Superfly

Signature

key confidence high · relative G major · tempo confidence medium · half-time 60.2 · low end 30% · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-12 · how accurate

Character

Not tagged yet. The words are proposed and waiting for a person.

Good for

Nothing yet. The rules need the character words above before they can say.

Lineage

• Written byCurtis Mayfieldsource
• Coveredjacksoulsource
• CoveredJarvis Churchsource
• CoveredJazz Soul Sevensource
• CoveredLisa Millersource
• CoveredMonkeysource
• CoveredPercy Faithsource
• CoveredPeter Duchinsource
• CoveredReuben Wilsonsource
• CoveredSynthesonic Soundssource
• CoveredThe Cecil Holmes Soulful Soundssource
• CoveredYoung–Holt Unlimitedsource
• Covered村上“ポンタ”秀一 & 近藤房之助source

Why it is here

• The title track from the Super Fly soundtrack, its lyrics celebrate the craftiness and determination of the film's main character and it plays over the film's closing credits. source
• The bassline and rototom percussion break from its introduction have been sampled repeatedly, including by Beastie Boys on "Egg Man," The Notorious B.I.G. on "Intro," and Nelly on "Tilt Ya Head Back." source
• Mayfield himself later sampled the song for "Superfly 1990," a duet with Ice-T recorded for the soundtrack of The Return of Superfly. source

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