School Boy Crush

"School Boy Crush" is a song from Average White Band's 1975 album, Cut the Cake.

This article is about the Average White Band song. For the 1950's song, see Bobby Helms.
"School Boy Crush"
Single by Average White Band
from the album Cut the Cake
ReleasedJune 1975
GenreDisco, R&B, funk
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Roger Ball, Malcolm "Molly" Duncan, Steve Ferrone, Alan Gorrie, Onnie McIntyre, Hamish Stuart

The song resonates and is very similar to Sly and the Family Stone's "Thank you for Letting Me Be Myself" in both chords and rhythm from the beginning of the song which it, arguably, heavily sampled.

In turn, it has been heavily sampled in hip hop, rap and R&B songs such as:.[1]

  1. "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" by TLC
  2. "Wanna B Where U R (Thisizzaluvsong)" by Floetry
  3. "Watch Me Do My Thing" by Immature featuring Juanita "Smooth" Stokes and Kel Mitchell as Ed from Good Burger
  4. "One Nite Stand" by Father MC
  5. "Microphone Fiend" by Eric B. & Rakim
  6. "New Agenda" by Janet Jackson
  7. "Tear Shit Up" by Kurious
  8. "Halftime" by Nas
  9. "Life Is...Too Short" by Too Short
  10. "What Goes On" by Artifacts
  11. "Think About It (Special Ed)" by Special Ed
  12. "Listen Me Tic (So So Def Remix)" by Ini Kamoze featuring Da Brat & Jermaine Dupri
  13. "Shy Guy" by Diana King

References
  1. "School Boy Crush by Average White Band on WhoSampled".


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