Make Out City
By: Beck Hansen, John King, Mike Simpson
Written by: Beck Hansen, John King, Mike Simpson

Version Of: Where It's At

This Version:
 
Lyrics:
Two turntables and a microphone
Two turntables and a microphone
Two turntables and a microphone
Two turntables and a microphone

There's a destination a little up the road
From the habitations and the towns we know
A place we saw the lights turned low
The jigsaw jazz and the jet-fresh flow
Pulling out jives and jamboree handouts
Two turntables and a microphone
Bottles and cans and just clap your hands
And just clap your hands
Where it's at, I got two turntables and a microphone
Where it's at, I got two turntables and a microphone
Where it's at, I got two turntables and a microphone
Where it's at, I got two turntables and a microphone

Pick yourself up off the side of the road
With your elevator bones and your whipflash tones
Members Only, hypnotizers
Move through the room like ambulance drivers
Shine your shoes with your microphone blues
Hirsutes with the parachute fruits
Passin' the dutchie from coast to coast
Like my man Gary Wilson rocks the most
Where it's at, I got two turntables and a microphone
Where it's at, I got two turntables and a microphone
Where it's at, I got two turntables and a microphone
Where it's at, I got two turntables and a microphone

What about those who swing both ways? AC/DCs?

There's a destination a little up the road
From the habitations and the towns we know
A place we saw the lights turned low
The jigsaw jazz and the jet-fresh flow
Pulling out jives and jamboree handouts
Two turntables and a microphone
Bottles and cans and just clap your hands
And just clap your hands
Where it's at, I got two turntables and a microphone
Where it's at, I got two turntables and a microphone
 
The Song:

"Make Out City" is of course a remix of "Where It's At." It was done by Mike Simpson, who is one half of the Dust Brothers.

This remix is a wild one. Instead of the smooth hiphop groove of the original, the song is much more of loose party jam. A fantastic horn arrangement (sample?) is added, and what seems to be a sound clip of a crowd murmurs underneath. Both add greatly to the good times and the atmosphere of the song.
 
Live:

Played live 13 times:
February 8, 1997
February 20, 1997
March 25, 1997
March 26, 1997
May 22, 1997
May 30, 1997
August 9, 1997
September 6, 1997
January 3, 1998
June 6, 1998
...and 3 more.

Earliest known live version: February 8, 1997
Latest known live version: October 10, 1998

With the addition of the Brass Menagerie on stage near the end of the Odelay tour, the performances of "Where It's At" became 11-minute epic jams. The live arrangement of the song often borrowed heavily from this remix.