"Universal Mind Control" is the first single released by Common from his 2008 album of the same name, Universal Mind Control. The single is produced by The Neptunes. The music video premiered on Common's official YouTube channel on October 6, 2008. In a recent Microsoft Zune commercial, Common tells Afrika Bambaataa that, when writing this song, he was influenced by Bambaataa's song "Planet Rock", which the song samples. It is Common's second highest charting single in the U.S.

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  • "Universal Mind Control" is the first single released by Common from his 2008 album of the same name, Universal Mind Control. The single is produced by The Neptunes. The music video premiered on Common's official YouTube channel on October 6, 2008. In a recent Microsoft Zune commercial, Common tells Afrika Bambaataa that, when writing this song, he was influenced by Bambaataa's song "Planet Rock", which the song samples. It is Common's second highest charting single in the U.S. as it peaked at #62 on the Billboard Hot 100. Common also uses an interpolation from Gil Scott-Heron's song No Knock at the end of his first verse. "Beats - Rock'n//Seats - Drop'n//C - Pop'n//Streets - Rock'n//Freak'n, Shake'n, Money make'n, Stylin' and being fly. " with the original song reading "No knockin', head-rockin', inter-shockin', Shootin', cussin', killin', cryin', lyin', and bein' white."
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