Freakit

{{short description|1993 single by Das EFX}} {{Infobox song | name = Freakit | cover = Das EFX - Freakit single cover.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Das EFX]] | album = [[Straight Up Sewaside]] | B-side = "Gimme Dat Microphone"<ref name="discogs">{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Das-EFX-Freakit/master/97439|title=Das EFX - Freakit at Discogs|work=[[Discogs]]|date=1993 |publisher=Zink Media|accessdate=June 22, 2014}}</ref> | released = {{start date|1993}} | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]] | length = {{duration|m=3|s=18}} | label = [[East West Records|EastWest]] | writer = Das EFX, Chris Charity, Derek Lynch<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/freakit-mt0001660304|title=Freakit - Das EFX - Listen, Appearances, Song Review - AllMusic|work=[[AllMusic]]|publisher=[[All Media Network]]|accessdate=June 22, 2014}}</ref> | producer = Chris Charity, Derek Lynch<ref name="discogs2">{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Das-EFX-Freakit/release/366131|title=Das EFX - Freakit (Vinyl) at Discogs|work=Discogs|date=1993 |publisher=Zink Media|accessdate=June 22, 2014}}</ref> | prev_title = [[Straight Out the Sewer]] | prev_year = 1992 | next_title = [[Baknaffek]] | next_year = 1993 | misc = {{External music video|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110208050213/http://www.vh1.com/video/das-efx/58479/freakit.jhtml "Freakit"] at [[VH1|VH1.com]]}} }}

'''"Freakit"''' is a song co-written<ref name="allmusic"/> and performed by [[Das EFX]], issued as the lead [[single (music)|single]] from their second studio album ''[[Straight Up Sewaside]]''. In 1993, the song reached #1 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Dance/Electronic Singles Sales|dance]] chart, as well as peaking at #43 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref name="allmusic2">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/das-efx-mn0000678167/awards|title=Das EFX - Awards - AllMusic|work=AllMusic|publisher=All Media Network|accessdate=June 22, 2014}}</ref>

==Music video== {{expand section|date=June 2014}} The official [[music video]] for the song was directed by [[Wayne Isham]].<ref name="vh1">{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/video/das-efx/58479/freakit.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110208050213/http://www.vh1.com/video/das-efx/58479/freakit.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 8, 2011|title="Freakit" by Das EFX - Music Video - VH1.com|work=[[VH1]]|publisher=[[Viacom International]]|date=November 16, 1993|accessdate=June 22, 2014}}</ref>

==Chart positions== {|Class = "wikitable sortable" |- !Chart (1993)<ref name="allmusic2"/> !Peak<br>position |- |US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] |align=center|43 |- |US [[Dance/Electronic Singles Sales|Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'') |align=center|1 |- |US [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks]] (''Billboard'') |align=center|24 |- |US [[Hot Rap Songs|Hot Rap Singles]] (''Billboard'') |align=center|6 |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{Allmusic|song|mt0001660304|"Freakit"}}

[[Category:1993 singles]] [[Category:1993 songs]] [[Category:Das EFX songs]] [[Category:East West Records singles]] [[Category:Music videos directed by Wayne Isham]]