School Boy Crush

"School Boy Crush"
Single by Average White Band
from the album Cut the Cake
ReleasedJune 1975
GenreDisco, R&B, funk
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Roger Ball, Malcolm "Molly" Duncan, Steve Ferrone, Alan Gorrie, Ronnie McIntyre, Hamish Stuart

"School Boy Crush" is a song from Average White Band's 1975 album, Cut the Cake.

It has been heavily sampled in hip hop, rap and R&B songs such as:[1][better source needed]

  1. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" by TLC
  2. "Wanna B Where U R (Thisizzaluvsong)" by Floetry
  3. "Watch Me Do My Thing" by Immature featuring Juanita "Smooth" Stokes and Kel Mitchell as Ed from Good Burger
  4. "One Nite Stand" by Father MC
  5. "Microphone Fiend" by Eric B. & Rakim[2][3]
  6. "New Agenda" by Janet Jackson
  7. "Tear Shit Up" by Kurious
  8. "Halftime" by Nas[2]
  9. "Life Is...Too Short" by Too Short
  10. "What Goes On" by Artifacts
  11. "Think About It (Special Ed)" by Special Ed
  12. "Listen Me Tic (So So Def Remix)" by Ini Kamoze featuring Da Brat & Jermaine Dupri
  13. "Shy Guy" by Diana King
  1. ^ "School Boy Crush by Average White Band on WhoSampled". WhoSampled.
  2. ^ a b Kangas, Chaz (October 3, 2013). "The Best Average White Band Samples in Hip-Hop". The Village Voice. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
  3. ^ Berry, Peter A.; Fitzgerald, Trent (July 26, 2023). "Eric B. & Rakim Drop Their Follow the Leader Album – Today in Hip-Hop". XXL. Retrieved September 11, 2023.