Friday (soundtrack)

Friday is the soundtrack album for the 1995 comedy film, Friday. It was released on April 11, 1995, on CD and cassette through Priority and consisted of hip Hop and R&B music. The soundtrack reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200, where it held the position for 2 weeks, and the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 6 weeks. It also spawned the successful Dr. Dre single "Keep Their Heads Ringin'", which made it to No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart. The album was certified Double Platinum by the RIAA on June 4, 1996. Music videos were shot for "Friday" and "Keep Their Heads Ringin'".

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

Friday
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	April 11, 1995
Recorded	1994–95
Genre	West Coast hip hop, gangsta rap, hardcore hip hop, G-Funk, funk, soul
Length	64:08
Label	Priority Records EMI
Producer	Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Sam Sneed, DJ Pooh, DJ Muggs, Bootsy Collins, E-A-Ski, E-Swift, Mr. Mixx, Roger Troutman, Ronald Isley, N.O. Joe, CMT
Friday soundtracks chronology
Friday (1995) Next Friday (1999)
Singles from Friday
"Keep Their Heads Ringin'" Released: March 7, 1995

The title track sparked a beef with the hip-hop group Cypress Hill, who claimed that Ice Cube had asked for permission to use their track Throw Your Set in the Air and had made a very similar track after being denied permission.[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer	Length
1.	"Friday"	Ice Cube	Ice Cube	3:51
2.	"Keep Their Heads Ringin'" (featuring Nancy Fletcher)	Dr. Dre	Dr. Dre, Sam Sneed	5:06
3.	"Friday Night" (featuring CJ Mac)	Scarface	N.O. Joe, Teddy Knock	3:40
4.	"Lettin' Niggas Know"	Threat	DJ Pooh, Rashad Coes	4:30
5.	"Roll It Up, Light It Up, Smoke It Up"	Cypress Hill	DJ Muggs	3:37
6.	"Take a Hit"	Mack 10	Mack 10	4:36
7.	"Tryin' to See Another Day"	The Isley Brothers	Ronald Isley, Angela Winbush	3:38
8.	"You Got Me Wide Open"	Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell	Bootsy Collins, Ice Cube	4:43
9.	"Mary Jane"	Rick James	Art Stewart	3:58
10.	"I Wanna Get Next To You"	Rose Royce	Whitfield	3:59
11.	"Superhoes"	Funkdoobiest	DJ Muggs, DJ Ralph M	3:44
12.	"Coast II Coast"	Tha Alkaholiks	E-Swift	5:09
13.	"Blast If I Have To"	E-A-Ski	CMT, E-A-Ski	4:00
14.	"Hoochie Mama"	2 Live Crew	2 Live Crew, Mr. Mixx	3:00
15.	"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"	Roger Troutman	Roger Troutman	6:49

10th Anniversary Edition "Old School Friday" bonus disc

1. Mary Jane - Rick James
2. Low Rider - War
3. Freddie's Dead - Curtis Mayfield
4. The Way You Do Things You Do - The Temptations
5. I Wanna Get Next To You - Rose Royce
6. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Gladys Knight & The Pips
7. Little Child Running Wild - Curtis Mayfield
8. Get Up (I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine) - James Brown
9. Heartbreaker (Part I, Part II) - Zapp
10. The Chase - Hidden Faces
11. Hangin' In The Hood - Hidden Faces

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Peak position
1995	Billboard 200	1

See also

• Ice Cube
• List of number-one albums of 1995 (U.S.)
• List of number-one R&B albums of 1995 (U.S.)

References

1. Thomas Erlewine, Stephen. "Friday [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
2. Entertainment Weekly (4/28/95, p.63) - "...No surprises here. Dr. Dre rumbles over his smooth, insistent groove, Ice Cube sounds angry, Cypress Hill is still obsessed with pot....Throw in Rick James and Isley Brothers classics and you've got a listening experience that's familiar and fun..." - Rating: A-
3. Rolling Stone (5/4/95, p.69) - 3 Stars - Good - "...Accompanying the new comedy penned by Ice Cube and partner D.J. Pooh, FRIDAY....[is a] righteous set..."
4. Harling, Danielle (16 April 2013). "B-Real Recalls Ice Cube Beef, Say He Was Almost In 'Friday'". Retrieved 22 February 2020.