Buffalo Stance

"Buffalo Stance"
Single by Neneh Cherry
from the album Raw Like Sushi
B-side"Give Me a Muthuf***ing Breakbeat" (Sukka mix)
Released28 November 1988 (1988-11-28)
StudioHot Nights (London, England)
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Length
  • 5:42 (album version)
  • 4:07 (7-inch edit)
  • 3:38 (radio edit)
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Neneh Cherry singles chronology
"Buffalo Stance"
(1988)
"Manchild"
(1989)
Music video
"Buffalo Stance" on YouTube

"Buffalo Stance" is a song by Swedish singer-songwriter Neneh Cherry, released in November 1988 by Circa and Virgin Records as the first single from the singer's debut album, Raw Like Sushi (1989). The song was co-written by Cherry and produced by Tim Simenon and Mark Saunders. It peaked at No. 3 on both the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100, and it reached No. 1 in the Netherlands and in Cherry's native Sweden. The accompanying music video was directed by John Maybury and received a nomination at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards. Cherry performed the song live on Top of the Pops whilst seven months pregnant. When asked by a reporter if it was safe for her to go on stage and perform, Cherry answered: "Yes, of course! It's not an illness." In 2023, Billboard magazine ranked "Buffalo Stance" among the 500 best pop songs of all time.