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Freak Me#Another Level version

{{short description|1993 single by Silk}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Freak Me

| cover = Freak Me Silk.jpg

| alt =

| caption = U.S. commercial cassette single

| type = single

| artist = Silk

| album = Lose Control

| B-side = "Happy Days"

| released = February 18, 1993

| recorded = 1992

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = {{hlist|R&B}}

| length = 4:36

| label = {{hlist|Keia|Elektra}}

| writer = {{hlist|Keith Sweat|Roy Murray|Teno West}}

| producer = {{hlist|Keith Sweat|T.H.}}

| prev_title = Happy Days

| prev_year = 1992

| next_title = Girl U for Me/Lose Control

| next_year = 1993

}}

"Freak Me" is a song by American R&B group Silk. It was released in February 1993 as the second single from their debut album, Lose Control. It was co-written and co-produced by Keith Sweat, for whom Silk was a touring opening act. Tim Cameron, Jimmy Gates and Gary "Lil G" Jenkins sing lead on the song. The song was the group's highest-charting hit, reaching number-one on both the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks, and the U.S. Hot R&B Singles chart for eight weeks. On the Hot 100, this song also spent ten weeks at number two. It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and sold over 1.3 million copies domestically.{{cite certification |region=United States |artist=Silk |title=Freak Me |access-date=May 4, 2015}}{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FwgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA73 |title=Best-Selling Records of 1993 |magazine=Billboard|publisher=BPI Communications|date=January 15, 1994 |access-date=May 4, 2015 |page=73 |issn=0006-2510|volume=106|number=3}}

The song was covered by Another Level, and their version reached No. 1 on the UK chart.

Music video

Two versions of the music video for "Freak Me" were produced: the first was directed by Bronwen Hughes, while the second was directed by Lionel C. Martin.{{cite web |last1=Breihan |first1=Tom |title=The Number Ones: Silk's "Freak Me" |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2174614/the-number-ones-silks-freak-me/columns/the-number-ones/ |website=stereogum.com |publisher=Stereogum Media |access-date=2022-02-06}}

Track listing

  • US 12" vinyl"{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Silk-Freak-Me/release/365772 |title=Silk (4) - Freak Me (Vinyl) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date=2014-04-01}}
  • 1 "Freak Me" [Remix] – 4:55 Featuring – Teno West – Actual Performer on song
  • 2 "Freak Me" [Jeep Beat Mix] – 4:55 Featuring – Teno West – Actual Performer on song
  • 3 "Freak Me" [LP Version] – 4:35 Featuring – Teno West – Actual Performer on song
  • 4 "Happy Days" [Instrumental] – 3:45
  • Maxi-CD{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Silk-Freak-Me/release/1377775 |title=Silk (4) - Freak Me (CD) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date=2014-04-01}}
  • 1 "Freak Me" [LP Version] – 4:35 Featuring – Teno West – Actual Performer on song
  • 2 "Freak Me" [Remix] – 4:55 Featuring – Teno West – Actual Performer on song
  • 3 "Freak Me" [Jeep Beat Mix] – 4:55 Featuring – Teno West – Actual Performer on song
  • 4 "Freak Me" [Extended Version] – 5:38 Featuring – Teno West – Actual Performer on song
  • 5 "Freak Me" [Christine Henke cover] – 3:58 Featuring – Dioni [on the remix] – 2007

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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Chart (1993)

!Peak
position

{{singlechart|Australia|3|artist=Silk|song=Freak Me}}
Canada Top Singles (RPM)

| style="text-align:center;"|43

Europe (European Dance Radio){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-06-05.pdf|title=European Dance Radio|magazine=Music & Media|date=June 5, 1993|page=17|accessdate=November 4, 2021}}

| style="text-align:center;"|8

{{singlechart|Dutch40|30|artist=Silk|song=Freak Me}}
{{singlechart|Dutch100|42|artist=Silk|song=Freak Me}}
{{singlechart|New Zealand|9|artist=Silk|song=Freak Me}}
UK Singles (OCC)

| style="text-align:center;"|46

US Billboard Hot 100

| style="text-align:center;"|1

US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks (Billboard)

| style="text-align:center;"|1

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=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable"
Chart (1993)

