"Supersonic" is a song by

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from their debut album of the same name.

Background

The first recording of "Supersonic" was released in 1987 by the original line-up of J.J. Fad as the B-side to "Anotha Ho" on Dream Team Records. The new line-up re-recorded and released "Supersonic" in April 1988 as a

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; this version reached number 10 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Dance/Club Play Songs and number 22 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. "Supersonic" stayed on the dance charts for eight weeks. The single was certified gold by

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, and also got nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance in 1989, making them the first all-female rap group to be nominated for a

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award.

Charts

Year-end charts

Samples and references in other songs

The song has been sampled and referenced by others in the music industry: * Fergie in her song "

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", including parts of the beat and ways in which the song is sung. There has been much debate over whether or not this has been legal sampling, and a lawsuit was filed by former

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. member

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against Ruthless Records because he says the Black Eyed Peas did not provide them any royalties on the song. In a later interview with ''

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'', Arabian Prince stated, “

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did the right thing and the good thing by actually saying, ‘Okay, yeah, I got this from “Supersonic,” we’re gonna go ahead and get the publishing on this and pay royalties to me, whoever else and the girls.’ So that was a good thing.” *In 2004, MF Doom sampled the beatboxing intro from the 1988 video for "Supersonic" in his song "Hoecakes" from his album '' Mm.. Food''. *In 2006,

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referenced J.J. Fad and "Supersonic" in their single

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. *In 2009,

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reference J.J. Fad and "Supersonic" on their

–nominated song "

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". *In 2012, Killer Mike of

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referenced J.J. Fad and "Supersonic" in his song "Go!" from his album ''

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''. *In 2013,

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referenced J. J. Fad and "Supersonic" in his single " Rap God".

Certifications

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