

, a puppet, head banging to the track. Widely publicized by Flat Eric's appearance in many commercials for Levi's and the popularity of the music video, the track reached #1 in the UK for three weeks from March-April 1999. The track is instrumental

Instrumental

An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....

 and is one of twenty-five instrumental UK number-one singles.

International CD/Maxi

1. "Flat Beat" (5:25)
2. "Monday Massacre" (3:36)
3. "Sick Dog Try to Speak" (3:36)
4. "Flat Beat" (Radio Edit) (4:00)

Italian 12"

• A1. "Flat Beat" (Original Track)
• A2. "Flat Beat" (MPJ Remix)

• B1. "Eric's Mood" (Rush Team Mix)
• B2. "One Crease" (MO-Dus Version)

French 12"

• A. "Flat Beat" (5:25)

• B1. "Monday Massacre" (3:36)
• B2. "Sick Dog Try to Speak" (3:36)

Cassette (UK Only)

• A1. "Flat Beat" (Radio Edit) (4:00)
• A2. "Flat Beat" (5:25)

• B1. "Flat Beat" (Radio Edit) (4:00)
• B2. "Flat Beat" (5:25)

Chart performance

Chart (1999)	Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann...	1
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders) Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...	1
Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia) Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...	2
Finnish Singles Chart	1
French Singles Chart	5
German Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	1
Italian Singles Chart	1
Netherlands Singles Chart Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	5
New Zealand Singles Chart	12
Norwegian Singles Chart VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by...	2
Swedish Singles Chart	4
Swiss Singles Chart	4
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	1