Cha Cha Cha (MC Lyte song)
| "Cha Cha Cha" | ||||
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| Single by MC Lyte | ||||
| from the album Eyes on This | ||||
| Released | July 3, 1989 | |||
| Format | 12" | |||
| Recorded | 1989 | |||
| Genre | Golden age hip hop | |||
| Length | 3:02 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Writer(s) | King Of Chill | |||
| Producer(s) | King Of Chill | |||
| MC Lyte singles chronology | ||||
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Cha Cha Cha is a single from MC Lyte's album Eyes on This. It was released on July 3, 1989.
MC Lyte was only 18 when she made the song. The song contains a sample of "Rockin' It" by The Fearless Four.
The song spent 18 weeks on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles charts, peaking at the #1 spot.
In 2008, it was ranked number 54 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop. She performed this song at the 2008 BET Hip Hop Awards.
The single was sampled in 7L & Esoteric's second EP release, Dangerous Connection, on a track called "Word Association".
The song was also featured on the soundtrack of the video game Grand Theft Auto IV on the fictional in-game station "The Classics 104.1".
Jack White revealed the song as the primary inspiration behind his 2014 single "Lazaretto".
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