U Can't Touch This
U Can't Touch This
Song Information
Artist: MC Hammer
Album: U Can't Touch This single (1990)
BPM: 133
Length: 1:46
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution X
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Lyrics
Can't touch this Can't touch this My, my, my music hits me so hard Makes me say "Oh, my Lord" Thank you for blessing me With a mind to rhyme and two hype feet It feels good, when you know you're down A super dope homeboy from the Oak town And I'm known as such And this is a beat, uh, you can't touch I told you, homeboy (You can't touch this) Yo, let me bust the funky lyrics (You can't touch this) Fresh new kicks, and pants You gotta like that, now you know you wanna dance So move, outta your seat And get a fly girl and catch this beat While it's rollin', hold on Pump a little bit and let 'em know it's going' on Like that, like that Cold on a mission so fall them back Let 'em know, that you're too much And this is a beat, uh, they can't touch Look, man (You can't touch this) Ring the bell, school's back in Break it down Stop, Hammer time Every time you see me The Hammer's just so hype I'm dope on the floor and I'm magic on the mic Now why would I ever stop doing this? With others makin' records that just don't hit I've toured around the world, from London to the Bay It's "Hammer, go Hammer, MC Hammer, yo, Hammer" And the rest can go and play (You can't touch this) Too hype, can't touch this Get way outta here, you can't touch this
Song Connections / Remixes
- U Can't Touch This samples the opening riff of Rick James' Super Freak.
- Licensed song FREAKY also samples Super Freak.
- A dance cover of Super Freak, titled Superfreak, appears in Dancing Stage UNIVERSE.
- A bass remix of U Can't Touch This, titled U CAN'T TOUCH THIS (Miami Booty Mix), appears in MARTIAL BEAT 2.
Trivia
- U Can't Touch This is MC Hammer's fifth single album. It was also included in MC Hammer's 1990 album, Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em.
- U Can't Touch This became Hammer's signature song and is perhaps one of his most recognizable records, and has been used or referenced in multiple television shows, films, commercials and other forms of media. It has also received numerous awards and recognitions.
- Fittingly, U Can't Touch This' charts have a stop right on the "Stop, Hammer time" part.
Song Production Information
The 1990 block buster, U Can't Touch This finally makes its way to the DDR dancefloor. MC Hammer's catchy phrases, layered over grooves sampled from Rick James' seminal Super Freak, became a Hip-Hop phenomenon breaking down the doors of mainstream music. It won two Grammy awards - Best R&B Song and Best Solo Rap Performance.
Difficulty & Notecounts
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
| Game | Single | Double | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | 70 / 0 | 118 / 2 | 193 / 9 | 299 / 25 | - / - / - | 115 / 2 | 192 / 0 | 285 / 17 | - / - / - |
| DanceDanceRevolution X→X2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | — | 3 | 6 | 10 | — |
| DanceDanceRevolution X CS US/JP | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | — | 3 | 6 | 10 | — |
| DanceDanceRevolution S+ | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |