31 years after En Vogue‘s ‘Free Your Mind’ became their third Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit (#8 peak), the ‘Funky Divas‘ classic could be dancing back to the all-genre chart thanks to a handsome response to their performance at the 2023 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday (November 23).
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The award-winning girl group – comprised of Cindy Herron, Terry Ellis, and Rhona Bennett – brought the heat to the frigid morning event as part of a lineup that included big names like Brandy, Bell Biv Devoe, Cher, Pentatonix, Jon Batiste, and others.
As if setting viewers alight (in-person and at home) with their rousing showing wasn’t enough, peruse of the real-time R&B iTunes sales chart sees the funky divas printed at #1 after they rocked the streets of New York City with an updated take on their iconic, socially conscious 1992 hit.
Real-Time iTunes Sales (R&B)
[photo courtesy: Popvortex]
Jumping over current R&B smashes like Usher‘s ‘Good Good,’ SZA‘s ‘Snooze,’ Victoria Monet‘s ‘On My Mama,’ and more, the increased sales activity – when coupled with an uptick in streams – could spell a re-entry onto next week’s Billboard charts including R&B sales hitlists or even the all-genre Hot 100.
Keep it locked to That Grape Juice for reports on if and/or how the handsome commercial response translates to chart moves.
[photo courtesy: NBC/Shutterstock]
Your thoughts?
Dawn and Maxine are somewhere mad that they left the band!
I’m sure they still get paid royalties for this. That new one may be the one upset!
No it was re-recorded in 2012 with the member that’s been there now 18 years.(Rhonda Bennett)
Hopefully Dawn and Maxine get money if it’s the original version