"Static" is a 1988 song written by
Full Force
Full Force is an American music group of hip hop and R&B singers and producers from Brooklyn, New York.
Members
*B-Fine (Brian George) - drums and drum programming, backing vocals
*Shy Shy (Hugh Junior Clark) - bass guitar, backing vocal ...
and recorded by
James Brown. It was released as a
single
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from Brown's album ''
I'm Real'' and was charted at number 5 in the ''
Billboard''
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
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chart. Reviewing the album, ''
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'' singled "Static" out for praise, calling it "inflammatory". It contains samples of four songs, "
I Know You Got Soul", "Hot Pants (I'm Coming, I'm Coming, I'm Coming)", "Alice, I Want You Just for Me", and "Hot Pants Road". It was the last Top 40 hit of Brown's career.
The song's title inspired the identity of the
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superhero
Static
Static may refer to:
Places
*Static Nunatak, a nunatak in Antarctica
United States
* Static, Kentucky and Tennessee
*Static Peak, a mountain in Wyoming
**Static Peak Divide, a mountain pass near the peak
Science and technology Physics
*Static el ...
.
Sample used
*
Big Daddy Kane - "Raw"
References
James Brown songs
1988 singles
1988 songs
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