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"U Can't Touch This " is a song co-written, produced, and performed by American rapper MC Hammer . It was released as the third single from his third album, Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em signature song . Along with Hammer, Rick James shares songwriting credits with Alonzo Miller, as the song samples the prominent opening riff of James' 1981 single "Super Freak ". The song has been used and referred to in many television shows, films, commercials , and other forms of media. It has also received multiple awards and recognition .
The song won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song and a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance . It is the first rap song to be nominated for a Grammy Award for Record of the Year at the 33rd Annual Grammy Awards in 1991, and the MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video and MTV Video Music Award for Best Dance Video at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards . It peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks
Production [ edit ]
The song samples the prominent opening riff of the Rick James song "Super Freak ", which is repeated throughout the recording. The lyrics describe Hammer as having "toured around the world, from London to The Bay " and as being "magic on the mic", which he says coincides with James's "beat that you can't touch". The lyrics "you can't touch this" and "Stop! Hammer time!" became pop culture catchphrases . Hammertime reality show starring Hammer on A&E during the summer of 2009.[4]
The sample of "Super Freak", which forms the basis of the song, led James (and other performers on the original record) to file a lawsuit for copyright infringement . It was settled out of court, with Hammer agreeing to credit James as a songwriter, effectively granting him millions of dollars in royalties .
In late 1989, the song was first performed publicly on an episode of The Arsenio Hall Show [5]
Reception [ edit ]
Commercial [ edit ]
In April 1990, the song hit the Top 40 . It also secured a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song and a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance in 1991, a new category at the time, and the first rap song to be nominated for Grammy Award for Record of the Year . The single was a major success , reaching number one on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & TracksBillboard Hot 100[6] Australia , Netherlands , New Zealand and Sweden , and number 3 on the UK Singles Chart .[7]
In September 1990, the music video won a MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video and a MTV Video Music Award for Best Dance Video . It was also nominated for MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video , Best Editing , and Best Choreography .
The song was not initially released as a single, so more than 18 million copies of the album Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em [8] multi-platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America .
Weekly charts [ edit ]
Year-end charts [ edit ]
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Certifications and sales [ edit ]
Critical [ edit ]
Bill Coleman from Billboard Rick James classic paired with Hammer 's distinctive rhyme styling has added up to a deserved smash."[53] Entertainment Weekly Superfreak ', proved irresistible. Hammer's hydraulic dance moves and outlandish fashions — harem pants and gold lamé, together at last! — were cartoonish".[54] NME sliced bread in the US of A, MC Hammer updates one of the more favoured moments of the dreadful Rick James in a barrage of twiddly synths. The debt that Swingbeat owes to Landscape 's 'Einstein a Go-Go ' has yet to be fully investigated."[55]
Retrospective [ edit ]
In 1999 , MTV 's 100 Greatest Videos Ever Made included the song at number 71. In October 2000, VH1 's 100 Greatest Dance Songs 100 Greatest Videos
In August 2005 , the song was certified gold . In December 2007 , VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '90s included it at number 16.[56] VH1 's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop .
In October 2005, Blender Greatest Songs Since You Were Born .[57]
Music video [ edit ]
A music video , directed by Rupert Wainwright , was produced to promote the single, showing Hammer's signature dances , including the "running man ", "the bump", and the "Hammer dance", while wearing his iconic Hammer pants .[58]
Release history [ edit ]
In 1991, a parody entitled "I Can't Watch This" was released by "Weird Al" Yankovic for his album Off the Deep End
Before the 1990 NFL season started, the Miami Dolphins parodied the song as "U Can't Touch Us".[62]
Childersburg High School Principal Quentin Lee in Childersburg, Alabama created a parody video to "share some joy" and provide advice to students on handling the COVID-19 pandemic .[63]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
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^ "Hammertime – A&E TV" . Hammertime the original on May 14, 2009.
^ Rant, Screen (March 4, 2006). "MC Hammer – U Can't Touch This (Live @ Arsenio Hall)" . Metacafe . Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved June 17, 2014 .
^ a b c d e f "Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em – Awards" . AllMusic . Retrieved June 17, 2014 .
^ a b "Official Singles Chart Top 100" . Official Charts Company . Retrieved June 17, 2014.
^ Huey, Steve. "MC Hammer – Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em" . AllMusic . Retrieved June 30, 2014 .
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^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2
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^ Legrand, Emmanuel (March 23, 1991). "EMI Prays With A Hammer" (PDF) . Music & Media 8 . Retrieved March 5, 2023 .
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^ "Dutch single certifications – M.C. Hammer – U Can't Touch This" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers . Retrieved 11 April 2019 .Enter U Can't Touch This in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1990 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen" .
^ "New Zealand single certifications – MC Hammer – U Can't Touch This/Dancin' Machine" . Recorded Music NZ .
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^ "New Singles". Music Week . June 16, 1990. p. 31.
^ "U・キャント・タッチ・ジス | M.C.ハマー" [U Can't Touch This | M.C. Hammer] (in Japanese). Oricon . Retrieved September 8, 2023 .
^ Seifert, Andy; Wolinsky, David (February 5, 2010). " . The A.V. Club the original on February 7, 2010.
^ Westhoff, Kiely (August 4, 2020). "An Alabama high school principal turned 'U Can't Touch This' into Covid-19 safety video" . CNN . Retrieved October 13, 2020 .
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