"Wanna Be the Man" | ||||
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Single by Earth, Wind & Fire featuring MC Hammer | ||||
from the album Heritage | ||||
Released | 1990 | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Length | 4:08 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Kellee Patterson, MC Hammer, Maurice White, Sheldon Reynolds, Verdine White | |||
Producer(s) | Maurice White | |||
Earth, Wind & Fire featuring MC Hammer singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Wanna Be The Man" on YouTube |
"Wanna Be the Man" is a single by the band Earth, Wind & Fire featuring MC Hammer, issued in 1990 on Columbia Records. [1] The single peaked at No. 41 on the Cashbox Top R&B Singles chart and No. 46 on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart. [2] [3]
John Milward of Rolling Stone said the song is "sweetened by a buoyant vocal-group hook". [4] Mitchell May of the Chicago Tribune wrote " Hammer's clipped delivery meshes so well with EWF's leaner sound that they might want to consider hiring him full-time". [5] Bruce Britt of the Los Angeles Daily News wrote "'Wanna Be The Man' is great feel-good funk complete with a rapid fire rap by M.C. Hammer". [6] J.D. Considine of the Baltimore Sun exclaimed "Take a tune like 'Wanna Be the Man' with its bouncy chorus, tight falsetto harmonies and intoxicating swirl of percussion, it has all the earmarks of an EW&F classic. Yet by toughening up the beat and tossing in a little rapping (by M.C. Hammer, no less), it seems as vital as anything on the charts. Now, how's that for understanding your heritage?". [7] Pablo Guzman of the New York Daily News said "The pairing with M.C. Hammer on Wanna Be The Man" is "a kicking one". [8] James T. Jones IV of USA Today found that "EWF smartly gets help from MC Hammer on the hard-edged Wanna Be the Man". [9]
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