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Rick James | Super Freak (1981)

"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 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".

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