New Jack Swing (song)

"New Jack Swing"
Single by Wreckx-N-Effect
from the album Wrecks-N-Effect
B-side "Leave the Mike Smokin"
Released November 22, 1989
Format Vinyl single
Recorded 1989
Genre New jack swing[1]
Length 3:45
Label Motown
Producer(s) Wrecks-N-Effect
Wreckx-N-Effect singles chronology
"Soul Man"
(1989)
"New Jack Swing"
(1989)
"Wipe Your Sweat"
(1990)

New Jack Swing is a song by Wreckx-N-Effect (then called Wrecks-N-Effect), from their 1989 debut album Wrecks-N-Effect. The song hit number one on the Billboard Rap chart. It featured samples of The Village Callers' 1967 song "Hector" and Parliament's 1976 song "Give Up the Funk".

"New Jack Swing" appears in the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas video game soundtrack, on the fictitious radio station CSR 103.9.

References

  1. Josephs, Brian (July 20, 2012). "The 25 Best New Jack Swing Songs". Complex. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
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