"Freak Me" is a song by American R&B group
Silk
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. It was released in February 1993 as the second single from their debut album, ''
Lose Control''. It was co-written and co-produced by
Keith Sweat
Keith Sweat (born July 22, 1961) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and an early figure in the new jack swing musical movement. He is known for his collection of hits including "I Want Her", " Make It Last Forever", "I'll Give A ...
, for whom Silk was a touring opening act. Tim Cameron, Jimmy Gates and
Gary "Lil G" Jenkins sing lead on the song. The song was the group's highest-charting hit, reaching number-one on both the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 for two weeks, and the U.S.
Hot R&B Singles
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chart for eight weeks. On the Hot 100, this song also spent ten weeks at number two. It was certified
platinum
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by the
Recording Industry Association of America
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(RIAA) and sold over 1.3 million copies domestically.
The song was covered by
Another Level, and their version reached No. 1 on the UK chart.
Music video
Two versions of the
music video
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for "Freak Me" were produced: the first was directed by
Bronwen Hughes
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Filmography
Films
Television
Music videos
...
, while the second was directed by
Lionel C. Martin
Lionel C. Martin is an American music video director, film director and VJ (media personality), VJ from Queens, Queens, New York. While he is known primarily as a music video director, he has also film director, directed the films ''Def Jam's How ...
.
Track listing
* US 12" vinyl"
*1 "Freak Me"
emix– 4:55 Featuring – Teno West – Actual Performer on song
*2 "Freak Me"
eep Beat Mix– 4:55 Featuring – Teno West – Actual Performer on song
*3 "Freak Me"
P Version
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History
The ...
– 4:35 Featuring – Teno West – Actual Performer on song
*4 "Happy Days"
nstrumental– 3:45
* Maxi-CD
*1 "Freak Me"
P Version
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History
The ...
– 4:35 Featuring – Teno West – Actual Performer on song
*2 "Freak Me"
emix– 4:55 Featuring – Teno West – Actual Performer on song
*3 "Freak Me"
eep Beat Mix– 4:55 Featuring – Teno West – Actual Performer on song
*4 "Freak Me"
xtended Version– 5:38 Featuring – Teno West – Actual Performer on song
*5 "Freak Me"
hristine Henke cover– 3:58 Featuring – Dioni
n the remix– 2007
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
All-time charts
Certifications
Another Level version
The song was
covered
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by British
boy band
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Another Level in 1998. It was released on 6 July 1998 as the second single from the
band's self-titled debut album. This version reached number one on the
UK Singles Chart
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, overtaking
Billie's "
Because We Want To
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".
It was produced by Fitzgerald Scott,
Cutfather
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Career
Cutfather is perhaps best known for his ...
and Joe; it was the seventeenth biggest-selling boy band single of the 1990s in the UK, selling over 415,000 copies.
Track listing
*UK CD single (1)
#"Freak Me"
#"Whatever You Want"
#"Freak Me"
*UK CD single (2)
#"Freak Me"
#"Freak Me"
#"Freak Me"
*German CD single
#"Freak Me"
(C&J Radio Edit) — 3:39
#"Freak Me" — 6:09
*German CD maxi-single
#"Freak Me"
#"Whatever You Want"
#"Freak Me"
#"Freak Me"
#"Freak Me"
#"Freak Me"
Credits and personnel
*
Production
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– Fitzgerald Scott
*
Engineering
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– Alex Nesmith
*
Programming – Alex Nesmith
*Co-production –
Cutfather
Mich Hedin Hansen (born 9 April 1968), known professionally as Cutfather, is a Danish music producer, songwriter, remixer and DJ based in Copenhagen. Cutfather has a studio on Njalsgade, Copenhagen.
Career
Cutfather is perhaps best known for his ...
and Joe
*
Keyboards
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, programming – Joe Belmaati
*
Rhodes piano
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– Tue Röh
*Engineering – Bernard Löhr
Source:
Charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
See also
*
List of number-one R&B singles of 1993 (U.S.)
*
List of ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number-one singles of 1993
*
List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1990s
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References
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1992 songs
1993 singles
1998 singles
Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
UK Singles Chart number-one singles
Silk (group) songs
Another Level (band) songs
Songs written by Keith Sweat
Song recordings produced by Cutfather & Joe
Contemporary R&B ballads
1990s ballads