"So Fresh, So Clean" | ||||
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Single by Outkast | ||||
from the album Stankonia | ||||
B-side | "Gangsta Sh*t" | |||
Released | March 13, 2001 [1] | |||
Length | 4:00 | |||
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Producer(s) | Organized Noize | |||
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"So Fresh,So Clean" on YouTube |
"So Fresh,So Clean" is a song by American hip hop duo Outkast from their fourth studio album, Stankonia (2000),featuring uncredited vocals from singer-songwriter Sleepy Brown. It was produced by longtime collaborators Organized Noize. The song reached number 30 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in October 2020.
Among the things and people mentioned in the song are the Chevrolet Monte Carlo and Cadillac Eldorado (both General Motors cars),the television show Showtime at the Apollo and its longtime host Kiki Shepard,and R&B singers Teddy Pendergrass and Freddie Jackson.
This song also mentions - and sexualises Anne Frank.
Lyrics:"I love who you are,I love who you ain't / You're so Anne Frank / Let's hit the attic to hide out for 'bout two weeks / Rick James'n,no chains and whips / I do suck lips 'til hips jerk in double time / The boy next door's a freak,ha-ha!"
The song prominently features a sample from Joe Simon's "Before the Night Is Over". [2] The song also features a sample from Funkadelic's "I'll Stay".
"So Fresh,So Clean" debuted at number 71 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart dated March 3,2001. [3] The song eventually reached it peak at number 30 on the chart dated May 5,2001. [4] On October 8,2020,the single was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and streaming equivalent units of over a million units in the United States. [5]
The music video features the duo and Sleepy Brown performing on a variety of CGI backgrounds,a beauty parlor,and a church. Ludacris,Slimm Calhoun,Chilli of TLC and members of Goodie Mob make cameo appearances in the video.
The official remix,"So Fresh,So Clean (Stankonia Remix)" features Snoop Dogg and Sleepy Brown. It appeared on the soundtrack of Snoop Dogg's movie Bones under the name "Fresh and Clean (Remix)".
US CD single [6]
US 12-inch single [7]
UK CD single [8]
| UK 12-inch single [9]
UK cassette single [10]
European CD single [11]
Australian CD single [12]
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Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [35] | Gold | 35,000![]() |
United Kingdom (BPI) [36] | Silver | 200,000![]() |
United States (RIAA) [5] | Platinum | 1,000,000![]() |
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Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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United States | 2001 | Rhythmic Urban radio | [ citation needed ] | |
Australia | May 28,2001 | CD | [37] | |
United Kingdom |
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In 2017,the song appeared in the first episode of Marvel's Iron Fist . Also in 2017,it appeared on the soundtrack for the video game NBA 2K18.
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