"Freak Me" is a song by American R&B group

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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

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, 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.

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chart for eight weeks. On the Hot 100, this song also spent ten weeks at number two. It was certified

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by the

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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.

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Two versions of the

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for "Freak Me" were produced: the first was directed by

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, while the second was directed by

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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"

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– 4:35 Featuring – Teno West – Actual Performer on song *4 "Happy Days" nstrumental– 3:45 * Maxi-CD *1 "Freak Me"

– 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

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Another Level version

The song was

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by British

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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

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, overtaking Billie's "

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". It was produced by Fitzgerald Scott,

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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

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– Fitzgerald Scott *

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– Alex Nesmith * Programming – Alex Nesmith *Co-production –

and Joe *

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, programming – Joe Belmaati *

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– Tue Röh *Engineering – Bernard Löhr Source:

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