- Kinky Afro
Infobox Single
Name = Kinky Afro
Artist =Happy Mondays
Album =Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
A-side = "Kinky Afro" (Mix)
B-side = "Kinky Afro" (Live)
Released = 8 October 1990
Format = 7" 45 rpm, CD single
Recorded =
Genre =Madchester
Length = 3:55
Label = Factory - FAC 302/7
Writer =
Producer = Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne
Certification =
Last single = "Step On "
(1990)
This single = "Kinky Afro"
(1990)
Next single = "Loose Fit "
(1991)
Misc ="Kinky Afro" is a 1990 single by
Happy Mondays . It was the second single from the band's third album "Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches ". The song was the band's biggest hit in theUnited States hitting #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart. It also hit #5 in the UK, tied with "Step On " as the band's highest charting single there. The song's chorus paraphrases theLabelle song "Lady Marmalade ".Track listing [ [http://www.happymondays.de Happy Mondays extended discography] ]
7"
# "Kinky Afro" (3:55)
# "Kinky Afro" (live) (4:36)12"
# "Kinky Afro" (12" mix) (5:07)
# "Kinky Afro" (live) (6:38)CD1
# "Kinky Afro" (Radio Edit) (3:58)
# "Kinky Afro" (12" Mix) (5:08)
# "Kinky Afro" (live) (6:38)CD2
# "Kinky Afro" (Euromix) (7:26)
# "Kinky Afro" (Euromix edit) (4:15)
# "Step On" (US Dub mix) (5:55)"Kinky Groovy Afro" 12"
# "Kinky Groovy Afro" (Peter Lorimer mix) (7:32)
# "Kinky Groovy Afro" (live) (6:38)References
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