U Can’t Touch This
~ Recording by MC Hammer
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.4 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:18 | MC Hammer | Hip Hop | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Special Products | DRC12636 |
| 1.4 | U Can't Touch This | 4:15 | MC Hammer | Pure Gold Hits: Hip Hop | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Special Products | DRC12636 |
| 1.1 | U Can't Touch This | 4:17 | MC Hammer | U Can't Touch This | MC Hammer | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Gold | 7243 5 27592 2 4 |
| 3.12 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:19 | MC Hammer | The Ultimate Grammy Box: From the Recording Academy’s Collection of Award Winning Music | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | C4K 85669 |
| 1.2 | U Can't Touch This | 4:14 | MC Hammer | I ♥ 90s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD 410 |
| 3.14 | You Can't Touch This | 4:15 | MC Hammer | Disco Generation | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | CB 648012 |
| 1.11 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:15 | MC Hammer | 90’s Favourites | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CMC Records (Danish label) | 5333602 |
| 4.7 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:15 | MC Hammer | 90’s Smash‐Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | |
| 1.1 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:15 | MC Hammer | A Time to Remember: 1990 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI International | CD576 |
| 1.11 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:15 | MC Hammer | Best of the 90's | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CMC Records (Danish label) | 5333602 |
| 1.10 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:16 | MC Hammer | De Pre Historie 1990 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. See annotation) | 74321 85644 2 |
| 1.2 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:14 | MC Hammer | I Love 90s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD 410 |
| 8.10 | U Can't Touch This | 4:16 | MC Hammer | One‐Hit Wonders | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DB 610292 |
| 1.5 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:15 | MC Hammer | The 80’s Collection: 1990: The Next Generation | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Time–Life Music | TL 544/22 | |
| 1.7 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:16 | MC Hammer | Party Central | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| The Right Stuff (reissues; once EMI, now UMG) | D142351 |
| 2.13 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:14 | MC Hammer | Twogether: Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 07243 5390482 |
| 2.14 | Can't Touch This | 4:15 | MC Hammer | Back 2 Skool | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.9 | U Can't Touch This | 4:16 | MC Hammer | Hip Hop High: Class of 1990-1991 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | |
| 1.8 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:16 | MC Hammer | Absolute Number One 1990–1994 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Records (Sweden) | EVACD 4023 |
| 1.9 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:17 | MC Hammer | Pop Goes the 90s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Crimson Productions (UK budget reissue label; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.) | CRIMCD339 |
| 1.13 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:16 | MC Hammer | Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle (Music From the Motion Picture) | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music Soundtrax | |
| 1.13 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:16 | MC Hammer | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle: Music From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 90132 |
| 1.13 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:16 | MC Hammer | Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle: Music From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 512306 2 |
| 1.18 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:15 | MC Hammer | Absolument 90 : Les Plus Grands Tubes internationaux | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music France (1994–2013) | 594 647-2 |
| 1.13 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:16 | MC Hammer | Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle (Music From the Motion Picture) | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music Soundtrax | 512306 9 |
| 1.13 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:16 | MC Hammer | Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle: Music From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music Soundtrax | 5120542000 |
| 1.4 | U Can't Touch This | 4:17 | MC Hammer | Hip Hop Original Masters | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.1 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:14 | MC Hammer | Reunited, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | BX 905415 |
| 1.13 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:15 | MC Hammer | The History of Hip Hop | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music B.V. (not for release label use! NL subsidiary of UMG) | 980 787-8 |
| 2.10 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:15 | MC Hammer | Fetenhits: Black Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 060249817227 |
| 1.6 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:16 | MC Hammer | Die 90er Show, Part 1: Die jahre 1990–1994 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 7.6 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:14 | MC Hammer | Greatest Hits of the 90’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | BX 901939, BX 901942, DB 901935, DB 901940 |
| 1.7 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:15 | MC Hammer | I Love Music 1990–1994: U Can’t Touch This | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | BX 901191, BX 901192, BX 901193, CB 902017 |
| 1.6 | You Can’t Touch This | 4:15 | MC Hammer | Let’s Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | BX 902237, BX 902238, BX 902239 |
| 1.5 | U Can't Touch This | 4:16 | MC Hammer | Blick auf 50 Jahre Rock: Hits der 90er | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 07243 8604122 7 |
| 2.19 | U Can't Touch This | 4:14 | MC Hammer | The Best BBQ Album… Ever | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD732 |
