Sampling
- The riff of the song was most popularly sampled in 1989 by MC Hammer in his best known single, "U Can't Touch This". The song was also sampled Wassuup by Da Muttz in 2001.
- Hip hop artist GZA/Genius sampled the song on his debut 1991 album Words from the Genius.
- In 1997, artist Jude's song entitled "Rick James" (#28 Billboard Modern Rock Chart) featured the words "Oh, Rick James was the original Super Freak" in its chorus line.
- In 2006, the Beatfreakz covered the song, as "Superfreak", and gained a #7 UK hit with it.
- The title track of Jay-Z's 2006 comeback album Kingdom Come features a sample from "Super Freak".
- In the 2007 song "Freaky Gurl" by Gucci Mane, the lines in the chorus pay homage to the original Rick James song.
- In 2007, French actor/rapper Disiz la Peste released a rap song in French that uses of "Super Freak" as the instrumental backing.
Read more about this topic: Super Freak