I Bificus is the third album by singer/songwriter Bif Naked

Bif Naked

Bif Naked is a Juno Award-winning, Indian-born American-Canadian multi-platinum record selling, rock singer, writer, poet, motivational speaker and actress.-Personal life:...

, released in 1998 (see 1998 in music

1998 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1998.-Events:*January 28 – "Weird Al" Yankovic gets LASIK surgery to cure his myopia...

). It features her best known songs "Moment of Weakness," "Spaceman

Spaceman (Bif Naked song)

"Spaceman" is the first single by Canadian singer Bif Naked from her third album, I Bificus. The song peaked at #36 on Canada's RPM singles chart.-Boomtang Boys Mix:...

," "Lucky," and "Chotee."

Canadian Release - March 1998 (Her Royal Majesty's/Aquarius/EMI)

1. "Any Day Now" – 4:17
2. "Spaceman
   Spaceman (Bif Naked song)
   "Spaceman" is the first single by Canadian singer Bif Naked from her third album, I Bificus. The song peaked at #36 on Canada's RPM singles chart.-Boomtang Boys Mix:...
   
   " – 4:21
3. "Moment of Weakness" – 2:28
4. "Lucky" – 4:25
5. "Sophia" – 4:28
6. "Chotee" – 3:51
7. "Violence" – 4:15
8. "The Peacock Song" – 3:02
9. "If I" – 4:10
10. "Anything" – 4:43
11. "Only the Girl" – 3:34
12. "Spaceman (Boomtang Boys
    The Boomtang Boys
    The Boomtang Boys are a Canadian dance-remix trio. They are known for both their remix work and pop-dance music. Their debut album, Greatest Hits Volume One, was released in 1999, and produced the hit "Squeeze Toy" as well as "Pictures", both performed by Kim Esty. Greatest Hits did well in...
    
     Mix)" – 4:18*
13. "Lucky (Boomtang Boys Mix)" – 4:05*

*bonus tracks included on some editions

US/UK Release - August 1999 (Lava/Atlantic)

1. "I Died" (Karroll, McCarvell, Naked) – 4:08

• Also included on Another 5 Songs and a Poem.

2. "Any Day Now" (Karroll, Naked) – 4:16

3. "Spaceman [Edit]" (Karroll, Naked) – 3:42

• The original ending of the song has been replaced by a fade-out.

4. "Moment of Weakness" (Karroll, Naked) – 2:30

5. "Lucky [Video Edit]" (McGiveron, Naked) – 3:58

• The second verse has been edited out.

6. "Sophia" (Karroll, Klyne, Naked) – 4:27

7. "Chotee" (Naked, X Factor) – 3:49

8. "Violence" (Karroll, Karroll, Naked) – 4:12

9. "The Peacock Song" (Karroll, Naked) – 3:03

10. "Anything [Edit]" (Karroll, Naked, Priske) – 4:04

• The final verse has been edited out.

11. "Only the Girl" (McGiveron, McGiveron, Naked) – 3:28

12. "Twitch" (Karroll, Naked) – 4:21

• Also included on Another 5 Songs and a Poem.

Enhanced CD content: a link to a website featuring a music video for "Chotee."

Personnel

• Bif Naked - acoustic guitar, guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  
• Randy Black
  Randy Black
  Randy Black is a Canadian-born rock drummer and recording artist known best for his stints as the drummer for Bif Naked, Annihilator, and Primal Fear...
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  
• Coco Culbertson - drums, bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , background vocals
• Peter Karroll - acoustic guitar, guitar, drums, bass, background vocals
• Russ Klyne - acoustic guitar
• Matt Laug - drums
• Oliver Leiber - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  Electric guitar
  An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
  
  
• Doug McCarvell - guitar
• Lance Morrison - bass
• Adam Percy - keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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  , Programming
• Rich "Rock" Priske - bass
• Peter Rafelson - keyboards
• Mike Sage - drums, keyboards, Programming
• John Webster - percussion
  Percussion instrument
  A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
  
  , keyboards
• Jerry Wong - guitar
• Daniel Yaremko - bass

Production

• Producers: Peter Karroll, Oliver Leiber, Glenn Rosenstein, John Webster
• Engineers: Delwyn Brooks, Johnny Potoker, Barry Rudolph, David Swope
• Assistant engineers: Delwyn Brooks, Tara Nelson, Shaun Thingvold
• Mixing: Delwyn Brooks, Brian Malouf, Tara Nelson, Johnny Potoker
• Mixing assistant: Delwyn Brooks, Tara Nelson
• Mastering: Andy VanDette
• Digital Editing: Tal Herzberg
• Programming: Adam Percy, Mike Sage, John Webster
• Drum Programming: Oliver Leiber
• Keyboard Programming: Oliver Leiber
• Arranger: Peter Karroll
• String Coordinator: Glenn Rosenstein
• Layout Design: Ralph Alfonso
• Artwork: Ralph Alfonso
• Photo Concept: Karen Moskowitz
• Photography: David Leyes, Karen Moskowitz
• Liner Notes: Bif Naked
• Illustrations: Bif Naked
• Hand Lettering: Bif Naked
• Drawing: Bif Naked

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1999	Heatseekers	42

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1998	"Spaceman"	Canadian Singles Chart	2

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