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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]
"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 ]
Super Fly is a 1972 American blaxploitation crime drama film directed by Gordon Parks Jr. and starring Ron O'Neal as Youngblood Priest, an African American cocaine dealer who is trying to quit the underworld drug business. The film is well known for its soundtrack, written and produced by soul musician Curtis Mayfield. It was released on August ...
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.
"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]
"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).
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said U.S.-owned border wall materials, which were available for sale, were pulled from an Arizona auction at the government's request. The Lonestar State had shown ...
The song was first unveiled as the theme song of Tales of Zestiria in September 2014, when it was used in commercials promoting the game. [5] A day before the game's release, the song was made available for purchase in Japan as a digital single. [6] Superfly performed the song live at Music Station on January 23, and again at Music Japan on ...