Colors (Ice-T song)

"Colors" is a song by Ice-T, issued as the title track for the soundtrack to the film of the same name. The song was released as a single in 1988.[2] In 2008, it was named the 19th greatest hip-hop song of all time by VH1.[3] The song was Ice-T's first to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at #70.

"Colors"
Single by Ice-T
from the album Colors
B-side"Squeeze the Trigger"[1]
Released1988
Recorded1987
GenreGangsta rap
Length4:25
Songwriter(s)Ice-T, Afrika Islam
Ice-T singles chronology
"Somebody Gotta Do It"
(1987)		 "Colors"
(1988)		 "I'm Your Pusher"
(1988)

Cover versions

In 1996, the song was covered by Society Burning for the electro-industrial various artists compilation Operation Beatbox.[4]

The song was covered by the groove metal band Machine Head, and released on the 1997 bonus disc version of their album The More Things Change....

C-Murder made a remake called "Cluckers" (featuring Fiend) on his debut album Life or Death in 1998.

Ice-T himself re-recorded the song with his band Body Count in 2020, for the album Carnivore.

Charts
Chart (1988) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[5] 70
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles[5] 77

References
  1. Images for Ice-T – Colors. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
  2. Ice-T - Colors (Vinyl) at Discogs. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
  3. VH1’s 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs – Stereogum. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
  4. Christian, Chris (August 1996). "Various Artists: Operation Beatbox". Sonic Boom. 4 (7). Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  5. Colors - Ice-T | Billboard.com. Retrieved July 17, 2010.



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