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Will Smith "Gettin’ Giggy Wit It"

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Topic: Will Smith "Gettin’ Giggy Wit It"

Posted By: chendagam
Subject: Will Smith "Gettin’ Giggy Wit It"
Date Posted: 21 September 2009 at 9:01pm

Has anyone noticed that the promo 12" has a slightly different lyric at the "Mama-unh mama-unh ima come closer" part? From memory the lyric above is from the LP version on the CD. The 12" promo does not have the "unh's" in there. Instead it sounds like something from the lyric of Michael Jackson's "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" I have the 12" but have not captured it to the computer yet to give the exact lyric or provide a sample.

I'm assuming that this is an early version and then they decided to give it a little "kick" later.

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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 21 September 2009 at 9:43pm

No kidding!? I just listened to the LP version, and by-golly it does sound like they've edited some lyrics out, replacing them with the "uhhs." I wonder if they did this to avoid a lawsuit with Michael Jackson.

Posted By: eric_a
Date Posted: 21 September 2009 at 10:39pm

If I recall correctly, they modified the song between servicing the promo 12" ("Mama-seh, mama-sah") and the CD promo ("Mama-UHH").

On a sidenote, the lawsuit would have been by Manu Dibango, who created that "Soul Makossa" lick, and who later came to an arrangement with Michael Jackson. I think he'll see yet another payday thanks to Rihanna's "Don't Stop The Music," which also uses the lick.

The New Yorker tracked Dibango down after MJ died - check this out: http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2009/07/06/090706ta_talk_sanneh - New Yorker story

Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 22 September 2009 at 7:51am

eric_a wrote:

...the lawsuit would have been by Manu Dibango, who created that "Soul Makossa" lick, and who later came to an arrangement with Michael Jackson.

Whoa! I forgot all about that record! I used to have the 45 when I was a kid, but I have no idea what happened to it. Cool song.

Posted By: chendagam
Date Posted: 22 September 2009 at 4:29pm

Interesting! I guess it was to avoid all of the problems Rihanna and Jackson faced. I guess I should be glad I picked up that 12" at the record show I attended back in 1997.

Posted By: Pat Downey
Date Posted: 27 September 2009 at 7:32pm

Does anyone have this 12" single that can pass along the running time?

Posted By: eric_a
Date Posted: 27 September 2009 at 7:57pm

Not positive I still have it, but I'll check. From what I remember, it wasn't any different than the re-edited later versions. Also, a pic on Ebay calls it "Album Version (3:47)".