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Remember Me: Essential, Vol. 1 is the eleventh studio album from singer and drag queen, RuPaul. It was released on February 3, 2017, just one day after the ninth season cast announcement of RuPaul's Drag Race. The album features guest appearances from Ellis Miah, Vijan Allure and KUMMERSPECK, among others. This is also RuPaul's first studio album since Red Hot (2004) to not be produced by Lucian Piane

Background

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On January 27, 2017, RuPaul tweeted "Merci beaucoup, my love. New album coming next week!"[1], confirming the release of his eleventh album. A song on the album, "Rock It (To the Moon)" was first used in the promotional teaser for season nine of RuPaul's Drag Race in February 2017, which premiered on the show's Instagram page. The album contains three new songs, as well as remixes of several songs from his studio albums, Supermodel of the World (1993), Foxy Lady (1996), and Red Hot (2004) as well as his soundtrack album, "Starrbooty: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" (2007)

Singles

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The first song to be lifted from the album was "U Wear It Well" which was first heard in the teaser campaign for season eight of RuPaul's Drag Race.[2] It was subsequently made available to download on February 29, 2016. A music video was released the following day on World of Wonder's YouTube channel featuring every runway look worn by RuPaul over the last seven seasons of RuPaul's Drag Race.[3]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by RuPaul, unless otherwise noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rock It (To the Moon)" (featuring KUMMERSPECK)Soto[4]3:33
2."U Wear It Well" 2:58
3."Category Is..." (featuring Vjuan Allure) 3:52
4."Legends" (featuring Margo Thunder and Ellis Miah) 3:32
5."Feel Like a Woman" (featuring Vjuan Allure) 3:46
6."Drop" (featuring Ts Madison and Ellis Miah) 3:00
7."Drag Queen Honey" (featuring Vjuan Allure) 4:18
8."Be Someone" (featuring Taylor Dayne) 3:40
9."How I Wanna Hold U" (featuring Sharlotte Gibson and Matt Moss) 3:07
10."High Fashion Labels" (featuring Vjuan Allure) 3:47
11."Sister Brother" (featuring Margo Thunder) 4:46
12."Nothing Nice" (featuring Vjuan Allure) 3:16

Chart performance

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Chart (2016) Peak
position
US Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums[5] 3
US Billboard Independent Albums[6] 46

Release history

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Region Date Label Format
Worldwide February 3, 2017 RuCo Inc. Digital download

References

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  1. ^ Twitter. RuPaul https://twitter.com/RuPaul/status/825019956051873792. Retrieved January 27, 2017. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ "RuPaul's Drag Race - RuVeal Season 8 Official Promo - Logo". Logo TV on YouTube. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  3. ^ "RuPaul - "U Wear It Well" music video - Every Runway Look from RuPaul's Drag Race Season 1 to 7". WOWPresents on YouTube. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  4. ^ Soto, AB. "Mr. Soto by AB Soto on iTunes". iTunes. Apple. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  5. ^ "RuPaul - Chart history - Dance/Electronic Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  6. ^ "RuPaul - Chart history - Independent Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 15, 2016.

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