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U Can't Touch This is a Hip hop act. Their sound grew out of Rick James. Those roots explain a lot about how U Can't Touch This arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as It's My Life, Don't You Want Me, Never Gonna Give You Up, Sweet Dreams and As Long as You Love Me, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Crazy Frog, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 8 connections around U Can't Touch This, reaching back through Rick James and forward to Crazy Frog. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"U Can't Touch This" is a song co-written, produced, and performed by American rapper MC Hammer. It was released in May 1990 by Capitol Records as the third single from his third album, Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em (1990), and has been considered his signature song. Rick James and Alonzo Miller also have songwriting credits, as the song samples the prominent opening riff of James's 1981 single "Super Freak". It has been used and referred to in many television shows, films, commercials, and other forms of media. The song has also received multiple awards and recognition. The accompanying music video was directed by Rupert Wainwright, featuring Hammer performing in his iconic Hammer pants.
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U Can't Touch This grew out of Rick James, shares an orbit with It's My Life, Don't You Want Me, Never Gonna Give You Up and Sweet Dreams, went on to shape Crazy Frog. 8 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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