Are You Still Having Fun?

"Are You Still Having Fun?" is the first single released from Swedish singer Eagle-Eye Cherry's second studio album, Living in the Present Future. The song was written by Cherry and produced by Rick Rubin. Issued on 17 April 2000, the single received warm reviews from critics and became Cherry's best-performing single since "Save Tonight", reaching the top 40 in 10 European countries, including Cherry's native Sweden, and peaking within the top 10 in three of them. It was not released in Canada or the United States. Several formats of the single contain a cover of LL Cool J's 1991 single "Mama Said [Knock You Out (song)|Mama Said Knock You Out], with "Mama" respelled as "Momma".

Critical reception

Robert Sehlberg, head of music at P5 Radio Stockholm in Sweden, wrote that the song was more "grown-up" compared to Cherry's previous material. Music & Media magazine named the song their "Pick of the Week" on 25 March 2000, with Ville Vilén of Finnish radio station YLE Radiomafia claiming the song would please both men and women. On the same publication, Swiss Radio 105 head of music Matthias Völlm described the song as "great" but doubted its potential to become a number-one single, calling the track "pretty similar" to "Save Tonight" and "Falling in [Love Again (Eagle-Eye Cherry song)|Falling in Love Again]". Reviewing Living in the Present Future on AllMusic, Kelly McCartney also criticised the similarities the song shares with Cherry's earlier work, saying that it "fall a little flat".

Chart performance

"Are You Still Having Fun" was released as a single on 17 April 2000. Three days after the physical release, it debuted on the Swedish Singles Chart, where it peaked at number 18 and spent eight weeks on the chart. Throughout the rest of mid-2000, the single appeared on more mainland European charts, reaching the top 20 in Denmark, Finland, Italy, and Portugal while obtaining a peak of number 52 on the Eurochart Hot 100. In Iceland, it reached number five for three weeks in June 2000 and was the 11th-best-performing song of the year. It fared well in the United Kingdom, debuting and peaking at number 21 on the UK Singles Chart and spending six weeks in the top 100, and it also reached the top 40 in Ireland, where it topped off at number 39. Outside Europe, the track reached number 69 in Australia and number 41 in New Zealand.

Track listings

Swedish CD single

"Are You Still Having Fun?" – 3:09
"Heaven" – 4:28

Scandinavian maxi-CD single

"Are You Still Having Fun?" – 3:09
"Are You Still Having Fun?" – 3:09
"Heaven" – 4:28
"Momma Said Knock You Out" – 4:22

European CD single

"Are You Still Having Fun?" – 3:08
"Wishing It Was" – 4:18

European maxi-CD single

"Are You Still Having Fun?" – 3:08
"Wishing It Was" – 4:18
"Heaven" – 4:27
"Are You Still Having Fun?" – 2:22

UK CD single

"Are You Still Having Fun?" – 3:08
"Momma Said Knock You Out" – 4:22
"Are You Still Having Fun?" – 2:22

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the Swedish CD single liner notes.
Studios

Recorded at The Magic Shop and Sear Sound
Additional overdubs recorded at Cello Studios
Mixed at Cello Studios

Personnel

Eagle-Eye Cherry – writing, vocals, background vocals, co-production
Dominic Keyes – background vocals, percussion
Mattias Torell – guitar
Preacher Boy – guitar
Eric Schermerhorn – guitar
Peter Fors – bass
Magnus Persson – drums
Rick Rubin – production, mixing
David Shiffman – engineering
Juan Garcia – second engineer
Dave Fisher – second engineer
John Sorenson – second engineer
Greg Fidelman – digital editing
Jim Scott – mixing
Stephen Marcussen – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart	Peak position
Australia	69
Belgium	11
Denmark	8
Europe	52
Finland	17
France	37
Iceland	5
Italy	18
Italy Airplay	1
Netherlands	7
Netherlands	79
New Zealand	41
Portugal	3
Sweden	18