Cell Therapy (song)

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"Cell Therapy"
Cell Therapy.jpg
Single by Goodie Mob
from the album Soul Food
B-side "Soul Food"
ReleasedSeptember 26, 1995
Recorded1994
Genre Hip hop
Length4:37
Label LaFace
Songwriter(s) Organized Noize, Cameron Gipp, Willie Knighton, Jr., Robert Barnett
Producer(s) Organized Noize
Goodie Mob singles chronology
"Cell Therapy"
(1995)
"Soul Food"
(1996)
Music video
"Cell Therapy" on YouTube

"Cell Therapy" is the debut single by the Goodie Mob, released as the lead single from their debut album, Soul Food . Fellow Dungeon Family members Organized Noize produced the song.

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The song became a top 40 hit, peaking at number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100 while also topping the Billboard Hot Rap Singles at number one. It remains the group's only single to reach the top 40.

The song has also appeared on Goodie Mob's greatest hits compilation Dirty South Classics and Cee Lo Green's Closet Freak: The Best of Cee-Lo Green the Soul Machine .

Track listing

A-side

  1. "Cell Therapy" (album version) – 4:43
  2. "Cell Therapy" (album version clean) – 4:19
  3. "Cell Therapy" (album instrumental) – 4:43

B-side

  1. "Cell Therapy" (Sideeq Remix) – 4:43
  2. "Cell Therapy" (a cappella) – 4:17
  3. "Soul Food" (album version) – 3:56
  4. "Benz or Beamer" – 4:15 (Bonus track performed by Outkast)

Charts

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