Back to My Roots

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This article is about the song by RuPaul. For the album by Bobby Womack, see Back to My Roots (album). For the song by Jay Smith, see Back to My Roots (Jay Smith song).
"Back to My Roots"
Single by RuPaul
from the album Supermodel of the World
ReleasedApril 27, 1993[1]
GenreDance, house, pop
Length3:32 (album version)
LabelTommy Boy
Songwriter(s)
RuPaul singles chronology
"House of Love"
(1993) 		"Back to My Roots"
(1993) 		"A Shade Shady (Now Prance)"
(1993)
Music video
"Back to My Roots" on
YouTube

"Back to My Roots" is a song by American

Hot Dance Club Play chart in July 1993 and helped to further establish RuPaul's popularity, particularly with both the dance music and LGBT
audiences in the United States.

The

cornrows. She also names several of her relatives including her mother Ernestine Charles, who at the time owned a hair salon in Atlanta, Georgia
.

The single was released primarily as a CD but with various 12-inch versions. It also featured a new remix of the hit single "Supermodel (You Better Work)", as well as a pastiche of the track called "Strudelmodel", which changed the theme of the original to a "model for the Der Wienerschnitzel Corporation".

An accompanying

dance clubs. It also featured noted comedian LaWanda Page
as Ms. Ernestine Charles.

Critical reception

Philadelphia Inquirer felt the song succeed at "being more than celebrations of surface".[3]

Track listing

(Tracks vary according to release; this listing reflects the tracks on the American CD version, which sold the most copies.)

  1. "Back to My Roots" (7" version)
  2. "Back to My Roots" (Jheri Curl Juice Mix)
  3. "Back to My Roots" (Murk's Curl Activator Mix)
  4. "Supermodel (You Better Work)" (Work It Mr. DJ Tribal Mix)
  5. "Back to My Roots" (Oscar G's Dope Dub)
  6. "Back to My Roots" (Jheri Curl Juice Dub)
  7. "Strudelmodel"

Italian promo vinyl (listed as "Back to My Roots - Remix")

Side One (Secchi Side):

  1. "Back to My Roots" (Secchi's Extended Mix) [6:05]

Side Two (Statement Side):

  1. "Back to My Roots" (Back to Our Concept Mix) [6:16]
  2. "Back to My Roots" (Back to Our Concept Mix - Instrumental) [6:16]

Charts

Chart performance for "Back to My Roots"
Chart (1993) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[4] 90
UK Singles (OCC)[5]
 40
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 (Billboard)[6] 6
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[7] 1

References

  1. ^ Flick, Larry (June 5, 1993). "RuPaul Changing the Face of Pop" (PDF). Billboard. pp. 1, 101. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  2. ^ Flick, Larry (April 24, 1993). "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. p. 66. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
  3. Philadelphia Inquirer
    .
  4. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 240.
  5. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 75". Official Charts Company.
  6. ^ "RuPaul".
  7. ^ "RuPaul".
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