"Buck Wild" is a 1989
single released by the
Washington, D.C.
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go-go
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band
Experience Unlimited
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. The song was released as the first single from their 1989 album ''
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Plot
Dexter Jackson (Carson) is a young, black deliveryman in Atlanta, Georgia, who aspires to become a news reporter. He ...
''.
The single peaked at #7 on
Billboard's "
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs
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" chart, on May 13, 1989.
Track listing
;A-Side
#"Buck Wild"
(12" Mix) – 5:41
#"Buck Wild"
(B-Boy Mix) – 4:21
;B-Side
#"Buck Wild"
(Dub) – 3:35
#"Buck Wild"
(Instrumental) – 4:02
#"Express" – 4:19
References
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1989 songs
Experience Unlimited songs
Virgin Records singles
New jack swing songs