This article is about the 2001 song by Missy Elliott. For the 1995 album by Rare Essence, see Get Your Freak On.
"Get Ur Freak On"
Single by Missy Elliott
from the album Miss E... So Addictive
Released
March 13, 2001 (2001-03-13)
Studio
Westlake (Los Angeles)
Genre
Dancehall pop
bhangra
avant-garde[1]
Length
3:56
Label
Elektra
Goldmind
Songwriter(s)
Melissa Elliott
Tim Mosley
Producer(s)
Timbaland
Missy Elliott singles chronology
"Is That Yo Chick" (2000)
"Get Ur Freak On" (2001)
"Lick Shots" (2001)
Music video
"Get Ur Freak On" on YouTube
"Get Ur Freak On" is a song by American rapper Missy Elliott. It was written and produced by Elliott and Timbaland for her third studio album Miss E... So Addictive (2001). Based on heavy bhangra elements, a popular music and dance form from the region of Punjab in India,[2] the song features a six-note base that is a Punjabi melody played on a tumbi and rhythm and bassline played on tabla.[3]
Released as the album's first single on March 13, 2001, the track reached number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Internationally, "Get Ur Freak On" became a top-10 success in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, where it became her first solo top-10 hit, peaking at number four. A remix of the song featuring Nelly Furtado was a dance club hit during this period. On the Billboard magazine issue dated February 21, 2015, "Get Ur Freak On" re-entered at number 40, more than a decade after its original chart run. This re-entry was spawned by Missy Elliott's performance at the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show that occurred earlier in the month.
^Rolling Stone Staff (June 28, 2018). "The 100 Greatest Songs of the Century – So Far". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 31, 2023. But this stuttering, avant-garde, trans-continental experiment hit the Top 10 in 2001.
^[1] Archived April 4, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^"500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. December 11, 2003.
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