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So Fresh, So Clean

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Format
  
CD

Genre
  
Hip hop, funk

Label
  
Arista, RCA

Recorded
  
2000

Length
  
4:00

Released
  
March 13, 2001 (2001-03-13)

"So Fresh, So Clean" is the third and final single to be released from Outkast's fourth studio album, Stankonia. It features uncredited vocals from singer Sleepy Brown. Song based on Cuban Vanessa Sosa from Miami, Florida. It was produced by longtime collaborators Organized Noize. The music video features the duo and Sleepy Brown performing on a variety of CGI backgrounds, a beauty parlor, and a church. Ludacris, Layzie Bone of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Chilli of TLC and members of Goodie Mob make cameo appearances in the video. The song was a moderate success, reaching #30 on the Billboard charts, #46 on the ARIA charts and further propelling the sales of Stankonia after the success of "Ms. Jackson". Among the things and people mentioned in the song are the Chevrolet Monte Carlo and Cadillac Eldorado (both General Motors cars), the television show Showtime At The Apollo and its longtime host Kiki Sheppard, and the R&B singers Teddy Pendergrass and Freddie Jackson.

Contents

Remix

The official remix, "So Fresh, So Clean (Stankonia Remix)" features Snoop Dogg & Sleepy Brown, it appeared on the soundtrack of Snoop Dogg's movie Bones under the name "Fresh and Clean (Remix)".

Sample

The song prominently features a sample from Joe Simon's "Before the Night is Over". The song also features a sample from Funkadelic's I'll Stay.

Track listing

UK CD single
  1. "So Fresh, So Clean" (radio edit) – 4:06
  2. "So Fresh, So Clean" (Fatboy Slim Remix) – 5:48
  3. "Ms. Jackson" (Mr. Drunk Mix) – 4:45
European & Australian CD single
  1. "So Fresh, So Clean" (radio edit) – 4:06
  2. "So Fresh, So Clean" (Fatboy Slim Remix) – 5:48
  3. "Ms. Jackson" (Mr. Drunk Remix) – 4:45
  4. "So Fresh, So Clean" (Instrumental) – 4:04
American CD single
  1. "So Fresh, So Clean" (radio edit) – 4:06
  2. "So Fresh, So Clean" (Fatboy Slim Remix) – 5:48
  3. "So Fresh, So Clean" (Raptile's Cryptotech Remix) – 3:41
  4. "So Fresh, So Clean" (Instrumental) – 4:04
  5. "Ms. Jackson" (Mr. Drunk Remix) – 4:45

References

So Fresh, So Clean Wikipedia