| "Get Ur Freak On" | ||||
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| Single by Missy Elliott | ||||
| from the album Miss E... So Addictive | ||||
| Released | March 13, 2001 | |||
| Studio | Westlake (Los Angeles) | |||
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| Length | 3:56 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Timbaland | |||
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| "Get Ur Freak On" on YouTube | ||||
"Get Ur Freak On" is a song by American rapper Missy Elliott. It was written and produced by Elliott and Timbaland for her third studio album Miss E... So Addictive (2001). Based on heavy bhangra elements, a popular music and dance form from the region of Punjab in India,[2] the song features a six-note base that is a Punjabi melody played on a tumbi and rhythm and bassline played on tabla.[3]
Released as the album's first single on March 13, 2001, the track reached number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Internationally, "Get Ur Freak On" became a top-10 success in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, where it became her first solo top-10 hit, peaking at number four. A remix of the song featuring Nelly Furtado was a dance club hit during this period. On the Billboard magazine issue dated February 21, 2015, "Get Ur Freak On" re-entered at number 40, more than a decade after its original chart run. This re-entry was spawned by Missy Elliott's performance at the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show that occurred earlier in the month.
- ^ Rolling Stone Staff (June 28, 2018). "The 100 Greatest Songs of the Century – So Far". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
But this stuttering, avant-garde, trans-continental experiment hit the Top 10 in 2001.
- ^ [1] Archived April 4, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. December 11, 2003.