"Mr. Big Stuff" is a song by R&B singer Jean Knight

Jean Knight

Jean Knight is an African-American soul/R&B/funk singer, best known for her 1971 Stax Records hit single, "Mr. Big Stuff".-Early years:...

. Released from her 1971 debut album of the same title

Mr. Big Stuff (album)

Mr. Big Stuff was the debut album of soul/funk singer Jean Knight, released in 1971 right after her biggest hit of the same name. This album was rereleased on CD on November 7, 1991 by Fantasy Records...

, it became a huge crossover hit. The song spent five weeks at number-one on Billboard's Best Selling Soul Singles

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

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 and peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 Singles chart. "Mr. Big Stuff" would become one of Stax Records

Stax Records

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's most popular and recognizable hits. It was also featured in the film D2: The Mighty Ducks

D2: The Mighty Ducks

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 and in the 1977 mini-series, "The Bronx Is Burning.".

Cover versions

• American all-female heavy metal
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   band Precious Metal (which included singer-guitarist Janet Robin
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   as a member) released a cover of the song from their self-titled 1990 album.
• Canadian singer Sheree Jeacocke
  Sheree Jeacocke
  Sheree Jeacocke is a Canadian singer-songwriter.-Biography:During the early 1980s Jeacocke starred in the CBC-TV musical The King Of Friday Night and worked as a backup singer for Gordon Lightfoot, Rita MacNeil, Glass Tiger and Kim Mitchell. In 1985 Jeacocke releases her first single "You Get To Me"...
  
   included a cover of the song on her 1995 EP
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   Jeacocke.

Sampling

• In 1987, rapper Heavy D recorded "Mr. Big Stuff", which also became a hit. Though his version was entirely different from the original version, Knight's hook line ("Mr. Big Stuff, who do you think you are?") was prominently featured throughout the song.
• In 1994, the song was prominently interpolated into TLC
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  TLC is an American musical trio whose repertoire spanned R&B, hip-hop, soul, funk, and new jack swing. Originally consisting of singer Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, rapper-singer Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes and singer Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas it found success in the 1990s while also enduring a series of spats...
  
  's "Switch" on their CrazySexyCool
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  CrazySexyCool is the second studio album by American R&B group TLC, released by LaFace Records on November 15, 1994 in North America...
  
   album.
• A sample of the composition was used for the self-titled song by Queen Latifah
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  , Shades and Free
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  , which was included on the soundtrack of the 1996 movie The Associate
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• "Mr. Big Stuff" was sampled in 2000 by Everclear
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  Everclear is a rock band formed in Portland, Oregon in 1992 best known for their radio hits spanning more than a decade. For most of its existence, Everclear has consisted of Art Alexakis , Craig Montoya , and Greg Eklund . Eklund replaced original drummer Scott Cuthbert in 1994...
  
   in the song "AM Radio
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  "AM Radio" is a rock song by the band Everclear. The song was recorded circa 2000 for Everclear's fourth album Songs from an American Movie, Vol. 1: Learning How to Smile. The song was released as the second single from Everclear's album Songs from an American Movie, Vol. 1: Learning How to Smile...
  
   from their album Songs from an American Movie, Vol. 1: Learning How to Smile
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  Songs from an American Movie, Vol. 1: Learning How to Smile is an album by Everclear, released on July 11, 2000. The album is a loose concept album based around lead singer Art Alexakis' second divorce...
  
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