Kinky Afro

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“Kinky Afro”
Single by Happy Mondays
from the album Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
A-side "Kinky Afro" (Mix)
B-side "Kinky Afro" (Live)
Released 8 October 1990
Format 7" 45 rpm , CD single
Genre Madchester
Length 3:55
Label Factory - FAC 302/7
Producer Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne
Happy Mondays singles chronology
"Step On"
(1990)		 "Kinky Afro"
(1990)		 "Loose Fit"
(1991)

"Kinky Afro" is a 1990 single by Happy Mondays. It was the second single from the band's third album Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches. The song was the band's biggest hit in the United States hitting #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart. It also hit #5 in the UK, tied with "Step On" as the band's highest charting single there. The song's chorus paraphrases the Labelle song "Lady Marmalade".

Contents

[edit] Track listing[1]

[edit] 7"

  1. "Kinky Afro" (3:55)
  2. "Kinky Afro" (live) (4:36)

[edit] 12"

  1. "Kinky Afro" (12 mix) (5:07)
  2. "Kinky Afro" (live) (6:38)

[edit] CD1

  1. "Kinky Afro" (Radio Edit) (3:58)
  2. "Kinky Afro" (12 Mix) (5:08)
  3. "Kinky Afro" (live) (6:38)

[edit] CD2

  1. "Kinky Afro" (Euromix) (7:26)
  2. "Kinky Afro" (Euromix edit) (4:15)
  3. "Step On" (US Dub mix) (5:55)

[edit] "Kinky Groovy Afro" 12"

  1. "Kinky Groovy Afro" (Peter Lorimer mix) (7:32)
  2. "Kinky Groovy Afro" (live) (6:38)
Preceded by
"More" by The Sisters of Mercy		 Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single
January 19, 1991 - January 25, 1991		 Succeeded by
"All This Time" by Sting

[edit] References

  1. ^ Happy Mondays extended discography