"Cross The Track (We Better Go Back)", often wrongly attributed as "Cross The Tracks (We Better Go Back)", is a 1975 single by

Maceo and the Macks The J.B.'s (sometimes punctuated The JB's or The J.B.s) was the name of James Brown's band from 1970 through the early 1980s. On records the band was sometimes billed under alternate names such as Fred Wesley and the JBs, The James Brown Soul ...

. It made #54 on the UK Singles Chart."Maceo and the Macks" at Official Charts Company
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Sampling

In 1987, the song was re-released and made #1 on the UK Dance Chart. In 1988, it was sampled for

Kid 'N Play Kid 'n Play is an American hip-hop duo from New York City that was most popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The duo was composed of Christopher Reid ("Kid") and Christopher Martin ("Play") working alongside their DJ, Mark "DJ Wiz" Eas ...

's "Do This My Way" and Stetsasonic's "DBC Let the Music Play". In 1989, it was sampled for "D.E.F. = Doug E. Fresh (Dance, Party Get-Up Remix)" by Doug E. Fresh and The Get Fresh Crew and "Do It to the Crowd" by

Twin Hype Twin Hype was an American rap trio, originating from New Jersey. Consisting of twin brothers Glennis Brown (the Sly) and Lennis Brown (Slick) along with Jose Matos born August 14 1968 (DJ King Shameek). Career The twins started rapping together ...

. In 1997, it was sampled by the Korean group Sechskies on the track “연정 (Heartbreak)” in their debut album, School Anthem (학원별곡). In 2006 " Surround U" by Fantasia Barrino sampled this song. In 2010, the track was sampled by

A Skillz A.Skillz (born Adam Mills) is an English electronic musician. He has worked across the UK at FabricLive, Spectrum, Chew The Fat, Supercharged, The Boutique and Sugarbeat as well as gigs around the world at major events, festivals and music indus ...

on their track "Twang Banger".

In other media

The original track appeared in the 2000 film ''Snatch'', as well as its soundtrack. In 2004, it appeared in the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas soundtrack In 2006, it appeared in the Driver: Parallel Lines soundtrack.

References

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