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Wikipedia article{{Infobox song | name = Me Myself and I | cover = De La Soul Me Myself And I Cover.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = De La Soul | album = 3 Feet High and Rising | B-side = Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge) | released = April 1, 1989 | format = | recorded = 1988 | studio = Calliope Studios (Brooklyn, New York) | venue = | genre = Alternative rap | length = 3:50 | label = Tommy Boy | writer = | producer = Prince Paul | prev_title = Eye Know | prev_year = 1989 | next_title = Say No Go | next_year = 1989 | misc = }} "'Me Myself and I'" is a song by American hip hop trio De La Soul, released as a single in 1989 from their debut studio album '3 Feet High and Rising'. It was the group's only number one on the U.S. R&B chart. The song also topped the U.S. Club Play chart.[http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=16049 Me Myself and I Songfacts] The song's number 1 position in The Netherlands was spurred by the VPRO television station, who made a documentary about De La Soul after meeting them when they were still unknown.Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, 500 nr.1 hits uit de Top 40, page 262, 9023009444 (Book in Dutch) The record label Indisc acquired the local rights from Tommy Boy Records, and immediately seized the opportunity to release the song as a single. It ranked number 46 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop. Track listingList of samples"'Me Myself and I'"* "(Not Just) Knee Deep" by Funkadelic (1979) * "Rapper Dapper Snapper" by Edwin Birdsong (1980) * "Funky Worm" by the Ohio Players (1973) * "The Original Human Beatbox" by Doug E. Fresh (1985) * "Gonna Make You Mine" by Loose Ends (1986) "'Ain't Hip to Be Labeled a Hippie'" * "Hard Times" by Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band (1976) "'What's More'" * "You Baby" by The Turtles (1966) "'Brain-Washed Follower'" * "Funky President" by James Brown (1974) * "You Made A Believer (Out of Me)" by Ruby Andrews (1971) * "Booty Butt" by Ray Charles (1971) * "So This Is Our Goodbye" by The Moments (1972) ChartsWeekly chartsYear-end chartsCertificationsCompilation appearances*'All That "Hip Hop"' (2005) ReferencesCategory:1989 singles Category:Songs written by Vincent Mason Category:Songs written by Kelvin Mercer Category:Songs written by David Jude Jolicoeur Category:Songs written by Prince Paul (producer) Category:De La Soul songs Category:Dutch Top 40 number-one singles Category:Song recordings produced by Prince Paul (producer) Category:1989 songs Category:Tommy Boy Records singles Category:Songs written by George Clinton (funk musician) Category:Jazz rap songs | |
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