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U Can't Touch This

sample based song by MC Hammer;
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U Can't Touch This

Summary

U Can't Touch This is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 0.93% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,348 views/month, #180 of 19,375).[2]

Key Facts

  • U Can't Touch This's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • U Can't Touch This's composer is recorded as Alonzo Miller[4].
  • U Can't Touch This's composer is recorded as Rick James[5].
  • U Can't Touch This's genre is hip-hop[6].
  • U Can't Touch This's genre is pop rap[7].
  • Among the performers on U Can't Touch This was MC Hammer[8].
  • U Can't Touch This is part of Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em[9].
  • U Can't Touch This's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • U Can't Touch This was published on January 13, 1990[11].
  • U Can't Touch This's lyricist is recorded as MC Hammer[12].
  • U Can't Touch This's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "U Can't Touch This"}[13].
  • U Can't Touch This's has characteristic is recorded as sample based composition[14].
  • U Can't Touch This's samples from work is recorded as Super Freak[15].
  • U Can't Touch This's form of creative work is recorded as song[16].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[17]

  • Community tags: meme[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 65630a76-47ef-3d2a-aee4-00ef73771ec5[19]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on U Can't Touch This was MC Hammer[8].

Publication

U Can't Touch This was published on January 13, 1990[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Genres include hip-hop[6] and pop rap[7]. It is part of Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em[9].

Why It Matters

U Can't Touch This ranks in the top 0.93% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,348 views/month, #180 of 19,375).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

MC Hammer Rick James

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). U Can't Touch This. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/u-can-t-touch-this
MLA “U Can't Touch This.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/u-can-t-touch-this.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_u-can-t-touch-this_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{U Can't Touch This}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/u-can-t-touch-this}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → MC Hammer
    Form of creative work → song
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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