| "Freak Me" | ||||
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| Single by Silk | ||||
| from the album Lose Control | ||||
| B-side | "Happy Days" | |||
| Released | February 18, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 1992 | |||
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| Length | 4:36 | |||
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"Freak Me" is a song by American R&B group Silk. It was released in February 1993 as the second single from their debut album, Lose Control. It was co-written and co-produced by Keith Sweat, for whom Silk was a touring opening act. Tim Cameron, Jimmy Gates and Gary "Lil G" Jenkins sing lead on the song. The song was the group's highest-charting hit, reaching number-one on both the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks, and the U.S. Hot R&B Singles chart for eight weeks. On the Hot 100, this song also spent ten weeks at number two. It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and sold over 1.3 million copies domestically.[1][2]
The song was covered by Another Level, and their version reached No. 1 on the UK chart.
- ^ "American certifications – Silk – Freak Me". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- ^ "Best-Selling Records of 1993". Billboard. Vol. 106, no. 3. BPI Communications. January 15, 1994. p. 73. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 4, 2015.