Kinky Afro

Infobox Single
Name = Kinky Afro


Artist = Happy Mondays
Album = Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
A-side = "Kinky Afro" (Mix)
B-side = "Kinky Afro" (Live)
Released = 8 October 1990
Format = 7" 45 rpm, CD single
Recorded =
Genre = Madchester
Length = 3:55
Label = Factory - FAC 302/7
Writer =
Producer = Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne
Certification =
Last single = "Step On"
(1990)
This single = "Kinky Afro"
(1990)
Next single = "Loose Fit"
(1991)
Misc =

"Kinky Afro" is a 1990 single by Happy Mondays. It was the second single from the band's third album "Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches". The song was the band's biggest hit in the United States hitting #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart. It also hit #5 in the UK, tied with "Step On" as the band's highest charting single there. The song's chorus paraphrases the Labelle song "Lady Marmalade".

Track listing [ [http://www.happymondays.de Happy Mondays extended discography] ]

7"

# "Kinky Afro" (3:55)
# "Kinky Afro" (live) (4:36)

12"

# "Kinky Afro" (12" mix) (5:07)
# "Kinky Afro" (live) (6:38)

CD1

# "Kinky Afro" (Radio Edit) (3:58)
# "Kinky Afro" (12" Mix) (5:08)
# "Kinky Afro" (live) (6:38)

CD2

# "Kinky Afro" (Euromix) (7:26)
# "Kinky Afro" (Euromix edit) (4:15)
# "Step On" (US Dub mix) (5:55)

"Kinky Groovy Afro" 12"

# "Kinky Groovy Afro" (Peter Lorimer mix) (7:32)
# "Kinky Groovy Afro" (live) (6:38)

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