Outstanding

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"Outstanding"
Single by The Gap Band
from the album Gap Band IV
B-side	"The Boys Are Back in Town"
Released	November 1982
Recorded	1982
Genre	R&B, funk
Length	3:19 (album version) 6:13 (extended version)
Label	Total Experience
Writer(s)	Raymond Calhoun
The Gap Band singles chronology
"You Dropped a Bomb on Me" (1982) "Outstanding" (1982) "Party Train" (1983)

"Outstanding" is a song originally performed by The Gap Band and written by member Raymond Calhoun. The song originally appeared on the group's platinum-selling 1982 album Gap Band IV. It is one of their signature songs and biggest hits, reaching the number one spot on the U.S. R&B Singles Chart in February 1983. "Outstanding" peaked at number fifty-one on the Billboard Hot 100.^[1]

Influence

The song has been sampled frequently in hip hop and R&B songs over the years,^[2] including:

• "Thinka 'Bout It" By Paris (rapper) (1992)
• "Shelton-D Is Outstanding" by Shelton-D (1988)
• "Outstanding" by Rob Base (1989)
• "Don't Do It" by Richie Rich (2) (1990)
• "True to the Game" by Ice Cube (1991)
• "Typical Reasons (Swing My Way)" (Remix) by Prince Markie Dee (1992)
• "Blow Your Mind" by Redman (1992)
• "I'm Outstanding" by Shaquille O'Neal (1993)
• "Knock It Out" by DC Rappers (1993)
• "Summer Bunnies" by R. Kelly (1993)
• "Love No Limit" by Mary J. Blige (1993)
• "Da B Side" by Da Brat feat. Notorious B.I.G. and Jermaine Dupri (1995)
• "U Blow My Mind" by Blackstreet (1994)
• "I Belong to You (Rollerskate Radio Mix)" by Toni Braxton (1994)
• "Inside of Me" by Madonna (1994)
• "Every Little Thing I Do" by Soul for Real (1995)
• "Never Gonna Let You Go" by Tina Moore (1995)
• "So Many Ways" by The Braxtons (1996)
• "Boy You Knock Me Out" by Tatyana Ali feat. Will Smith (1998)
• "Happy (I'm So Happy Remix)" by Ashanti feat. Charli Baltimore, D.O. Cannon, & Young Merc
• Kid Rock covered the song on his Live Trucker album.
• Kenny Thomas (1990)
• Andy Cole, English footballer, following Manchester United's treble win in the 1998-99 season.
• "Come Up" by G-Unit (2014)

Also sampled in a version of Tina Turner's "Goldeneye" hit, included only on the promotional 12" maxi-single.

Chart positions

Charts	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	51
UK Singles Chart	68
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	1

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 223.
2. Sampling information at WhoSampled