Signature
key confidence low · relative Bb major · tempo confidence medium · half-time 57.2 · low end 21% · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13 · how accurate
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Lineage
- CoveredAKA Jamsource
- CoveredBluesettesource
- CoveredCascadasource
- Written byCheryl Lynnsource
- Remixed byCheryl Lynn, Got to Be Real (Classic Paradise mix)source
- Remixed byCheryl Lynn, Got to Be Real (Classic Paradise radio mix)source
- Remixed byCheryl Lynn, Got to Be Real (Classic Paradise mix)source
- Remixed byCheryl Lynn, Got to Be Real (Classic Paradise radio mix)source
- CoveredClaudia Rezendesource
- CoveredCuban Jazz Combosource
- Sampled byD.J. Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, Live at the Union Square, November 1986source
- Sampled byD.J. Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, Live at the Union Square, November 1986source
- Written byDavid Paichsource
- Written byDavid Walter Fostersource
- Sampled byJessie J, Playsource
- Sampled byJessie J, Playsource
- CoveredMary J. Blige feat. Will Smithsource
- CoveredPatti LaBelle feat. Mariah Careysource
- Sampled bySimon Harris, Here Comes That Soundsource
- Sampled bySimon Harris, Here Comes That Soundsource
- CoveredYoung Divassource
- Covered倖田來未source
Why it is here
- The recording was used on the soundtrack of the 1990 documentary Paris Is Burning, where it has been read as commentary on drag ball culture's ideas of "realness." source
- It was inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame on September 19, 2005. source
- The song was sampled in Father MC's 1990 rap hit "I'll Do 4 U." source
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