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Friday, February 1, 2008

Music Your Friend, the ’90s: Freaky Friday Edition!

Posted by Wm. Steven Humphrey on Fri, Feb 1 at 1:52 PM

The year? 1995! And Adina Howard was getting the sexy party started with her one-hit wonder “Freak Like Me.” While the song is riddled with West Coast livin’/LBC cliches, it’s hard to deny that Freak is a classic ’90s R&B slow jam. Highlights: That hooky chorus with the girls yelling “PUMP! PUMP!” The ending refrain of “One to the two, to the two, to the three/Adina, do you want to get freaky with me?” as well the video featuring silver-clad dancers humping a wading pool. (Plus, check out the girl with the nails. You know she’s gonna get freaky.)

Need more freak flag flying? Check out End Hits, the Mercury music blog.

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