The song prominently features a sample from
Joe Simon's "Before the Night Is Over".[1] The song also features a sample from Funkadelic's "I'll Stay".
Chart performance
"So Fresh, So Clean" debuted at number 71 on the US
Billboard Hot 100 chart dated March 3, 2001.[2] The song eventually reached it peak at number 30 on the chart dated May 5, 2001.[3] On October 8, 2020, the single was certified
platinum by the
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and streaming equivalent units of over a million units in the United States.[4]
Music video
The music video features the duo and Sleepy Brown performing on a variety of CGI backgrounds, a beauty parlor, and a church.
Ludacris, Slimm Calhoun,
Chilli of
TLC and members of
Goodie Mob make cameo appearances in the video.
Remix
The official remix, "So Fresh, So Clean (
Stankonia Remix)" features
Snoop Dogg and
Sleepy Brown. It appeared on the
soundtrack of Snoop Dogg's movie Bones under the name "Fresh and Clean (Remix)".
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