Freakit

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"Freakit"
Das EFX - Freakit single cover.jpg
Single by Das EFX
from the album Straight Up Sewaside
B-side "Gimme Dat Microphone" [1]
Released1993 (1993)
Genre Hip hop
Length3:18
Label EastWest
Songwriter(s) Das EFX, Chris Charity, Derek Lynch [2]
Producer(s) Chris Charity, Derek Lynch [3]
Das EFX singles chronology
"Straight Out the Sewer"
(1992)
"Freakit"
(1993)
"Baknaffek"
(1993)
Music video
"Freakit" at VH1.com

"Freakit" is a song co-written [2] and performed by Das EFX, issued as the lead single from their second studio album Straight Up Sewaside . In 1993, the song reached #1 on the Billboard dance chart, as well as peaking at #43 on the Billboard Hot 100. [4]

Contents

Music video

The official music video for the song was directed by Wayne Isham. [5]

Chart positions

Chart (1993) [4] Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 43
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales ( Billboard )1
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks (Billboard)24
US Hot Rap Singles (Billboard)6

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