from their 1992 album Lose Control. The DJ Quik song "Safe + Sound" from his 1995 album Safe + Sound. The St. Lunatics 1996 single "Gimme What U Got". The Das EFX song "Whut Goes Around" from their 1998 album Generation EFX. The Messy Marv's & Mitchy Slick song On the One featuring Yukmouth from their 2007 album Messy Slick. The Girl Talk song "Oh No" from his 2010 album All Day. The Justice song "Canon" from their 2011 album Audio, Video, Disco. The Xavier Naidoo & Kool Savas song "X.A.V.A.S". The Big Sean & Metro Boomin song "No Hearts, No Love" from their 2017 album Double or Nothing. Interpolations Parts of the song, especially the distinctive, rhythmic melody of the song's verse, have also been imitated or interpolated in other songs: The Color Me Badd #1 R&B hit "I Wanna Sex You Up" (1992) The OutKast hit "Ms. Jackson" (2001) The Westside Connection song "Gangsta Nation" (2003) The Beyoncé song "Be with You", from the album Dangerously in Love (2003) The Justin Timberlake song "Señorita" (2003) The Coheed and Cambria song "The Running Free", from the album Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow (2007) The Julian Perretta single "Wonder Why" (2010) The Pretty Lights song "Rainbows and Waterfalls" (2017) Tevin Campbell version "Strawberry Letter 23" is the fifth single from R&B singer Tevin Campbell's 1992 debut studio album T.E.V.I.N.. It peaked at #53 on the Hot 100 and #40 on the R&B charts. The Tevin Campbell version is more up-tempo, with a new jack swing beat, and includes a rap that mentions "the letter 23." Track listings US Promo CD Strawberry Letter 23 (Album Edit w/o Rap) 3:48 Strawberry Letter 23 (Album Version) 4:07 Strawberry Letter 23 (Single Remix w/Rap) 4:15 Strawberry Letter 23 (Single Remix w/o Rap) 3:35 US Maxi-CD Strawberry Letter 23 (QDIII Mix Without Rap) 3:45 Strawberry Letter 23 (QDIII Mix With Rap) 4:12 Strawberry Letter 23 (QDIII Fat Choice Mix) 4:48 Strawberry Letter 23 (Album Edit Without Rap) 3:24 Strawberry Letter 23 (Soul Mix With Rap) 4:15 Strawberry Letter 23 (T.C.'s Choice) 4:04 Strawberry Letter 23 (Soul Mix Without Rap) 3:35 Strawberry Letter 23 (Club Mix) 6:28 Strawberry Letter 23 (Club Dub) 5:58 Strawberry Letter 23 (Naughty Beats) 4:42 Charts Other covers An instrumental version was done by Phil Upchurch on his 1978 album Phil Upchurch around the same