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Freddie's Dead

For the Nightmare on Elm Street film, see Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare.
"Freddie's Dead (Theme From Superfly)"
Single by Curtis Mayfield
from the album Super Fly
B-side"Underground"
ReleasedJuly 1972
Recorded1972
Genre
Length3:17 (single edit)
5:27 (album version)
LabelCurtom/Buddah
CR-1975
Songwriter(s)Curtis Mayfield
Producer(s)Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Mayfield singles chronology
"We Got to Have Peace"
(1972) 		"Freddie's Dead (Theme From Superfly)"
(1972) 		"Superfly"
(1972)

"Freddie's Dead" is a song by Curtis Mayfield. It was the first single from his 1972 soundtrack album for the film Super Fly. The single was released before the Super Fly album, and before the film was in theaters. The song peaked at #4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on the R&B chart. Billboard ranked it as the No. 82 song for 1972.[1]

The song laments the death of Fat Freddie, a character in the film who is run over by a car.

Like most of the music from the Super Fly album, "Freddie's Dead" appears in the film only in an instrumental arrangement, without any lyrics. The song's music is featured prominently in the film's opening sequence and also recurs at several other points. Because of this usage the song was subtitled "Theme from Superfly" on its single release (but not on the album). It is not to be confused with "Superfly", a different song and the second single released from the Super Fly album. The arrangement is driven by a strong bass line, wah wah guitars, and a melancholy string orchestration.

The song was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best Rhythm & Blues Song but lost to "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone".[2] "Freddie's Dead" was ruled ineligible for the Academy Award for Best Original Song because its lyrics are not sung in the film Super Fly.[3]

Chart history

Covers and parodies

See also

References

  1. ^ Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1972
  2. ^ "Grammy Awards 1973". Awards & Shows. Retrieved 2013-06-16.
  3. ^ "'Godfather,' 'Super Fly' Music Not Nominated For Oscar". The Toledo Blade. AP. 1973-03-07. Retrieved 2013-06-16.
  4. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1972-12-02. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  5. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  6. ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, November 18, 1973
  7. ^ Musicoutfitters.com
  8. ^ Behymer, Josh (20 March 2005). "Kennys Dead Song???". Film Tracks. Retrieved 4 June 2009.

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