Freak Me

"Freak Me"
Single by Silk
from the album Lose Control
Released	February 18, 1993
Format	CD single, cassette single, 7" vinyl
Recorded	1992
Genre	R&B
Length	4:36
Label	Keia/Elektra
Writer(s)	Keith Sweat, Roy Murray
Producer	Keith Sweat Fitzgerald Scott
Silk singles chronology
"Happy Days" (1992) "Freak Me" (1993) "Girl U For Me/Lose Control" (1993)

"Freak Me" is an R&B ballad recorded by Atlanta, Georgia-based vocal quintet Silk in 1992. It was co-written and co-produced by Keith Sweat, for whom Silk was a touring opening act. Sweat also performed this on his 2003 Live Album.

The song was released as the second single from Silk's album Lose Control after "Happy Days." "Freak Me" 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 seven weeks.

In 1998 the song was covered by British boy band Another Level.

The group performed the song on The Mo'Nique Show July 6th, 2010.

In 2008 song was covered again, but this time with hip-hop producers Play-N-Skillz including R&B singer & former 112 member Slim.

Track listing

US Vinyl, 12" [1]

• 1 Freak Me [Remix] 4:55 Featuring - Teno West
• 2 Freak Me [Jeep Beat Mix] 4:55 Featuring - Teno West
• 3 Freak Me [LP Version] 4:35 Featuring - Teno West
• 4 Happy Days [Instrumental] 3:45

Maxi-CD [2]

• 1 Freak Me [LP Version]4:35
• 2 Freak Me [Remix] 4:55
• 3 Freak Me [Jeep Beat Mix] 4:55
• 4 Freak Me [Extended Version] 5:38

Charts

End of year charts

End of year chart (1993)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	5

End of decade charts

Chart (1990-1999)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	32

Another Level version

"Freak Me"
Single by Another Level
from the album Another Level
B-side	"Whatever You Want"
Released	July 6, 1998
Format	CD single, cassette single, 12" single
Recorded	1998
Genre	R&B
Length	3:39 (Radio Edit) 4:56 (Album Version)
Label	Northwestside
Writer(s)	Roy Murray, Keith Sweat
Producer	Fitzgerald Scott, Cutfather & Joe
Another Level singles chronology
"Be Alone No More" (1998) "Freak Me" (1998) "Guess I Was a Fool" (1998)

The song was covered by British boy band Another Level in 1998. It was released on July 6 as the second single from the band's self-titled debut album. This version reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, overtaking Billie's "Because We Want To". Produced by Fitzgerald Scott and Cutfather & Joe it was the 17th biggest selling boy band single of the 1990s in the UK selling 415,000 copies.

Track listing

• UK CD single #1

1. "Freak Me" (Cutfather & Joe Radio Edit)
2. "Whatever You Want"
3. "Freak Me" (Club Asylum Classic Vocal Mix)

• UK CD single #2

1. "Freak Me" (Blacksmith R&B Radio Rub)
2. "Freak Me" (Blacksmith Put It There Mix)
3. "Freak Me" (Blacksmith Skate And Roll Mix)

• German CD single

1. "Freak Me" (C&J Radio Edit) — 3:39
2. "Freak Me" (Blacksmith R&B Rub) — 6:09

• German CD maxi-single

1. "Freak Me" (C&J Radio Edit)
2. "Whatever You Want"
3. "Freak Me" (Club Asylum Radio Edit)
4. "Freak Me" (Blacksmith R&B Rub)
5. "Freak Me" (C&J Mix)
6. "Freak Me" (Rich Boogie Remix)

Credits and personnel

• Writing – Roy Murray, Keith Sweat
• Production – Fitzgerald Scott
• Engineering – Alex Nesmith
• Programming – Alex Nesmith
• Co-production – Cutfather & Joe
• Keyboards, programming – Joe Belmaati
• Rhodes piano – Tue Röh
• Engineering – Bernard Löhr

Source:

Charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)	43
Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)	15
France (SNEP)	91
Ireland (IRMA)	10
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)	2
New Zealand (RIANZ)	12
Norway (VG-lista)	10
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)	11
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)	1

Certifications

Country	Certifications (sales thresholds)
United Kingdom	Gold (BPI)

Chart successions

Preceded by "Because We Want To" by Billie Piper

UK Singles Chart number-one single July 18, 1998 (1 week)

Succeeded by "Deeper Underground" by Jamiroquai

See also

• R&B number-one hits of 1993 (USA)
• List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1993 (U.S.)
• List of number-one singles from the 1990s (UK)