"Back Seat (of My Jeep)" is a song by

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, released as a single on June 1, 1993, for Def Jam Recordings, taken from his fifth album ''

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''. It was produced and written by LL Cool J and

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. The song samples a drum loop from

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1973 song " You're Gettin' a Little Too Smart".

Reception

"Back Seat (of My Jeep)" was the most successful single from the critical and commercially disappointing album; it made it to 42 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and 24 on the

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. "Back Seat" was packed along with another single, "

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", which charted at a lower position (#96 Pop, #34 R&B).Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles 1942-2004 by Joel Whitburn The song was sampled in

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's 1995 song "

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." The music video for the single feature

at a Drive-in theater (which closed in 1998) in Westbury, New York.

Track listing

A-side

# "Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings" (LP Version)- 4:17 # "Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings" (Instrumental)- 4:12

B-side

# "Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings" (Remix)- 4:23 # "Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings" (Remix Instrumental)- 4:23 # "Back Seat (Of My Jeep)"- 4:32

References

1992 songs 1993 singles LL Cool J songs Def Jam Recordings singles Dirty rap songs Songs written by LL Cool J Songs written by Quincy Jones New jack swing songs {{1990s-single-stub