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Track listing

CD single

#"Fakin' the Funk" (Remix) #"Fakin' the Funk" (Instrumental)

Charts

References

{{authority control 1992 singles 1992 songs EMI Records singles Main Source songs Song recordings produced by Large Professor Songs written by Large Professor