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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]
"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. [5]
"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]
[2] US R&B [2] UK [3] 1970 Curtis: 19 1 30 US: Gold [4] 1971 Curtis/Live! 21 3 — Live Roots: 40 6 — 1972 Super Fly: 1 1 26 US: Gold [4] Soundtrack 1973 Back to the World: 16 1 — US: Gold [4] Curtis in Chicago — — — Live 1974 Claudine: 35 1 — Soundtrack Sweet Exorcist: 39 2 — Got to Find a Way: 76 17 — 1975 Let's Do It Again ...
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.
"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).
It was released as a digital download in Japan on June 18, 2010, [2] and was later included on Superfly's single and cover album release "Wildflower" & Cover Songs: Complete Best 'Track 3' in September 2010. [3] An extended version of the song appears on Superfly's third studio album Mind Travel.
Super Fly, a 1972 Curtis Mayfield soundtrack to the film "Superfly" (song), the album's title track; Superfly, a remake of the 1972 blaxploitation film; Armour of God II: Operation Condor, a 1991 Hong Kong film released in the Philippines as Superfly. Superfly, a soundtrack album from the 2018 film