| "Cha Cha Cha" | ||||
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| Single by MC Lyte | ||||
| from the album Eyes on This | ||||
| B-side | "Housepower" | |||
| Released | September 8, 1989[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1989 | |||
| Genre | Golden age hip hop | |||
| Length | 3:02 | |||
| Label | First Priority, Atlantic Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Freddie Byrd[2] | |||
| Producer(s) | King Of Chill[3] | |||
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| "Cha Cha Cha on YouTube | ||||
Cha Cha Cha is the lead single from MC Lyte's second album Eyes on This. Produced by King Of Chill, who also has songwriting credits, it was released on September 8, 1989.[1]
The song stayed 18 weeks on the recently created Billboard Hot Rap Singles and became one of the first songs to peak at No. 1 on that chart, staying there for two weeks in December 1989. Although MC Lyte had already reached #1 on Rap chart a few months earlier with the collaborative single "Self Destruction", this was the first time that a woman had achieved it as the lead artist. In turn, it would also become Lyte's first appearance on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop (then called "Billboard Hot Black Singles"), peaking No. 35.[4]
In 2008 "Cha Cha Cha" was No. 54 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop list[5] and Lil' Kim performed a rewritten version on her mixtape, Ms. G.O.A.T.[6]
- ^ a b "MC Lyte - Cha Cha Cha (12 inch Vinyl Single - Atlantic #96529)". AllMusic.
- ^ "ASCAP Repertory entry for this song". ASCAP. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
- ^ "Eyes on This - MC Lyte - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
- ^ "Top Music Charts - Hot 100 - Billboard 200 - Music Genre Sales". Billboard.[dead link]
- ^ "100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs". The Greatest. Episode 186. 2008-09-28. MTV Networks. VH1. Archived from the original on December 10, 2011.
- ^ Thomas, p. 192.