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"The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)" is a song by the Native Tongues affiliate Black Sheep, from their debut album A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing. It was released in October 1991 as the second single from the album. The song quotes the Roger Miller song, "Engine Engine Number 9".

"The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)"
Single by Black Sheep
from the album A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
ReleasedOctober 29, 1991
Genre
  • Golden age hip hop
  • alternative hip hop
  • jazz rap
Length4:03
Label
  • Mercury
  • PolyGram
Songwriter(s)
  • James E. Alexander
  • Ben Cauley
  • Allen Jones
  • William McLean
  • John R Smith
  • Andres Titus
Producer(s)Black Sheep
Music video
"The Choice Is Yours" on YouTube

Samples


The song samples drums from "Keep On Doin' It" by New Birth, a riff from "Impressions" by McCoy Tyner, and vocals from "I'd Say It Again" by Sweet Linda Divine. It also includes an interpolation of Roger Miller's Engine Engine Number 9.[1]


Music video


The music video, which was released in November 1991, features Dres rapping in front of a crowd at a rooftop nightclub.


Track listing


A-side

  1. "The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)" - 4:03 [not available on vinyl LP release]
  2. "The Choice Is Yours" (Radio Mix) - 3:23

B-side

  1. "Have U.N.E. Pull" (Remix) - 3:38
  2. "Yes (Everything's OK)" - 3:20 [not available on vinyl LP release]

Charts


Chart (1991/92) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[2] 57
U.S. Hot R&B Singles[3] 21
U.S. Hot Rap Singles 1
U.S. Hot Dance Music[4] 6



Covers and sampling



References


  1. "www.whosampled.com". www.whosampled.com. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 87.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 62.
  4. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 36.
  5. "Kia Soul ad brings back the hamsters, and the funk".
  6. "Search - Samples, Covers and Remixes". WhoSampled.
  7. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: E3 Show: Skylanders SWAP Force Trailer l Skylanders SWAP Force l Skylanders. YouTube.



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