"She's Dope!" is a song performed by American
contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B (or simply R&B) is a popular music Music genre, genre, originating from African Americans, African-American musicians in the 1980s that combines rhythm and blues with elements of Pop music, pop, Soul music, soul, funk, Hip-hop, ...
group
Bell Biv DeVoe. It is the opening track on the group's debut studio album ''
Poison
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'' and serves as the album's fifth
single. In early pressings of ''Poison'', the song was simply titled "Dope!", but the title was changed due to the increasing
drug
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epidemic among children at the time.
The song peaked at #9 on the ''
Billboard
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''
R&B chart in 1991.
The EPOD Mix version of the song is the version used in the music video & released as a single.
Music video
The official
music video
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for the song was directed by
Lionel C. Martin.
The song paved the way for I Thought It Was Me as it featured in the first part.
Charts
References
External links
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1990 songs
1991 singles
Bell Biv DeVoe songs
MCA Records singles
Music videos directed by Lionel C. Martin
Song recordings produced by Dr. Freeze
Songs written by Dr. Freeze
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