"Static" is a 1988 song written by Full Force and recorded by

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. It was released as a single from Brown's album '' I'm Real'' and was charted at number 5 in the ''

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'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Reviewing the album, '' People'' singled "Static" out for praise, calling it "inflammatory". It contains samples of four songs, " I Know You Got Soul", "Hot Pants (I'm Coming, I'm Coming, I'm Coming)", "Alice, I Want You Just for Me", and "Hot Pants Road". It was the last Top 40 hit of Brown's career. The song's title inspired the identity of the DC Comics superhero Static.

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