it was sampled in Jessie J's "Seal Me with a Kiss". EPMD sampled it in their song "Gold Digger", and Digital Underground used it in two of their songs, "Kiss You Back" and "Bran Nu Swetta". Rapper 2Pac sampled the song for his "Intro/Bomb First (My Second Reply)" and his Dr. Dre produced track "Can't C Me". In 1997, Vanessa Williams sampled "Knee Deep" for her song "Happiness". Dr. Dre's song, "Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')", is based on "Knee Deep". South Korean girl band Mamamoo song "Um Oh Ah Yeh" from their third mini-album Pink Funky was influenced from it. Appearances in other media Featured in the 1979 episode of Diff'rent Strokes "The Rivals" (Season 2; Episode 10) Frequently played by Paul Shaffer and The World's Most Dangerous Band as bumper music on episodes of Late Night with David Letterman (1982-1993). The song was the basis of an extended sketch, aired on 20 October 1983, in which Letterman, Shaffer and Larry "Bud" Melman argued about who played the guitar solo on the original recording. Melman proves that it was Michael "Kidd Funkadelic" Hampton—then robs Dave and Paul at gunpoint. In the 1997 Nickelodeon movie Good Burger during the insane asylum scene, George Clinton cameos as one of the mental patients who complains about the boring music on the radio, and asks Ed, played by Kel Mitchell, to change the station. Ed finds a station playing this song, and the patients subsequently dance to it. Featured in the 2001 movie The Wash. Featured in the 2003 video game True Crime: Streets of LA. Performed by George Clinton and the P-Funk All Stars on the FOX television series New York Undercover in 1995. Performed by George Clinton and the P-Funk All Stars on "Late Night with David Letterman" on June 25, 1991. Performed by an animated version of George Clinton (played by himself) in The Cleveland Show episode "When a Man (or a Freight Train) Loves His Cookie." Featured in the 2015 N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton. References External links [ Song Review] at AllMusic Funkadelic songs 1979 singles Songs written by George Clinton (funk musician) 1979 songs Songs about dancing