Slippin' into Darkness
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"Slippin' into Darkness" is a song written and performed by War. The song was produced by Jerry Goldstein. A live version of the song was featured as the B-side to their 1974 single "Ballero".
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Background
This song is an unusual blues form with the first lines being repeated in an African and Latin rhythm. The song deals with a friend, whose life was taken away from drunkenness, who withdraws from reality, having to pay the consequences. Because of the song's length in the album version, at 6:59, the single radio edit version of 3:59 omits the slower introduction plus the second verse of the song.
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Other versions
- Cargo Cult released a version of the song on their 1986 album Strange Men Bearing Gifts.
- Black Uhuru released a version of the song on their 1992 album Mystical Truth.
- Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers released a version of the song on their 1995 album Rip a Dip.
- Sandra St. Victor released a version of the song on her 2001 album Gemini: Both Sides.
- Ramsey Lewis and Nancy Wilson released a version of the song on their 2003 album Simple Pleasures.
- Widespread Panic released a version of the song on their 2004 live album Jackassolantern.
- Lettuce released a version of the song on their 2012 album Fly.
- Marcus Miller released a version of the song on his 2012 album Renaissance.
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Sampling
- War's version was sampled in the 1988 songs "Guitar Playin'" and "Payback's a Mutha" by King T on his album Act a Fool.
- War's version was sampled in the 1989 song "You Got Larceny" by 2 Live Crew on their album As Clean As They Wanna Be.
- War's version was sampled in the 1990 song "Rock Dis Funky Joint" by Poor Righteous Teachers on their album Holy Intellect.
- War's version was sampled in the 1994 song "Lil Knucklehead" by South Central Cartel on their album 'N Gatz We Truss.
- War's version was sampled in the 1996 song "Sippin' On A 40" by Eazy-E on his album Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton.
- War's version was sampled in the 1997 song "Capítulo 4, Versículo 3" by Racionais MC's on their album Sobrevivendo no Inferno.
- War's version was sampled in the 1999 song "I'm Good at Being Bad" by TLC on their album FanMail.
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In popular culture
- War's version was featured in the fifth episode of 2016 season of The Get Down.
- War's version was featured on the soundtrack of the 2016 film Suicide Squad.
- War's version was featured on the soundtrack of the 1992 film American Me.
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Certifications
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