Cognoscenti vs. Intelligentsia

"Cognoscenti vs. Intelligentsia"
Single by the Cuban Boys
from the album Eastwood
B-side
  • "Fluorescent Dream Beams"
  • "Datacrime"
Released13 December 1999[1]
GenreDance-pop
Length3:17
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)The Cuban Boys
The Cuban Boys singles chronology
"Blueprint for Modernisation EP"
(1999)
"Cognoscenti vs. Intelligentsia"
(1999)
"Inertia Kicks"
(2000)
Music video
"Cognoscenti vs Intelligentsia" on YouTube

"Cognoscenti vs. Intelligentsia" (meaning "the experts versus the intellectual elite"), also known as "C vs. I", is a song by English electronic music group the Cuban Boys. The song consists almost in its entirety of an unofficial soundalike sampled loop from "Whistle Stop" by Roger Miller which was featured in the Disney movie Robin Hood, played at high speed in a manner similar to the classic "Chipmunks" records. The original sample, also sped up, was first featured on the Internet as part of "The Hampster Dance" song on the website of the same name.

  1. ^ "Cuban Boys – Cognoscenti Vs Intelligentsia". thecubanboys.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 October 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.