{{other uses}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Born Naked | type = studio | artist = RuPaul | cover = Born Naked album cover.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2014|02|24}} | recorded = 2013 | studio = | genre = *Dance *electronic *bounce *house | length = 38:15 | label = RuCo Inc. | producer = Lucian Piane | prev_title = RuPaul Presents: The CoverGurlz | prev_year = 2014 | next_title = RuPaul Presents: The CoverGurlz 2 | next_year = 2015 | misc = {{Singles | name = Born Naked | type = Studio | single1 = Geronimo | single1date = February 27, 2014 | single2 = Sissy That Walk | single2date = May 5, 2014 | single3 = Modern Love | single3date = May 18, 2015 | single4 = Born Naked | single4date = May 27, 2015 }} }}
'''''Born Naked''''' is the seventh studio album from American singer-songwriter, actor and drag queen RuPaul. It was released on iTunes and Amazon through RuCo on February 24, 2014, coinciding with the sixth season premiere of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bleu|first=Rudy|title=Born Naked |url=http://www.muumuse.com/2014/02/premiere-rupaul-born-naked-tracklisting.html/|work=muumuse.com|accessdate=21 February 2014|date=21 February 2014}}</ref> The album is RuPaul's highest charting to date, reaching 4th position on US ''Billboard's'' Dance/Electronic Albums list. The album is a mix of electronic, bounce, rock and gospel tunes.
==Chart performance== <!-- NOTE: USE OF SINGLE VENDOR CHARTS, ITUNES CHARTS, APPROVED IN THIS SECTION PER WIKIPEDIA GUIDELINES AS IT IS A SIGNIFICANT AND NOTABLE PERFORMANCE IN THE ARTIST'S HOME COUNTRY: PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE -->
''Born Naked'' debuted at number 85 on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 4,000 copies for the week ending March 2, 2014.<ref name="hot200">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/rupaul-nets-highest-charting-album-ever-plus-a-drag-race-chart/|title=RuPaul Nets Highest Charting Album Ever, Plus a 'Drag Race' Chart History|magazine=Billboard|author=Keith Caulfield|date=March 6, 2014|access-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> It is RuPaul's highest charting album to date, as well as his first entry on the chart since his debut album, ''Supermodel of the World'', peaked at number 109 in 1993.<ref name="BB200"/> The album also debuted at number four on the ''Billboard'' Dance/Electronic Albums chart,<ref name="Dance"/> another career high, and at number 18 on the ''Billboard'' Independent Albums chart,<ref name="Independent"/> RuPaul's first appearance on the chart. Notably, ''Born Naked'' also reached number one on the iTunes Top Dance Albums chart in the US, also charting at number 23 on the store's Top albums chart.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://worldofwonder.net/born-naked-album-rupaul/| title=RuPaul's Born Naked Tops The iTunes Charts| publisher=World of Wonder| accessdate=2014-05-19}}</ref>
==Track listing== Credits adapted from ASCAP<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx |title=ASCAP Repertory Search » Performers » RuPaul |publisher=ASCAP |accessdate=2014-05-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306032310/https://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx |archive-date=2013-03-06}}</ref> and SESAC.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.sesac.com/Repertory/SongsByWriter.aspx?affilNum=101585&writerAKAName=RUPAUL%20ANDRE%20CHARLES| title=Songs by Writer » RUPAUL ANDRE CHARLES | publisher=SESAC| accessdate=2014-05-19}}</ref> {{Track listing | total_length = 38:15 | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Freaky Money | note1 = featuring Big Freedia | writer1 = {{Flat list| *RuPaul Charles *Lucian Piane *Freddie Ross, Jr.