Freaky Gurl

{{Infobox song | name = Freaky Gurl | cover = Freaky Gurl.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Gucci Mane]] | album = [[Hard to Kill (Gucci Mane album)|Hard to Kill]] ''and'' [[Trap-A-Thon]] | released = September 11, 2007 | recorded = | studio = | genre = {{hlist|[[Trap music|Trap]]|[[dirty rap]]|[[southern hip hop]]}} | length = 3:45 (original album version)<br>4:00 (single version)<br>4:45 (remix w/ [[Lil' Kim]] & [[Ludacris]]) | label = {{hlist|[[Big Cat Records (U.S. record label)|Big Cat]]|[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]}} | writer = {{hlist|[[Gucci Mane|Radric Davis]]|[[Rick James]]|Alonzo Miller}} | producer = [[Cyber Sapp]] | prev_title = [[Icy (Gucci Mane song)|Icy]] | prev_year = 2005 | next_title = Stoopid | next_year = 2009 }}

"'''Freaky Gurl'''" is a song by rapper [[Gucci Mane]] from his 2006 album ''[[Hard to Kill (Gucci Mane album)|Hard to Kill]]'' and his 2007 album ''[[Trap-A-Thon]]''. The song was produced by [[Cyber Sapp]] for [[Big Cat Records (U.S. record label)|Big Cat Records]], and interpolates "[[Superfreak]]" by [[Rick James]], who is credited as a songwriter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://repertoire.bmi.com/Search/Search?Main_Search_Text=freaky%20gurl&Main_Search=Title&Sub_Search=Please%20Select&Search_Type=all&View_Count=100&Page_Number=0|title = BMI | Songview Search}}</ref>

Remixed and released as a single by [[Atlantic Records]], it debuted on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] pop chart at position 94 on October 6, 2007,<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2007-10-06|title=The Hot 100 Chart|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] }}</ref> then rose for two months to a peak of number 62 in early December.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/gucci-mane/chart-history/hsi/|title=Gucci Mane|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] }}</ref> It peaked at number 19 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart at the end of October.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/gucci-mane/chart-history/bsi/|title=Gucci Mane|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] }}</ref> The remixed song served as the lead single to Mane's first album with Atlantic: ''[[Back to the Trap House]]''.

== Remix == The remix features [[Lil' Kim]] and [[Ludacris]]. [[Nicki Minaj]] also remixed the song under the name "Wanna Minaj?" for her mixtape ''[[Sucka Free]]''. Her remix features Mane's chorus, Lil' Kim's verse and new verse by Minaj.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

== Lawsuit == The song sparked a lawsuit by [[Atlantic Records]] against Marlon Rowe, CEO of [[Big Cat Records (U.S. record label)|Big Cat Records]]. Mane had been signed to Big Cat and had released ''Hard to Kill'' in 2006 with "Freaky Gurl" on it, with little success. Mane jumped to Atlantic, buying out his Big Cat contract for $300,000 plus royalties. Mane and Atlantic remixed the song with original producer Cyber Sapp, and released the new version as a single in September 2007. When the remix entered the charts, Rowe quickly put together another Mane album—''[[Trap-A-Thon]]''—to capitalize on Mane's new fame, using the original mix of "Freaky Gurl" and Mane's rejected songs that had not made the album cut in 2006. Mane asked his fans not to purchase ''Trap-A-Thon'', saying it was "unfinished and does not represent who I am today as an artist." Atlantic sued Rowe for interfering with their album project ''[[Back to the Trap House]]'', which carried the popular remix. Big Cat argued that the remix was based on a song they still owned, and that Sapp used the original multi-track recordings to produce the remix without permission.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |last=Leeds |first=Jeff |date=October 2, 2007 |title=Rapper's Old Label Cries Foul Over a New Version of His Hit |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/02/arts/music/02gucc.html |access-date=July 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429222121/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/02/arts/music/02gucc.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin |archive-date=April 29, 2018}}</ref> Rowe and Atlantic resolved their dispute with a "seven-figure deal" benefiting Rowe at the end of 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 December 2006 |title=Big Cat Records, Gucci Mane Ink Seven Figure Deal with Atlantic |url=https://allhiphop.com/news/big-cat-records-gucci-mane-ink-seven-figure-deal-with-atlantic/}}</ref>

==Charts==

===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2007) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|Billboardhot100|62|artist=Gucci Mane|rowheader=true|access-date=September 29, 2021}} |- {{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|19|artist=Gucci Mane|rowheader=true|access-date=September 29, 2021}} |- {{single chart|Billboardrapsongs|12|artist=Gucci Mane|rowheader=true|access-date=September 29, 2021}} |- ! scope="row"| US [[Pop 100]] ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref name="US-Pop-100">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/gucci-mane-mn0000545523/awards |title=Gucci Mane – Awards |website=[[AllMusic]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316005431/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/gucci-mane-mn0000545523/awards |archive-date=March 16, 2016 |access-date=May 15, 2022}}</ref> | 84 |- {{single chart|Billboardrhythmic|20|artist=Gucci Mane|rowheader=true|access-date=September 29, 2021}} |}

===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2007) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2007/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2007|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 29, 2021}}</ref> | 83 |}

==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Gucci Mane|title=Freaky Gurl|award=Gold|relyear=2007|certyear=2023|access-date=July 28, 2023}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:2006 songs]] [[Category:2007 singles]] [[Category:Gucci Mane songs]] [[Category:Songs written by Rick James]] [[Category:Songs written by Gucci Mane]]