Background

The album was written and produced by Cassius members Philippe Zdar and Boombass.

1999 reached number 28 in the UK Albums Chart.^[1] As of September 2006 the album has shipped 260,000 units worldwide according to their label.^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
Pitchfork	4.8/10^[4]

John Bush of AllMusic qualified the album as "A sleek and intelligent dance record",^[3] while James P. Wisdom of Pitchfork wrote: "Maybe I need some coke to truly delight in the seething vacancy of 1999, but I'm pretty sure that it's clearly not happening."^[4]

Track listings

All tracks are written by Zdar and Boombass; additional writers noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Cassius 1999"		3:45
2.	"Feeling for You"	Burden Williams Wright	4:37
3.	"Crazy Legs"		4:06
4.	"La Mouche"		4:40
5.	"Chase"		1:58
6.	"Foxxy"	Hutch	6:07
7.	"Planetz"		2:46
8.	"Hey Babe"		4:24
9.	"Mister Eveready"		6:06
10.	"Nulife"	Richards Haggatt Siders Brown Jones	6:31
11.	"Interlude"		1:22
12.	"Somebody"		4:55
13.	"Club Soixante Quinze"		5:21
14.	"Supa Crush"		4:43
15.	"Invisible"		1:09
16.	"Cassius 99 Remix" (radio edit)	Danny Sembello David Batteau Michael Sembello	3:32

Deluxe edition^[5]
No.	Title	Length
17.	"Foxxy" (DJ Tool Remix)	7:23
18.	"Club 73"	3:57
19.	"La Mouche" (DJ Falcon Metal Mix)	8:58
20.	"Feeling For You" (Reveries Digitales Dreamix / Short Remix)	5:16
21.	"Feeling For You" (Cambridge Circus Mix by DJ Mehdi)	6:36

Sample credits

"Feeling for You" contains a sample of "Something" by Al Green in the intro, a sample of "All This Love That I'm Giving" by Gwen McCrae, and a drum sample of "Got to Have It" by The Soul President
"Crazy Legs" contains a sample of "B-Boys Beware" by Two Sisters
"La Mouche" contains a sample of "Thousand Finger Man" by Candido
"Foxxy" contains each sample of "Foxy Brown Theme" and "Chase" by Willie Hutch^[6]
"Planetz" contains a sample of "The Planets of Life" by The Whispers
"Mister Eveready" contains a sample of "Ghetto Heaven" by The Family Stand
"Nulife" contains a sample of "Precious Woman" by Dynamic Corvettes
"Somebody" contains a sample of "DWYCK" by Gang Starr feat. Nice & Smooth
"Cassius 1999 Remix" contains a sample of "[If It] Hurts Just a Little" by Donna Summer
"La Mouche" (DJ Falcon Metal Mix) contains samples from "The Rock Is Hot" by Crown Heights Affair and "Just Us" by Two Tons O' Fun

Charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[7]	76
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[8]	22
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[9]	82
French Albums (SNEP)^[10]	11
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[11]	30
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[12]	49
UK Albums (OCC)^[1]	28

References

^ ^a ^b "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
^ Pichevin, Aymeric (16 September 2006). "Teen Spirit". Billboard. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b "1999 – Cassius | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
^ ^a ^b Wisdom, James P. (26 January 1999). "Cassius: 1999 | Album Reviews | Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
^ 1999 (Cassius album) at Discogs
^ "Foxy by Cassius". whosampled.com. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 52.
^ "Ultratop.be – Cassius – 1999" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Cassius – 1999" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
^ "Lescharts.com – Cassius – 1999". Hung Medien.
^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Cassius – 1999". Hung Medien.
^ "Swedishcharts.com – Cassius – 1999". Hung Medien.