Back to My Roots
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| "Back to My Roots" | ||
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| Single by RuPaul | ||
| from the album Supermodel of the World | ||
| Released | 1993 | |
| Format | CD and 12" vinyl | |
| Genre | Pop and Dance | |
| Length | ??:?? | |
| Label | Tommy Boy Records | |
| Writer(s) | RuPaul | |
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| RuPaul singles chronology | ||
| Supermodel (You Better Work) | Back to My Roots | House of Love |
Back to My Roots was the fourth single (and second major label single) released by singer and drag queen RuPaul. The track continued to boost RuPaul's popularity with a gay audience and in dance clubs, but failed to chart in the Billboard Hot 100.
The house/dance track is a tribute to black women's hairstyles as well as to the tradition of community often found in urban hair salons. Within the song RuPaul name-checks a variety of hairstyle such as braids, hair extensions, afro-puffs and cornrows. She also names several of her relatives including her mother Ernestine Charles, who at the time owned a hair salon in Atlanta, Georgia.
The single was released primarily as a CD but with various 12" versions. It also featured a new remix of the hit single Supermodel (You Better Work), as well as a pastiche of the track called "Strudelmodel" which changed the theme of the original to a "model for der veinerschnitzel corporation".
An accompanying video showcased extreme drag-versions of all of these hairstyles. Though it was played occasionally on MTV it received far more play in dance clubs.
[edit] Tracks
(Tracks vary according to release; this listing reflects the tracks on the American CD version, which sold the most copies.)
- Back to My Roots (7" Version)
- Back to My Roots (Jheri Curl Juice Mix)
- Back to My Roots (Murk's Curl Activator Mix)
- Supermodel (You Better Work) (Work it' Mr. DJ Tribal Mix)
- Back to My Roots (Oscar G's Dope Dub)
- Back to My Roots (Jheri Curl Juice Dub)
- Strudelmodel
