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The Gap Band

Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)

1980 · via Dr. Dre

The Gap Band’s 1980 recording of “Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)” is the earliest release on file. Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor and Charlie Wilson are credited as its writers. Also recorded by Charlie Wilson (released 2019) and Overthrill (released 2008), among 7 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. Dr. Dre’s “Genocide” (2015) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

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Dre's "Genocide" came out in 2015, running on a record The Gap Band put out back in 1980. Charlie Wilson helped write that one, and he thought enough of it to put it out again himself in 2019.

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Credited writers: Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor and Charlie Wilson.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1980.

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Dr. Dre’s “Genocide” (2015) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

Other recordings on file · first release year

7 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Dr. Dre's "Genocide" samples "Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)." Which act first recorded the song Dre built that track on?The Gap Band
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