Roxanne's Revenge
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| Single by Roxanne Shante | ||||
| B-side | "Roxanne's Revenge (Vocal)" | |||
| Released | 1984 | |||
| Recorded | 1984 | |||
| Genre | Golden age hip hop | |||
| Length | 4:20 | |||
| Label | Pop Art Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Lolita Shanté Gooden, Marlon Williams[1] | |||
| Producer(s) | Marley Marl | |||
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| "Roxanne's Revenge" on YouTube | ||||
"Roxanne's Revenge" is the debut single by American rapper Roxanne Shante. It was produced by a then unknown Marley Marl and released in 1984 through the independent label Pop Art Records.
In the song Roxanne Shante, who her real is Lolita Shanté Gooden and was 14 at the time of publication, responds to the hit song of the Hip hop group UTFO "Roxanne, Roxanne". In addition to his feud with UTFO, this also caused between 30 and more than 100 "answer song" from different Hip hop artists to be produced at that time (according to different statements), in what would be called "Roxanne Wars".
The song spent 12 weeks on the Billboard R&B singles chart, reaching No. 22 in March 1985 and becoming Shanté's most successful song as the lead artist on that chart.[2] Roxanne's Revenge sells more than 250,000 copies in the New York area alone.
References[]
- ^ "ASCAP Repertory entry for this song". ASCAP. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
- ^ "Roxanne Shante Album & Song Chart History: R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
- 1984 singles
- American hip hop songs