| 1.1 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:15 | MC Hammer | Whatever: The ’90s Pop & Culture Box | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 79716 |
| 1.7 | U Can't Touch This | 4:15 | MC Hammer | Radio Disney Move It! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Walt Disney Records | 61341-7 |
| 2.20 | U Can't Touch This | 4:14 | MC Hammer | The Very Best of Now Dance | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD 753 |
| 3.8 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:13 | M.C. Hammer | School Reunion: The Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | VTDCD 757 |
| 2.9 | U Can't Touch This | 4:16 | MC Hammer | Dance 'til You Drop 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 0828767471822 |
| 1.10 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:14 | MC Hammer | Complete Nineties | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Australia (not for release label use!) | 09646 333478 2 3, 09646 333479 2 2, 09646 333480 2 8, 09646 333481 2 7, 09646 333482 2 6 |
| 1.23 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:16 | MC Hammer | COOL the Best Pop Album… Ever | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 0094634102629 |
| 1.10 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:14 | MC Hammer | The Original 90’s Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 8 73613 2 | |
| 2.20 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:14 | MC Hammer | Absolute Dance Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Absolute (compilation series brand used by Stockholm-based EVA Records) | ACCD 3020 |
| 2.17 | U Can't Touch This | 4:12 | MC Hammer | De Maxx Long Player 9 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 82876 81393 2 |
| 2.12 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:14 | MC Hammer | Feel Good Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.4 | U Can't Touch This | 4:17 | MC Hammer | Best of TV Hits 2006 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | |
| 1.1 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:17 | MC Hammer | De Pre Historie Het Beste Uit de Jaren '90 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Belgium) NV/SA (do not use as a release label! BE subsidiary of SBME) | 82876812782 |
| 4.1 | U Can't Touch This | 4:16 | MC Hammer | Het Beste Uit 40 Jaar De Pre Historie | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 82876812772 |
| 2.11 | U Can't Touch This | 4:14 | MC Hammer | mySounds: Ready to Load & Play: Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | CB 904387 |
| 1.8 | U Can't Touch This | 4:18 | MC Hammer | Party Starter: Hip Hop Mix | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Compass Productions (budget compilations) | B0007797-02 IN02 |
| 2.14 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:17 | MC Hammer | Som livre anos 80, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Som Livre | 0397-2 |
| 1.17 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:17 | MC Hammer | The Best of Breakdance and Electric Boogie, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| ZYX Music | ZYX 55473-2 |
| 1.12 | U Can't Touch This | 4:13 | MC Hammer | Foute CD van Q-Music, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| ARS Entertainment (Belgium label) | 741189-2 |
| 4.3 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:14 | MC Hammer | The Best Disco… Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Poland, Pomaton EMI (Polish division of EMI) | 02-823 |
| 1.11 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:15 | MC Hammer | Mastermix Professional Engineered for DJs E: 80s 90s 00s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985) | CD651 |
| 4.8 | U Can't Touch This | 4:14 | MC Hammer | 101 Party Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCDX 895 |
| 2.7 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:12 | MC Hammer | mySounds: Ready to Load & Play: Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | CB 904624 |
| 1.8 | U Can't Touch This | 4:17 | MC Hammer | Cool ’90s Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | |
| 1.4 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:15 | MC Hammer | Platinum | MC Hammer | Album + Compilation |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | |
| 3.6 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:14 | MC Hammer | Absolute 90’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Records (Sweden) | EVACD 4077 |
| 1.3 | U Can't Touch This | 4:14 | MC Hammer | Top of the Pops 1990 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Gold | 522 1802 |
| 3.9 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:13 | MC Hammer | 101 Summer Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI TV | 5099922936721, VTDCDX 915 |
| 27.3 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:12 | MC Hammer | Top of the Pops: Year by Year Collection 1964‒2006 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Gold | |
| 3.13 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:15 | MC Hammer | The Ultimate Collection Pop | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.5 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:15 | MC Hammer | Tropic Thunder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Lakeshore Records | LKS 340202 |
| 1.9 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:13 | MC Hammer | This Is… 1990 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 5099922795120 |
| 5.12 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:13 | MC Hammer | 101 90s Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI TV, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 5099923532328, VTDCDX916 |
| 1.6 | U Can't Touch This | 4:15 | MC Hammer | Die Hit-Giganten: Cover-Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 88697374492 |
| 1.21 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:15 | MC Hammer | 100% Hits Summer Party! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music Australia (AU subsidiary of Warner Music International since 1988) | 5186513542 |
| 2.3 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:14 | MC Hammer | Countdown: One Hit Wonders | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Liberation Music (Australian, big L logo or "Liberation" on one line) | LMCD0001 |
| 2.12 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:15 | MC Hammer | Don’t Stop Till You Drop: 60 Great Party Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 88697415712 |
| 2.9 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:15 | MC Hammer | Legendary Disco | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | MP 905820 |
