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1995 soundtrack album by Various artists
Friday Released April 11, 1995 Recorded 1994-95 Genre West Coast hip hop , gangsta rap , hardcore hip hop , G-Funk , funk , soul Length 64 :08 Label Producer Ice Cube , Dr. Dre , Sam Sneed , DJ Pooh , DJ Muggs , Bootsy Collins , E-A-Ski , E-Swift , Mr. Mixx , Roger Troutman , Ronald Isley , N.O. Joe , CMT
Friday is the soundtrack album for the 1995 comedy film , Friday . It was released on April 11, 1995, on CD and cassette through Priority and consisted of hip Hop and R&B music. The soundtrack reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 , where it held the position for 2 weeks, and the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 6 weeks. It also spawned the successful Dr. Dre single "Keep Their Heads Ringin' ", which made it to No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart. The album was certified Double Platinum by the RIAA on June 4, 1996. Music videos were shot for "Friday" and "Keep Their Heads Ringin'".
Track listing
Title Writer(s) Producer 1. "Friday" Ice Cube Ice Cube 3:51 2. "Keep Their Heads Ringin' " (featuring Nancy Fletcher) Dr. Dre Dr. Dre , Sam Sneed 5:06 3. "Friday Night" (featuring CJ Mac ) Scarface N.O. Joe , Teddy Knock3:40 4. "Lettin' Niggas Know" Threat DJ Pooh , Rashad Coes4:30 5. "Roll It Up, Light It Up, Smoke It Up" Cypress Hill DJ Muggs 3:37 6. "Take a Hit" Mack 10 Mack 10 4:36 7. "Tryin' to See Another Day" The Isley Brothers Ronald Isley , Angela Winbush 3:38 8. "You Got Me Wide Open" Bootsy Collins , Bernie Worrell Bootsy Collins , Ice Cube 4:43 9. "Mary Jane " Rick James Art Stewart 3:58 10. "I Wanna Get Next To You " Rose Royce Whitfield 3:59 11. "Superhoes" Funkdoobiest DJ Muggs , DJ Ralph M3:44 12. "Coast II Coast" Tha Alkaholiks E-Swift 5:09 13. "Blast If I Have To" E-A-Ski CMT, E-A-Ski 4:00 14. "Hoochie Mama" 2 Live Crew 2 Live Crew , Mr. Mixx3:00 15. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine " Roger Troutman Roger Troutman 6:49
10th Anniversary Edition "Old School Friday" bonus disc
Mary Jane - Rick James
Low Rider - War
Freddie's Dead - Curtis Mayfield
The Way You Do Things You Do - The Temptations
I Wanna Get Next To You - Rose Royce
I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Gladys Knight & The Pips
Little Child Running Wild - Curtis Mayfield
Get Up (I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine) - James Brown
Heartbreaker (Part I, Part II) - Zapp
The Chase - Hidden Faces
Hangin' In The Hood - Hidden Faces
Chart positions
Album - Billboard (North America)
Year
Chart
Peak position
1995
The Billboard 200
1
See also
References
^ Thomas Erlewine, Stephen. "Friday [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]" . AllMusic . Retrieved 9 May 2018 .
^ Entertainment Weekly (4/28/95, p.63) - "...No suprises here. Dr. Dre rumbles over his smooth, insistent groove, Ice Cube sounds angry, Cypress Hill is still obsessed with pot....Throw in Rick James and Isley Brothers classics and you've got a listening experience that's familiar and fun..." - Rating: A-
^ Rolling Stone (5/4/95, p.69) - 3 Stars - Good - "...Accompanying the new comedy penned by Ice Cube and partner D.J. Pooh, FRIDAY....[is a] righteous set..."