!Position

align="left"|Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/1993/singles-chart|title=1993 ARIA Singles Chart|publisher=ARIA|access-date=May 21, 2019}}

|align="center"|15

align="left"|New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ){{cite web|url=https://nztop40.co.nz/index.php/chart/?chart=3882|title=End of Year Charts 1993|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=December 3, 2017}}

|align="center"|43

US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1993|title=Billboard Top 100 - 1993|access-date=2010-08-27|archive-date=2006-11-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110095203/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1993|url-status=dead}}

| style="text-align:center;"|5

US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1993/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1993|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 30, 2021}}

| style="text-align:center;"|4

=Decade-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable"
Chart (1990–1999)

!Position

US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine | first = Geoff | last = Mayfield | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9w0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA4 | title = 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s | magazine = Billboard | date = December 25, 1999 | access-date = October 15, 2010}}

| style="text-align:center;"|32

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=Certifications=

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|artist=Silk|title=Freak Me|award=Platinum|relyear=1993|certyear=1993|certref=|access-date=June 28, 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Silk|title=Freak Me|award=Platinum|relyear=1993|certyear=1993|access-date=June 28, 2022}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

Another Level version

{{Infobox song

| name = Freak Me

| cover = Another Level - Freak Me.jpeg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Another Level

| album = Another Level

| B-side = Whatever You Want

| released = 6 July 1998

| recorded = 1998

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = {{hlist|R&B}}

| length = {{ubl|3:39 {{small|(radio edit)}}|4:56 {{small|(album version)}}}}

| label = Northwestside

| writer = {{hlist|Keith Sweat|Roy Murray|Anthony Teno West Johnson}}

| producer = {{hlist|Fitzgerald Scott|Cutfather & Joe}}

| prev_title = Be Alone No More

| prev_year = 1998

| next_title = Guess I Was a Fool

| next_year = 1998

}}

The song was covered by British boy band Another Level in 1998. It was released on 6 July 1998 as the second single from the band's self-titled debut album.{{cite web|title=Freak Me [CD 1]: Another Level: Amazon.co.uk: Music|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00000B96R|publisher=Amazon.co.uk}} This version reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, overtaking Billie's "Because We Want To".{{cite book

| first= David

| last= Roberts

| year= 2006

| title= British Hit Singles & Albums

| edition= 19th

| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited

| location= London

| isbn= 1-904994-10-5

| page= 4622}} It was produced by Fitzgerald Scott, Cutfather and Joe; it was the seventeenth biggest-selling boy band single of the 1990s in the UK, selling over 415,000 copies.

=Track listing=

  • UK CD single (1){{cite web|title=Another Level - Freak Me (CD, Maxi) at Discogs|url=http://www.discogs.com/Another-Level-Freak-Me/release/1519901|publisher=Discogs|access-date=2014-04-01}}
  1. "Freak Me" {{small|(Cutfather & Joe Radio Edit)}}
  2. "Whatever You Want"
  3. "Freak Me" {{small|(Club Asylum Classic Vocal Mix)}}
  • UK CD single (2){{cite web|title=Another Level - Freak Me (CD, Single, CD2) at Discogs|url=http://www.discogs.com/Another-Level-Freak-Me-The-Blacksmith-Remixes/release/1594556|publisher=Discogs|access-date=2014-04-01}}
  1. "Freak Me" {{small|(Blacksmith R&B Radio Rub)}}
  2. "Freak Me" {{small|(Blacksmith Put It There Mix)}}
  3. "Freak Me" {{small|(Blacksmith Skate And Roll Mix)}}
  • German CD single{{cite web|title=Another Level - Freak Me (CD, Single) at Discogs|url=http://www.discogs.com/Another-Level-Freak-Me/release/1173130|publisher=Discogs|access-date=2014-04-01}}
  1. "Freak Me" (C&J Radio Edit) — 3:39
  2. "Freak Me" {{small|(Blacksmith R&B Rub)}} — 6:09
  • German CD maxi-single{{cite web|title=Another Level - Freak Me (CD, Maxi) at Discogs|url=http://www.discogs.com/Another-Level-Freak-Me/release/573485|publisher=Discogs|access-date=2014-04-01}}
  1. "Freak Me" {{small|(C&J Radio Edit)}}
  2. "Whatever You Want"
  3. "Freak Me" {{small|(Club Asylum Radio Edit)}}
  4. "Freak Me" {{small|(Blacksmith R&B Rub)}}
  5. "Freak Me" {{small|(C&J Mix)}}
  6. "Freak Me" {{small|(Rich Boogie Remix)}}

