* 1968: " I Can't Make It Alone " — # 95 U. S.

Good Trouble ( 1982 ) and Wheels Are Turnin ' ( 1984 ) were follow-up albums which also did well commercially, the former containing the hit singles " Keep the Fire Burnin '" ( U. S. # 7 ), " Sweet Time " ( U. S. # 26 ) and the un-ranked " The Key " and the latter containing the # 1 hit single " Can't Fight This Feeling " plus three more hits: " I Do ' Wanna Know " ( U. S. # 29 ), " One Lonely Night " ( U. S. # 19 ), " Live Every Moment " ( U. S. # 34 ) and the un-ranked " Break His Spell ".

Viewers in the U. S. made slime and water sounds with their mouths and sending in their own entries for the Slime-In, a contest hosted by Nickelodeon that flew the winner to the set of You Can't Do That On Television to be slimed ( which was later replicated by Canada's YTV, with their version being called the Slime Light Sweepstakes ).

The second version, which featured larger images and cleaner ( albeit less fluid ) scene animation than the first version, was introduced in the beginning 1982 season and used for both the U. S. and Canadian broadcasts of You Can't Do That on Television until the end of the show in 1990.

In 1987, The Cure released the double LP Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, which reached number six in the UK, the Top 10 in several countries and was the band's first entry into the U. S. Top 40 at number 35 ( where it was certified platinum ), due to the combination of the band's rising popularity and the success of lead single, " Why Can't I Be You ?".

Displaying his influence on rap and hip hop, Clinton also worked with Tupac Shakur on the song " Can't C Me " from the album All Eyez on Me ; Ice Cube on the song and video for " Bop Gun ( One Nation )" on the Lethal Injection album ( which sampled Funkadelic's earlier hit " One Nation Under A Groove "); Outkast on the song " Synthesizer " from the album Aquemini ; Redman on the song " J. U. M. P.

The 1986 Van Halen album 5150 was a hit, becoming the band's first No. 1 album on the Billboard charts, driven by the keyboard-dominated singles " Why Can't This Be Love " (# 3 U. S .), " Dreams ", and " Love Walks In " ( Top 30 U. S .).

Remembered for a rapid rise to fame, Hammer is known for his hit records ( such as " U Can't Touch This " and " 2 Legit 2 Quit "), flamboyant dance movements and trademark Hammer pants.

Therefore, Hammer was first invited to perform the song " U Can't Touch This ", prior to its release, on The Arsenio Hall Show in 1989.

It included the successful single " U Can't Touch This " ( which sampled Rick James ' " Super Freak ").

Despite heavy airplay and a # 27 chart debut, " U Can't Touch This " stopped at # 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart because it was released only as a twelve-inch single.

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** MC Hammer, Rick James and Alonzo Miller for " U Can't Touch This " performed by MC Hammer

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Their hit singles include their debut " Food for Thought " and two U. S. Billboard Hot 100 number ones with " Red Red Wine " and " Can't Help Falling in Love ".

Ralphs ' composition " Can't Get Enough ", which Hunter was unable to record because of the vocal register in which it was written, became an immediate hit and pushed the group's 1974 debut album to number one in the U. S. Ralphs continued to record and tour with Bad Company until they folded in 1982, when Rodgers announced he was leaving the band.

Several supporters of the RCP initiated a campaign entitled World Can't Wait: Drive Out the Bush Regime to facilitate a political " re-polarization " around the current right-wing shift in U. S. government.

Hammer, Rick James & Alonzo Miller ( songwriters ) for " U Can't Touch This " performed by M. C.

Hammer for " U Can't Touch This "

Rick James ( born James Ambrose Johnson, Jr .; February 1, 1948August 6, 2004 ) was an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer, best known for being one of the popularizers of funk music in the late 1970s and early 1980s thanks to million-selling hits such as " You and I " ( 1978 ), " Give It to Me Baby " ( 1981 ) and " Super Freak " ( 1981 ), the latter song crossing him over to pop audiences and selling over three million copies, later contributing to the success of rapper MC Hammer's " U Can't Touch This " ( 1990 ), which James sued to be credited for.

The band's debut album, 1991 / 92's Ferment, made an immediate impression on the music press and introduced Catherine Wheel's second-biggest U. S. hit, " Black Metallic ," as well as moderate hit " I Want to Touch You ".

