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"Freddie's Dead" is a song by Curtis Mayfield. It was the first single from his 1972 soundtrack album for the film Super Fly. The single was released before the Super Fly album, and before the film was in theaters. The song peaked at #4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on the R&B chart. Billboard ranked it as the No. 82 song for 1972. [1]
"Superfly" is a song by Curtis Mayfield, the title track from his 1972 soundtrack album for the film of the same name. It was the second single released from the album, following " Freddie's Dead (Theme From Superfly ) ", and reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #5 on the Best Selling Soul Singles chart. [ 4 ]
Widely considered a classic of 1970s soul and funk music, Super Fly was a nearly immediate hit. Its sales were bolstered by two million-selling singles, "Freddie's Dead" (number 2 R&B charts, number 4 Pop charts) and the title track (number 5 R&B, number 8 Pop). Super Fly is one of the few soundtracks to out-gross the film it accompanied. [15]
A second song by Future featuring Yung Bans called "Bag" was released later in the month, as the lead promotional single. [5] On June 5, 2018, "This Way" by Khalid and H.E.R. was released as the album's second promotional single, [ 6 ] followed by "Walk On Minks" by Future on June 6, 2018, as the third promotional single.
Ron O'Neal (September 1, 1937 – January 14, 2004) was an American actor, director and screenwriter, who rose to fame in his role as Youngblood Priest, a New York City cocaine dealer, in the blaxploitation film Super Fly (1972) and its sequel Super Fly T.N.T. (1973).
"Super Fly Meets Shaft" is a break-in record co-written by Dickie Goodman and recorded by John & Ernest. It consists of lines from popular R&B /soul songs of the day, which tell a story about the main characters from the films Super Fly (1972) and Shaft (1971).
"My Best of My Life" is a song by Japanese rock act Superfly, the band's 7th single overall and the first released after the band's Rock'N'Roll Show 2008 tour. The song was used as the theme song for the Japanese drama Boss, [1] alongside a then untitled song the band performed as the opening theme. The show's producer Ken Murase decided to go ...
2 4 March 1972: 3 3 "Storm in a Teacup" The Fortunes: 7 26 February 1972: 1 26 February 1972: 11 "Without You" (#4) Nilsson: 1 11 March 1972: 5 6 "Got to Be There" Michael Jackson: 5 4 March 1972: 1 2 "Day After Day" Badfinger: 10 26 February 1972: 2 4 March 1972: 5 "Mother and Child Reunion" Paul Simon: 5 18 March 1972: 1 3 "Blue Is the Colour ...