James, Alonzo Miller – writing Sandro – vocals Jassy Tamar Husk – additional vocals Beatfreakz – production Hal Ritson – vocal production Mark Summers – sample replay production Ben Cook – executive production Dipesh Parmar – executive production assistant Antonio Petronzio – photography Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Release history Sampling The predominant riff of the song was most popularly sampled in 1990 by MC Hammer in "U Can't Touch This". The song would then be sampled by American musical group Black Eyed Peas in their 2020 single “Vida Loca", and was later sampled by Nicki Minaj in her 2022 single, "Super Freaky Girl". Minaj previously appeared in the remix of Big Sean's "Dance (A$$)" (2011), which sampled "U Can't Touch This". See also List of number-one dance singles of 1981 (U.S.) References External links Super Freak at Discogs 1981 songs 1981 singles 2006 singles American new wave songs Gordy Records singles Data Records singles Rick James songs Songs written by Rick James Song recordings produced by Rick James Spinnin' Records singles Songs about BDSM