Feel Me Flow
{{Infobox song
| name = Feel Me Flow
| cover = Feel Me Flow.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Naughty by Nature
| album = Poverty's Paradise
| B-side = Hang Out and Hustle
| released = May 23, 1995
| format =
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Hip hop
| length = 3:34
| label = Tommy Boy
| writer = {{flat list|
- Anthony Criss
- Vincent Brown
- Kier Gist
- Ziggy Modeliste
- Art Neville
- Cyril Neville
- Leo Nocentelli
- George Porter Jr.
}}
| producer = Naughty by Nature
| prev_title = Craziest
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = Mourn You Til I Join You
| next_year = 1997
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|SLSbWDVI_pw|"Feel Me Flow"}}}}
}}
"Feel Me Flow" is a song by American hip hop group Naughty by Nature, released in May 1995 by Tommy Boy Records as a single from their fourth album, Poverty's Paradise (1995). The song was the most successful single from the album, peaking at number three on the US Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart in mid-June{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/naughty-by-nature/chart-history/rap/|title = Naughty by Nature}} and at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 in mid-July.{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p78/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} The sole rapper on the song is Treach. The accompanying music video shows him near a pool and the ocean in the midst of a heat wave, and also shows clips of the winter and people snowboarding. The winter scene was recorded at Stratton Mountain Resort in Vermont. The song was later featured in the 2002 film 8 Mile.{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/more-music-from-8-mile-mw0002037888|title=More Music from 8 Mile|access-date=September 6, 2021|website=AllMusic}}
Critical reception
Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "Well done naughties! You don't have to check the sample credits. As so much pure swing, the track automatically points to New Orleans soul and its house band the Meters ('Find Your Way')."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-08-12.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=12|issue=32|date=August 12, 1995|page=8|access-date=March 17, 2025}} Ted Kessler from NME commented, "Treach and co return with a song as hardy and sure-footed as 'Hip Hop Hooray', another call-and-response hip-hop anthem that should ensure Naughty by Nature are not handed the key to that most overcrowded of pop's resting places: the home of the one-hit hip-hop wonder. They're not saying much here, other than they're still here and still fab, but they do it with an elegant East Coast swagger that's intended on the memory as soon as the first chorus has faded out. A hit, Cap'n!"{{cite magazine|first=Ted|last=Kessler|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53442881809/|title=Singles|work=NME|date=April 22, 1995|page=32|access-date=January 7, 2024}}
Another NME editor, Iestyn George, complimented the song as "a fresh call and response excursion from the Paul Heaton-endorsed East Coast rap crew, featuring the Radio Edit's neat jazzy keyboard loop and a funky bass-line for that smooth summer hit quotient, plus a brace of monstrous subterranean versions for blasting out loud whilst cruising around the 'hood in yo' mutha's Vauxhall Nova."{{cite magazine|first=Iestyn|last=George|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53442563536/|title=Groove Check|work=NME|date=April 22, 1995|page=17|access-date=January 7, 2024|author-link=Iestyn George}}
Track listing
- CD single
- "Feel Me Flow" (Original Mix)
- "Hang Out and Hustle" (Original Mix)
- "Feel Me Flow" (E-A-Ski Remix)
- "Feel Me Flow" (Original Instrumental)
- "Hang Out and Hustle" (Original Instrumental)
Charts
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=Usage in Media=
In 2025, the song was used in a Starbucks[https://ispot.tv/ad/T6eo/starbucks-iced-lavender-matcha-ready-song-by-naughty-by-nature Starbucks Iced Lavender Matcha TV spot, 'Ready' Song by Naughty by Nature]commercial for the drink called the Iced Lavender Matcha where a barista is shown dancing around to the tune.
=Weekly charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (1995)
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| scope="row"| Australia (ARIA){{cite Ryan|page=199}}
| 89 |
| {{single chart|New Zealand|11|artist=Naughty by Nature|song=Feel Me Flow|rowheader=true|access-date=September 1, 2022}} |
| {{single chart|UK|23|date=19950423|rowheader=true|access-date=September 1, 2022}} |
| scope="row"|UK Club Chart (Music Week){{cite magazine|url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1995/Music-Week-1995-04-08.pdf |title= The RM Club Chart |magazine= Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental insert) |date= April 8, 1995 |page= 6 |accessdate= September 2, 2021}}
| 60 |
| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|17|artist=Naughty by Nature|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 12, 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|17|artist=Naughty by Nature|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 12, 2021}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardrapsongs|3|artist=Naughty by Nature|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardrhythmic|12|artist=Naughty by Nature|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 12, 2021}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (1995)
! scope="col"| Position |
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| scope="row"| US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web |url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1995 |title=Billboard Top 100 - 1995 |accessdate=August 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815124541/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1995 |archivedate=August 15, 2009 }}
| 73 |
| scope="row"| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1995/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1995|work=Billboard|accessdate=July 12, 2021}}
| 68 |
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|relyear=1995|certyear=1995|title=Let Me Flow|artist=Naughty By Nature|type=single|award=Gold|accessdate=November 10, 2024}}
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References
{{Naughty by Nature}}
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Category:Naughty by Nature songs
Category:Songs written by Treach
Category:Tommy Boy Records singles
Category:Songs written by KayGee