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    "comment": "On this day in 1972, Curtis Mayfield's 'Superfly' hits No.1 on the US album charts and stays in it's rightful place for four weeks.\n___\n\nThis was originally an instrumental passage used in the 1972 movie Super Fly, but it ended up having a huge role in the film. It plays at the end of the movie after the drug-dealing lead character Priest takes a stand against the white deputy commissioner, telling him, \"You don't own me, pig!\"\n\n\"It was a glorious moment for our people as blacks,\" Mayfield told Q magazine. \"Priest had a mind, he wanted to get out. For once, in spite of what he was doing, he got away. So there came 'Superfly' the song. He was trying to get over. We couldn't be so proud of him dealing coke or using coke, but at least the man had a mind and he wasn't just some ugly dead something in the streets after it was all over. He got out.\"\n\nAs a member of The Impressions, Mayfield was a huge part of the '60s civil rights movement thanks to songs like \"People Get Ready\" and \"This Is My Country.\" In the Super Fly film, he saw an opportunity to examine city life, and how drug culture affects African Americans. After seeing the screenplay, he jumped into the project and was given complete creative freedom. \n\nMayfield wrote the songs to suit the scenes, but he made sure they could stand on their own, telling the stories even without the visuals. \"Superfly\" works very well outside of the film, as the character Mayfield describes could relate to anyone trying to survive and thrive under difficult circumstances. https://tinyurl.com/559a8jt7",
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