Juicy Fruit

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"Juicy Fruit" is a 1983 R&B/funk song by Mtume, best known for its smooth groove and for being heavily sampled in later hip-hop and R&B tracks.

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Juicy Fruit canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
album Juicy Fruit NERFINISHED
artist Mtume NERFINISHED
associatedAct James Mtume NERFINISHED
Tawatha Agee NERFINISHED
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 45
chartPositionUSR&B 1
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
decadeOfRelease 1980s
era 1980s R&B
format 12-inch single
7-inch single
genre R&B
funk
hasBside Ready for Your Love NERFINISHED
hasCoverArt Juicy Fruit single cover
hasHook “Juicy fruit, juicy” refrain
hasInstrumentation bass guitar
drum machine
synthesizers
hasVocalStyle sensual vocals
influencedGenre 1990s R&B
1990s hip-hop
isSignatureSongOf Mtume NERFINISHED
labelCatalogNumber Epic 34-03758 NERFINISHED
language English
leadVocalsBy Tawatha Agee NERFINISHED
length 5:53
notableFor heavy sampling in hip-hop
smooth groove
partOf album Juicy Fruit
performer Mtume NERFINISHED
producer James Mtume NERFINISHED
recordedBy Mtume NERFINISHED
recordLabel Epic Records
releaseDate 1983-05-14
releaseYear 1983
sampledIn Freak Like Me (Adina Howard song) NERFINISHED
Juicy (The Notorious B.I.G. song) NERFINISHED
Tha Shiznit (Snoop Dogg song) NERFINISHED
Trouble (Keith Sweat song) NERFINISHED
Unfaithful (The Notorious B.I.G. song) NERFINISHED
sideA Juicy Fruit NERFINISHED
tempo slow-to-mid tempo
weeksAtNumberOneUSR&B 8
writer James Mtume NERFINISHED

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Mtume notableWork Juicy Fruit
Mtume coWriterOf Juicy Fruit
Mtume workUsedAsSampleIn Juicy Fruit
Mtume hasNotableSongwritingCredit Juicy Fruit
The Hawk Flies High includesTrack Juicy Fruit