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"U Can't Touch This" is a song co-written, produced, and performed by American rapper MC Hammer. It was released as the third single from his third album, Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em (1990), and has been considered his signature song .
Stanley Kirk Burrell (born March 30, 1962), better known by his stage name MC Hammer (or simply Hammer), is an American rapper known for hit songs such as "U Can't Touch This", "2 Legit 2 Quit" and "Pumps and a Bump", flashy dance movements, extravagant choreography and his eponymous Hammer pants. [2]
Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em won Best Rap Solo Performance and Best R&B Song for "U Can't Touch This" and Best Music Video, Long Form for the film accompanying the album. The album also won five awards at the 1991 American Music Awards, including Favorite Soul/R&B Album, Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album and Favorite Pop/Rock Album.
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The predominant riff of the song was most popularly sampled in 1990 by MC Hammer in "U Can't Touch This". [52] The song would then be sampled by Jay-Z in his 2006 song “Kingdom Come”, American musical group Black Eyed Peas in their 2020 single “Vida Loca", and was later sampled by Nicki Minaj in her 2022 single, "Super Freaky Girl". [10]
"Jingle Bells/U Can't Touch This" is a Crazy Frog cover of the Christmas song "Jingle Bells" and a cover of "U Can't Touch This", (originally by MC Hammer). In Australia, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, and Sweden, a cover of Wham! 's " Last Christmas " instead of "U Can't Touch This" was added as an A-side and issued as ...
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"Pray" is a song released in August 1990 by Capitol as the third single from American rapper and dancer MC Hammer's third album, Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em (1990). Produced by Hammer, the song heavily samples Prince 's 1984 song " When Doves Cry ", the first of just a few times that Prince allowed samples of his compositions.