| 1.5 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:16 | MC Hammer | Playlist: 90’s Pop | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | |
| 1.7 | Can’t Touch This | 4:13 | MC Hammer | Playlist: Dance | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 2128222 |
| 1.1 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:15 | MC Hammer | Sounds of the 90's Generation | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| destraMusic (MRA Entertainment) | |
| 1.5 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:17 | MC Hammer | Tropic Thunder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Bodog Music | BDM0136029 |
| 1.5 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:15 | MC Hammer | Tropic Thunder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Lakeshore Records | 5186500772 |
| 2.6 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:17 | MC Hammer | Millennium: The Next Generation, Vol. 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | |
| 3.11 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:14 | MC Hammer | 101 Housework Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCDX 949 |
| 5.8 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:14 | MC Hammer | 101 Running Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCDX 962 |
| 4.9 | U Can’t Touch This | 3:47 | MC Hammer | Party: 120 Original Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | |
| 4.9 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:12 | MC Hammer | Party: 120 Original Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | |
| 3.14 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:13 | MC Hammer | Now Dance Anthems | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD939 |
| 1.19 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:15 | M.C. Hammer | Being Erica: Music From the Original Series | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| EMI Music Canada | |
| 2.18 | U Can't Touch This | 4:14 | MC Hammer | The Best of School Disco.com: 10th Anniversary | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | VTDCD 971 |
| 1.17 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:14 | M.C. Hammer | Bravo: 30 Jahre Hip Hop | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.15 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:14 | MC Hammer | The Best Dance Album in the World... Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | VTDCD980 |
| 1.1 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:12 | MC Hammer | 101 90s Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 50999 966751 2 0, 9667512 |
| 1.12 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:14 | MC Hammer | Get Down & Dance | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697602422 |
| 3.5 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:14 | M.C. Hammer | Massive Party Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time-Life | TCD941 |
| 1.5 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:13 | MC Hammer | Now That’s What I Call Dance Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”), Zomba (imprint) | 88697 60492 2 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 24.10 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:14 | MC Hammer | The Radio Essential Series | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Promo Only | |
| 1.2 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:13 | MC Hammer | The Best of the 90s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Heart (radio station network), London Evening Standard (newspaper), Metro Life (the magazine), Sabam Crescendo | ES90S001, ES90SCD01 |
| 1.7 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:16 | MC Hammer | PCgo 90’s Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| VIAS Entertainment | 00946 3 54458 2 4 |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.1 | U Can’t Touch This | 4:17 | M.C. Hammer | Best Of Best | M.C. Hammer | Album + Compilation |
| ONYK | MC3562-02 |
| 1.19 | U Can't Touch This | 4:12 | MC Hammer | YTMND Soundtrack, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| YTMND | |
| Pseudo-Release | |||||||||
| 1.1 | U Can't Touch This | 4:18 | MC Hammer | The Time of Our Lives | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 東芝EMI 株式会社 (record company, do not use as release label – check obi, back or disc for imprint! Ended 2007‐06‐29) | TOCP-66075 |
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| 2.15 | U Can't Touch This | 4:16 | MC Hammer | 100% Hits: Best Hits of the Decade 1990–2000 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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Relationships
| co-producer: | James Earley Felton Pilot (American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer) |
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| producer: | MC Hammer |
| mixer: | James Earley Felton Pilot (American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer) MC Hammer |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1990) |
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| DJ-mixes: | Stop!… Party Time by [unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (order: 10) |
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| sampled by: | Hammer by Die Fantastischen Vier The Starting Line by Neil Cicierega (lead vocals) |
| samples: | Super Freak by Rick James (US vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer & producer) |
| mash-ups: | Ice Ice Baby vs. U Can’t Touch This (Vanilla Ice vs. MC Hammer) by FreeStyleGames (UK video game development company) Lulz: A Corruption of Everything by Psycosis (Brony mashups) Super Bowl Anthem (Queen vs. Madonna vs. Labrinth feat. Tinie Tempah vs. Metallica vs. Reel 2 Real vs. House of Pain vs. LMFAO vs. The Vinyl Rippers vs. The White Stripes vs. Europe vs. MC Hammer vs. Queen vs. Tag Team) by DJ Schmolli Workout (MSTRKRFT vs. Jennifer Lopez vs. Six Mix-A-Lot vs. Nicki Minaj & more) by Robin Skouteris |
| recording of: | U Can’t Touch This |
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Related works
U Can’t Touch This
| writer: | Rick James (US vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer & producer) Alonzo Miller (Singer-songwriter, producer) Stanley Kirk Burrell |
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| later parody versions: | Can’t Touch This (In Living Color parody) Don't Touch That I Can’t Watch This (Weird Al parody) U Can’t Botch This |
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| is based on: | Super Freak |
| is the basis for: | Arregaçada |
| lyrics quoted in: | I Love the 90’s |
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