*" I Want to Touch You " ( 1992 ) Fontana No. 35 UK, No. 20 U. S. Modern Rock

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The song " I Touch Myself " caused such a controversy it had trouble getting airplay in many U. S. A. area markets ; so much to the point that while performing their song live in Texas at Austin Aqua Fest 1991 the plug was pulled on the band mid set by organizers.

#" U Can't Touch This " – MC Hammer

* 1991 – MC Hammer for " U Can't Touch This "

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Hammer's infamous hit U Can't Touch This.

The album ranked Number One for 21 weeks on the Billboard 200, due primarily to the success of the single, " U Can't Touch This ".

Hammer being good friends with Arsenio Hall, was invited to first perform " U Can't Touch This " prior to its release, on The Arsenio Hall Show in late 1989.

The album singles released all proved to be successful on radio and video television, with " U Can't Touch This ", " Pray ", " Have You Seen Her ", " Here Comes the Hammer " and " Yo !!

It included the successful single " U Can't Touch This " ( which sampled Rick James ' 1981 " Super Freak ").

Despite heavy airplay and a # 27 chart debut, " U Can't Touch This " stopped at # 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart because it was released only as a twelve-inch single.

All of these songs proved to be successful on radio and video television, with " U Can't Touch This ," " Pray " ( most successful ), " Have You Seen Her ," " Here Comes the Hammer ," and " Yo !!

FanMail was another success for TLC, debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album sales chart and selling over 6 million copies in the U. S. The album featured the number-one hit " No Scrubs ", produced by Kevin " She ' kspere " Briggs, and the single " Unpretty ", an alternative rock-styled song about self-love written by Watkins and Dallas Austin ( another version of it sampled Dennis Edwards ' 1984 hit " Don't Look Any Further "), that also reached # 1 on the Billboard chart.

GannaBanna sampled Vandross ' " Make Me A Believer " for his song " Wanna Luv U " on his debut album The World Is A MothaF ** kin ' Ghetto.

It has been sampled on the Raekwon and Ghostface Killah song " Legal Coke ", from the R. A. G. U. mix tape.

Negativland also sampled Elizabeth decreeing against various record companies, particularly Island Records, on 1995's Copyright Infringement Is Your Best Entertainment Value, which was included with Fair Use: The Story of the Letter U and the Numeral 2.

Rapper Nelly sampled it for his song " Iz U ", from the film The Haunted Mansion, and also featured on his album Da Derrty Versions.

" U Got 2 Let the Music " ( which sampled Alphaville's " Sounds Like a Melody ") was released in October 1993 and climbed to number 2 on the UK Singles Chart, held off from the top spot only by Meat Loaf's " I'd Do Anything For Love ( But I Won't Do That )".

As for the real voices that were actually used, " U Got 2 Know " included Xaviera Gold's vocals from " You Used To Hold Me ", " U Got 2 Let the Music " sampled a vocal from a JM Silk track, and the vocals for " U & Me " was sampled from a song by Vicki Shepard.

*" Candy " was sampled by Tupac Shakur on his song " All Bout U ", Will Smith on his song " Candy ", by Mariah Carey on her song " Loverboy ", by Eightball and MJG on " Jus like Candy ", and by The Black Eyed Peas on their songs " Like That " and " Ba Bump " from their album " Monkey Business ", By Master P Album " Mamas Bad Boy " for song " Eyes Of A Killer " and again for His Group Tru album " Tru to the Game " song " Candy ".

*" She's Strange " was sampled by Tupac Shakur on his song " Young Niggaz ", Dru Down on his song " Dru Rules ", Nate Dogg on his song " She's Strange ", AMG on his song " She's Paid ", and Suga Free on his song " So Fly " featuring Snoop Dogg and also the song " U Know My Name " with a sample of " Back and Forth ".

Dialogue from this movie is sampled at the start of 8Ball & MJG's 2001 single " Stop Playin ' Games ", which peaked at # 47 on the U. S. charts.

A similar occurrence occurred with " Manifest Destiny ", sampled in " Who Do U Believe In ", a track by Tupac Shakur from his album Better Dayz.

Wright's first hit, " Girls Can't Do What Guys Do ", was sampled for Beyoncé's " Upgrade U ".

" Since U Been Gone " was sampled in Girl Talk's " Here's The Thing " on his 2008 album, Feed the Animals.

* Rapper Tupac sampled the song in " Let Them Thangs Go " from his " R U Still Down?

* British band VS sampled Imagination's song, " Body Talk " in their song " Call U Sexy " taken from their debut album All Kinds of Trouble ( 2004 ).