Rick James - Super Freak [Remastered In 4K] (Official Music Video)

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Rick James - Super Freak [Remastered In 4K] (Official Music Video)

Rick James' official music video for "Super Freak" from the album 'Street Songs' (1981). REMASTERED IN 4K!

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Super Freak · Rick James

Street Songs

℗ A Motown Records Release
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.

Released on: 1981-04-07

Producer, Associated Performer, Recording Arranger, String Arranger, Vocals: Rick James
Associated Performer, String Arranger, Recording Arranger: Daniel LeMelle
Associated Performer, String Arranger: Reggie Andrews
Associated Performer, Background Vocalist: The Temptations
Composer Lyricist: Rick James
Composer Lyricist: Alonzo Miller

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"Super Freak" is a 1981 single produced and performed by American singer Rick James. The song, co-written by James and Alonzo Miller, was first released on James' fifth album, Street Songs (1981) and became one of James' signature songs. "Freak" is a slang term for the sexually adventurous, as described in the song's lyrics, "She's a very kinky girl / The kind you don't take home to mother". Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song number 477 in its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004, number 481 in 2010, and number 153 in an updated list in 2021. The song was nominated for the Grammy for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance at the 1982 Grammys. The song has been sampled by MC Hammer in 1990, the Black Eyed Peas in 2020, and by Nicki Minaj in 2022.

"Super Freak" was recorded with other tracks for the Street Songs album during December 1980 – January 1981 at the Record Plant, in Sausalito, California and Motown / Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios, Hollywood, California. It features background vocals from James' Motown labelmates the Temptations—in which the bassist was Greg "Big Money" Brown, Melvin Franklin—and Canadian singer Taborah Johnson. The tenor saxophone solo is by Stone City Band member Daniel LeMelle. James' improvised lyrics were later toned down by Los Angeles DJ Alonzo Miller, who received co-writing credit. James apparently was not particularly excited about the song, but reputedly wanted to have something on the album that "white folks could dance to."

The predominant riff of the song was most popularly sampled in 1990 by MC Hammer in "U Can't Touch This". The song would then be sampled by American musical group Black Eyed Peas in their 2020 single “Vida Loca", and was later sampled by Nicki Minaj in her 2022 single, "Super Freaky Girl". Minaj previously appeared in the remix of Big Sean's "Dance (A$$)" (2011), which sampled "U Can't Touch This".

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Motown Record Corporation
Manufactured By – EMI Records Ltd.
Distributed By – EMI Records Ltd.
Marketed By – RCA Ltd.
Distributed By – RCA Ltd.
Published By – Jobete Music (UK) Ltd.
Arranged By [String Arr.] – Daniel LeMelle, Reggie Andrews, Rick James
Executive-Producer – Alonzo Miller
Producer, Arranged By – Rick James
Written-By – A. Miller, R. James

Cover:
Taken from the album Street Songs STML 12153
Made from masters of Motown Record Corporation.
Manufactured and Distributed by EMI Records Ltd.

Labels:
Jobete Music (UK) Ltd.
℗ 1981 Motown Record Corp.
In Album: "Street Songs" STML 12153
Manufactured in the UK
Marketed and Distributed by RCA Ltd, Record Division