=Credits and personnel=

Source:

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=Charts=

class="wikitable sortable"
style="text-align:center;"|Chart (1998)

! style="text-align:center;"|Peak
position

{{singlechart|Australia|43|artist=Another Level|song=Freak Me}}
{{singlechart|Flanders|15|artist=Another Level|song=Freak Me}}
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-07-25.pdf|magazine=Music & Media|volume=15|issue=30|page=12|date=25 July 1998|accessdate=1 January 2025}}

|style="text-align:center;"|11

Europe (European Hit Radio){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-08-15.pdf|title=EHR Top 40|magazine=Music & Media|volume=15|issue=33|date=August 15, 1998|page=28|access-date=April 10, 2024}}

| style="text-align:center;"|34

{{singlechart|France|91|artist=Another Level|song=Freak Me}}
{{singlechart|Germany|75|artist=Another Level|song=Freak Me|songid=48817}}
{{singlechart|Ireland2|10|artist=Another Level|song=Freak Me|access-date=January 17, 2020}}
{{singlechart|Dutch40|2|year=1998|week=35}}
{{singlechart|Dutch100|2|artist=Another Level|song=Freak Me}}
{{singlechart|New Zealand|12|artist=Another Level|song=Freak Me}}
{{singlechart|Norway|10|artist=Another Level|song=Freak Me}}
{{singlechart|Scotland|13|date=19980719|accessdate=March 31, 2023}}
{{singlechart|Sweden|11|artist=Another Level|song=Freak Me}}
{{singlechart|UKsinglesbyname|1|artist=Another Level|song=Freak Me|artistid=4285}}
{{singlechart|UKrandb|1|date=19980712|accessdate=March 31, 2023}}

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=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable"
Chart (1998)

!Position

Belgium (Ultratop Flanders){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1998|title=Jaaroverzichten 1998|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=March 10, 2020}}

|style="text-align:center"|95

Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1998|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1998|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=March 10, 2020}}

|style="text-align:center"|17

Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1998&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1998|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=March 10, 2020}}

|style="text-align:center"|20

Sweden (Sverigetopplistan){{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=1998&dspp=1|title=Årslista Singlar – År 1998|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|access-date=March 10, 2020}}

|style="text-align:center"|55

UK Singles (OCC){{cite magazine |title=Best Sellers of 1998 – Singles Top 100 |magazine=Music Week |date=16 January 1999 |page=7 |issn=0265-1548}}

|style="text-align:center"|28

UK Urban (Music Week){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1999/Music-Week-1999-01-09.pdf |title=The Urban Top 40 Of 1998|magazine=Music Week|date=January 9, 1999|access-date=August 6, 2023}}

|style="text-align:center"|29

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=Certifications=

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|type=single|artist=Another Level|title=Freak Me|award=Gold|relyear=1998|certyear=1998|access-date=28 June 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Another Level|title=Freak Me|award=Gold|relyear=1998|id=1998-11-20|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|certyear=1998}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Another Level|title=Freak Me|award=Platinum|relyear=2004|certyear=2023|id=2381-1029-1|access-date=27 October 2023}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true}}

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Silk}}

{{Another Level}}

{{authority control}}

Category:1992 songs

Category:1993 singles

Category:1998 singles

Category:1990s ballads

Category:Silk (group) songs

Category:Another Level (band) songs

Category:Contemporary R&B ballads

Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles

Category:UK singles chart number-one singles

Category:Music videos directed by Lionel C. Martin

Category:Song recordings produced by Cutfather & Joe

Category:Songs written by Keith Sweat