{{for|the 2008 studio album by the Verve|Forth (album)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}} {{Use British English|date=June 2014}} {{Infobox song | name = Muhammad Ali | cover = Faithless muhammad ali2.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Faithless]] | album = [[Outrospective]] | released = 23 September 2001 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = [[Trip hop]], [[electronica]], [[downtempo]] | length = 17:00 (CD1)<br/>15:08 (CD2) | label = [[Cheeky Records]]/[[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]] | writer = [[Rollo Armstrong]], [[Maxi Jazz|Maxwell Fraser]], [[Sister Bliss|Ayalah Deborah Bentovim]] | producer = [[Rollo Armstrong|Rollo]] | prev_title = [[We Come 1]] | prev_year = 2001 | next_title = Crazy English Summer | next_title2 = [[Tarantula (Faithless song)|Tarantula]] | next_year = 2001 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Alternative cover | type = single | cover = Faithless muhammad ali1.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = }} }} "'''Muhammad Ali'''" is a song recorded by British dance band [[Faithless]]. It was released in the UK as a single on 23 September 2001, and was the second single release from the group's third studio album ''[[Outrospective]]''. The German release was a [[DualDisc]] containing a CD audio side and a DVD side. Muhammad Ali reached #29 in the [[UK singles chart]].
The single is about one of [[Maxi Jazz]]'s heroes and major influences [[Muhammad Ali]], who inspired Maxi to believe in himself and rise above racial taunts when he was younger.
One of the single covers contains a section of a picture from the [[Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston II|Ali vs. Liston]] fight after Ali had knocked Liston to the floor.
==Track listings== ===UK CD1=== # Muhammad Ali (Radio Edit) - 03:31 # Muhammad Ali (Rollo & Sister Bliss Sweet Love Mix) - 07:18 # Muhammad Ali ([[Full Intention]] Club Mix) - 06:11
===UK CD2=== # Muhammad Ali (Radio Edit) - 03:31 # Muhammad Ali (Architechs Remix) - 05:22 # Muhammad Ali (Inland Knights Alley Mix) - 06:15
===EU/Australian=== # Muhammad Ali (Radio Edit) - 03:31 # Muhammad Ali (Full Intention Club Remix) - 06:08 # Muhammad Ali (Inland Knights Alley Mix) - 06:14 # Muhammad Ali (Rollo & Sister Bliss Sweet Love Mix) - 07:18 # Muhammad Ali (Architechs Remix) - 05:39
===German DualDisc Single=== ====Side 1: CD Audio==== # Muhammad Ali (Radio Edit) - 03:31 # Muhammad Ali (Full Intention Club Remix) - 06:08 # Muhammad Ali (Inland Knights Alley Mix) - 06:14 # Muhammad Ali (Rollo & Sister Bliss Sweet Love Mix) - 07:18 # Muhammad Ali (Architechs Remix) - 05:22 # Muhammad Ali (Rollo & Sister Bliss Tuff Love Mix) - 07:33
====Side 2: Video==== # Muhammad Ali [Video, Stereo and AC3 5.1 Mix] - 04:04 # Muhammad Ali (Live) [Video] - 04:47 # Muhammad Ali (Rollo & Sister Bliss Tuff Love Mix) [Video] - 07:33 # Behind The Scenes [Promo-Video for "Outrospective" including history and interviews, shot around Early 2001] - 12:28 # We Come 1 [Video] - 04:03
==Chart positions== {|class="wikitable sortable" |- !Chart (2001) !Peak<br>position |- {{single chart|Flanders Tip|4|artist=Faithless|song=Tarantula|accessdate=18 January 2014|refname="Flanders"}} |- {{single chart|Wallonia Tip|8|artist=Faithless|song=Tarantula|accessdate=18 January 2014|refname="Wallonia"}} |- {{single chart|Germany|87|artist=Faithless|song=Muhammad Ali|songid=56208|accessdate=18 January 2014}} |- {{single chart|Dutch100|55|artist=Faithless|song=Muhammad Ali|accessdate=18 January 2014}} |- {{single chart|Scotland|37|date=2001-09-23}} |- {{single chart|Sweden|89|artist=Faithless|song=Muhammad Ali|accessdate=18 January 2014}} |- {{single chart|UKdance|11|date=2001-11-07}} |- {{single chart|UK|29|date=2001-09-23}} |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070907121756/http://www.faithlessweb.com/ FaithlessWeb.com]}} *[http://www.tursa.franken.de/RolloBliss_discog.html Faithless / Rollo / Sister Bliss & related artists - Unofficial Discography]
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