| "Funkdafied" | ||||
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| Single by Da Brat | ||||
| from the album Funkdafied | ||||
| Released | May 30, 1994 | |||
| Format | Vinyl Cassette CD single |
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| Recorded | 1994 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop, G-funk | |||
| Length | 3:05 | |||
| Label | So So Def | |||
| Writer(s) | Jermaine Dupri, The Isley Brothers, Chris Jasper | |||
| Producer | Jermaine Dupri | |||
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"Funkdafied" was the lead single released from Da Brat's debut album, Funkdafied.
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The song was both produced and written by Jermaine Dupri and contained a sample of The Isley Brothers 1983 hit "Between the Sheets", for which the brothers and Chris Jasper were given songwriting credits. The single was released in the summer of 1994 and quickly became a hit, reaching No. 6 on the Billboard 200 and 2 on the R&B charts (held from the top spot by Janet Jackson's "Any Time, Any Place") while also topping the Hot Rap Singles chart at No. 1. To date, "Funkdafied" remains Da Brat's most successful single and is her only single to reach platinum status for one million copies sold, doing so on August 16, 1994. It reached No. 37 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1994 as one of the years most popular and successful singles.
| Chart (1994) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Billboard Hot 100 | 6 |
| Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | 2 |
| Billboard Hot Rap Singles | 1 |
| Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 | 1 |
| Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 3 |
| End of year chart (1994) | Position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1] | 37 |