It is a loose concept album dealing with an imaginary Utopian society named "Scatland".

Scatman's World was very popular internationally, particularly in Japan, where it reached No.

2 and stayed on the charts for 40 weeks, selling more than 1,560,000 copies overall, ranking among the top twenty best-selling albums of all time in that country recorded by non-Japanese artists.

In the late 2010s and early 2020s, the title track "Scatman's World" saw a resurgence in popularity due to becoming an Internet meme.

[1] All tracks are written by John Larkin and Antonio Nunzio Catania * Sales figures based on certification alone.^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.