"Fresh" is a song by the R&B funk

Funk

Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...

 group Kool & the Gang

Kool & the Gang

Kool & the Gang are an American jazz, R&B, soul, and funk group, originally formed as the Jazziacs in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1964.They went through several musical phases during the course of their recording career, starting out with a purist jazz sound, then becoming practitioners of R&B and...

. Released as a single in 1985 from the group's album of the previous year, Emergency, the song peaked at #11 on the UK chart, #9 on the U.S. Hot 100 charts, and was number one on both the U.S. R&B and dance charts. The song introduced a new meaning to the word "fresh," meaning "good."

Music video

The act of the music video nearly resembles the fairy tale Cinderella, then you see the band perform the song, two overweight women who eat sandwiches, a woman who cleans the floor, a coach, the men is withdrawn and this is the woman who had previously cleaned the floor with a sitting member of the band.

Tracklisting

12" Maxi De-Lite 881 564-1

1. "Fresh" - 4:22
2. "Home Is Where The Heart Is" - 3:51
3. "Take My Heart" - 4:01

12" Maxi De-Lite 311122

1. "Fresh" - 4:20
2. "Rollin'" - 3:11
3. "You Can Do It" - 4:08

7" Single De-Lite 881 564-7

1. "Fresh" - 3:20
2. "Home Is Where The Heart Is" - 3:51

Kool & The Gang featuring Liberty X version

In 2004, Kool & The Gang

Kool & the Gang

Kool & the Gang are an American jazz, R&B, soul, and funk group, originally formed as the Jazziacs in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1964.They went through several musical phases during the course of their recording career, starting out with a purist jazz sound, then becoming practitioners of R&B and...

 re-recorded Fresh for their greatest hits compilation, The Hits: Reloaded. The new version of the song featured Liberty X

Liberty X

Liberty X were a British pop vocal group formed by the five contestants eliminated from the final ten qualifiers from the 2001 ITV show Popstars. The group consisted of Tony Lundon, Kevin Simm, Michelle Heaton, Kelli Young and Jessica Taylor...

 on vocals, with the band merely playing the instruments. This version was released a single in Germany, France & Spain on April 14, 2004. Subsequently, the track appeared as a bonus track on the Liberty X album Being Somebody

Being Somebody

Being Somebody is the second studio album released by British pop vocal group Liberty X. The album was released in the UK on November 3, 2003. The album featured the singles "Being Nobody", "Jumpin", "Everybody Cries" and "Fresh", which only appeared on versions of the album released in France,...

in each of those countries respectively. A video for the song was recorded in late 2003, and features Liberty X playing to an audience in a club. The video does not feature Kool & The Gang. The track peaked at #3 in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, #12 in France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 and #55 in Spain

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

.

Tracklisting

German CD1

1. "Fresh" (Album Version)
2. "Fresh" (Bimbo Jones Remix)

German CD2

1. "Fresh" (Album Version)
2. "Fresh" (Brad Gilderman Remix)
3. "Fresh" (Motivo Pop Mix)
4. "Fresh" (Bimbo Jones Remix)

French CD Single

1. "Fresh" (Album Version)
2. "Fresh" (Motivo Pop Mix)

Spanish CD Single

1. "Fresh" (Album Version)
2. "Ladies Night" (Kool & The Gang featuring Sean Paul
   Sean Paul
   Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques , who performs under stage name Sean Paul, is a Jamaican pop rap and reggae singer.-1973–1996: Early life:...
   
    & Spanner Banner)
3. "Fresh" (Brad Gilderman Remix)
4. "Fresh" (Motivo Pop Mix)
5. "Fresh" (Bimbo Jones Remix)

See also

• List of number-one dance singles of 1985 (U.S.)
• List of number-one R&B singles of 1985 (U.S.)