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Super Freak by Rick James
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Biografía del artista Rick James
James Johnson Jr. Alias Rick James Buffalo Nueva York 1 De Febrero De 1948 - Los Angeles California 6 De Agosto De 2004 . Músico De Disco Funk Y Soul Estadounidense. Su Primer Grupo Fue The Mynah Birds Junto A Neil Young Y Bruce Palmer. Tras Ser Arrestado Por Evadir La Conscripción Vivió Un Tiempo En El Reino Unido Donde Lideró El Grupo Main Line. A Su Regreso Reinició Su Carrera Como Cantautor Y Productor Con Su Banda De Soporte The Stone City Band. Su Primer Éxito Fue La Canción De Ocho Minutos "You And I"de Su Primer Álbum Come Get It 1978 . Su Canción Más Famosa Es "Super Freak" Del Álbum Street Songs 1981 Que Fue La Base Para "U Can't Touch This" De MC Hammer. Adicto A La Cocaína Desde 1993 Hasta 1995 Cumplió Condena Por Dos Ataques A Mujeres. James Intentó Regresar Al Mundo Musical Con Un Nuevo Disco Y Una Gira En 1997 Pero Un Ataque Cardíaco Leve Durante Un Concierto Puso Fin En La Práctica A Su Carrera. Fue Encontrado Muerto De Un Paro Cardiorespiratorio En Su Casa De Los Angeles En 2004. Discografía * Come Get It 1978 * Bustin' Out Of L Seven 1979 * Fire It Up 1979 * Garden Of Love 1980 * Street Songs 1981 * Throwin' Down 1982 * Cold Blooded 1983 * Reflections 1984 * Glow 1985 * The Flag 1986 * Wonderful 1988 * Bustin' Out The Very Best Of Rick James 1994 * Urban Rapsody 1997 * Anthology 2002 * The Ultimate Collection 2005
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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". 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 2006 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. MC Hammer's 1990 Hit "U Can't Touch This" Samples "Super Freak". "Super Freak" Was Recorded With Other Tracks For The Street Songs Album Between December 1980 – January 1981 At The Record Plant In Sausalito California And Motown / Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios Hollywood CA. 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." In 2006 Dutch Music Group Beatfreakz Covered The Song As "Superfreak" And Released It As A Single. This Cover Reached Number Seven On The UK Singles Chart And Number Six In Finland And Hungary.
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James Johnson Jr. Alias Rick James Buffalo Nueva York 1 De Febrero De 1948 - Los Angeles California 6 De Agosto De 2004 . Músico De Disco Funk Y Soul Estadounidense. Su Primer Grupo Fue The Mynah Birds Junto A Neil Young Y Bruce Palmer. Tras Ser Arrestado Por Evadir La Conscripción Vivió Un Tiempo En El Reino Unido Donde Lideró El Grupo Main Line. A Su Regreso Reinició Su Carrera Como Cantautor Y Productor Con Su Banda De Soporte The Stone City Band. Su Primer Éxito Fue La Canción De Ocho Minutos "You And I"de Su Primer Álbum Come Get It 1978 . Su Canción Más Famosa Es "Super Freak" Del Álbum Street Songs 1981 Que Fue La Base Para "U Can't Touch This" De MC Hammer. Adicto A La Cocaína Desde 1993 Hasta 1995 Cumplió Condena Por Dos Ataques A Mujeres. James Intentó Regresar Al Mundo Musical Con Un Nuevo Disco Y Una Gira En 1997 Pero Un Ataque Cardíaco Leve Durante Un Concierto Puso Fin En La Práctica A Su Carrera. Fue Encontrado Muerto De Un Paro Cardiorespiratorio En Su Casa De Los Angeles En 2004. Discografía * Come Get It 1978 * Bustin' Out Of L Seven 1979 * Fire It Up 1979 * Garden Of Love 1980 * Street Songs 1981 * Throwin' Down 1982 * Cold Blooded 1983 * Reflections 1984 * Glow 1985 * The Flag 1986 * Wonderful 1988 * Bustin' Out The Very Best Of Rick James 1994 * Urban Rapsody 1997 * Anthology 2002 * The Ultimate Collection 2005
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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". 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 2006 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. MC Hammer's 1990 hit "U Can't Touch This" samples "Super Freak".
"Super Freak" was recorded with other tracks for the Street Songs album between December 1980 – January 1981 at the Record Plant, in Sausalito, California and Motown / Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA. 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."
In 2006, Dutch music group Beatfreakz covered the song as "Superfreak" and released it as a single. This cover reached number seven on the UK Singles Chart and number six in Finland and Hungary. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.