}} | extra1 = Lucian Piane | length1 = 3:03 | title2 = Sissy That Walk | writer2 = {{Flat list| *Charles *Piane}} | extra2 = Piane | length2 = 3:32 | title3 = Geronimo | note3 = featuring Lucian Piane | writer3 = {{Flat list| *Charles *Piane}} | extra3 = Piane | length3 = 3:42 | title4 = Dance with U | writer4 = {{Flat list| *Charles *Piane}} | extra4 = Piane | length4 = 3:52 | title5 = Adrenaline | note5 = featuring Myah Marie | writer5 = {{Flat list| *Charles *Piane}} | extra5 = Piane | length5 = 4:32 | title6 = Can I Get an Amen | note6 = featuring Martha Wash | writer6 = {{Flat list| *Charles *Piane}} | extra6 = Piane | length6 = 3:28 | title7 = Fly Tonight | note7 = featuring Frankmusik | writer7 = {{Flat list| *Charles *Piane}} | extra7 = Piane | length7 = 4:08 | title8 = Modern Love | writer8 = {{Flat list| *Charles *Piane}} | extra8 = Piane | length8 = 4:49 | title9 = Let the Music Play | note9 = featuring Michelle Visage | writer9 = {{Flat list| *Charles *Piane}} | extra9 = Piane | length9 = 3:46 | title10 = Born Naked | note10 = featuring Clairy Browne | writer10 = {{Flat list| *Charles *Piane}} | extra10 = Piane | length10 = 3:23 }} {{Track listing | headline = iTunes deluxe edition bonus tracks<ref name="iTunesDeluxe">{{cite web| url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/born-naked-deluxe/id870553583| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023040629/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/born-naked-deluxe/id870553583| url-status=dead| archive-date=October 23, 2014| title=''Born Naked'' (iTunes Deluxe)| website=iTunes| accessdate=2014-05-19}}</ref> | total_length = 59:27 | extra_column = Producer(s) | title11 = Feel Like Dancin' | note11 = featuring La Toya Jackson | writer11 = {{Flat list| *Charles *Piane *La Toya Jackson<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQptiatNxe0| title=La Toya and RuPaul: Get Ready to Dance – Life with La Toya| date=June 2013| via=YouTube|publisher=OWN| accessdate=2014-05-19}}</ref> }} | extra11 = Piane | length11 = 2:45 | title12 = Dance with U | note12 = René Dif Remix | writer12 = {{Flat list| *Charles *Piane}} | extra12 = {{Flat list| *Piane *René Dif{{ref|a|[a]}}}} | length12 = 4:35 | title13 = Feel Like Dancin' | note13 = Matt Pop Remix) (featuring La Toya Jackson | writer13 = {{Flat list| *Charles *Piane *Jackson}} | extra13 = {{Flat list| *Piane *Matt Pop{{ref|a|[a]}}}} | length13 = 3:54 | title14 = Can I Get an Amen | note14 = Revolucian Remix) (featuring Martha Wash | writer14 = {{Flat list| *Charles *Piane}} | extra14 = Piane{{ref|b|[b]}} | length14 = 3:28 | title15 = Feel Like Dancin' | note15 = Doot Doot Redo) (featuring La Toya Jackson | writer15 = {{Flat list| *Charles *Piane *Jackson}} | extra15 = {{Flat list| *Piane *Jared Jones{{ref|a|[a]}}}} | length15 = 3:18 | title16 = Feel Like Dancin' | note16 = Jared Jones Remix) (featuring La Toya Jackson | writer16 = {{Flat list| *Charles *Piane *Jackson}} | extra16 = {{Flat list| *Piane *Jones{{ref|a|[a]}}}} | length16 = 3:12 }}
'''Samples''' *"Sissy That Walk" contains elements of "Pound the Alarm" by Nicki Minaj.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Messias |first1=Tato |title=RuPaul's 'Sissy That Walk' sample of Nicki Minaj's 'Pound the Alarm |url=https://www.whosampled.com/sample/272387/RuPaul-Sissy-That-Walk-Nicki-Minaj-Pound-the-Alarm/ |accessdate=26 October 2020 |work=WhoSampled }}</ref>
'''Notes''' *<sup>{{note|a|a}}</sup> signifies remix engineer and additional producer *<sup>{{note|b|b}}</sup> signifies original producer in addition to remix engineer and additional producer
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! Chart (2014) ! Peak<br>position |- {{album chart|Billboard200|85|artist=RuPaul|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 22, 2019|refname=BB200}} |- {{album chart|BillboardIndependent|18|artist=RuPaul|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 22, 2019|refname=Independent}} |- {{album chart|BillboardDanceElectronic|4|artist=RuPaul|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 22, 2019|refname=Dance}} |}
==Release history== {|class=wikitable |- ! Region ! Date ! Label ! Format ! Edition |- | rowspan="2"| Various | February 24, 2014 | rowspan="2"| RuCo Inc. | rowspan="2"| Digital download | Standard<ref name="iTunesStandard">{{cite web| url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/born-naked/id826616569| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707020932/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/born-naked/id826616569| url-status=dead| archive-date=July 7, 2014| title=''Born Naked'' (Standard)| website=iTunes| accessdate=2014-05-19}}</ref> |- | May 5, 2014 | Deluxe<ref name="iTunesDeluxe"/> |}
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