Editing The Delfonics (section)

==Legacy==
The Delfonics songs are covered and sampled by multiple artists and they are used in TV shows and in films. Below is a list of some of them.<br/>
"'''La-La (Means I Love You)'''"
*[[Booker T. & the M.G.'s]] in 1968 on their album ''[[Soul Limbo]]'', [[The Jackson 5]] on their 1970 album, ''[[ABC (The Jackson 5 album)|ABC]]'', [[Todd Rundgren]] covered the song in his 1973 album, ''[[A Wizard, a True Star]].'' [[Samantha Sang]] covered the song on her 1978 LP, ''[[Emotion (Samantha Sang album)|Emotion]]''. [[The Jets (Minnesota band)|The Jets]] covered this song in 1985 on their [[The Jets (album)|self-titled debut album]]. The group [[Swing Out Sister]] covered the song on their 1994 album ''[[The Living Return]]''. [[The Manhattan Transfer]] cover was on their 1995 album ''[[Tonin']]'' and [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] covered the song in 1996 on his album ''[[Emancipation (Prince album)|Emancipation]]'', retitling the song "La, La, La Means 👁 Love U". In 2004, rapper [[Ghostface Killah]] [[sampling (music)|sampled]] "La-La" on his song "Holla" from his album ''[[The Pretty Toney Album]]''.
*In 1994, The song was featured in [[Spike Lee]]'s film ''[[Crooklyn]].''
*On February 4, 2000, the song was used at the end of season 1 episode 5 of the television series, ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]''.
*[[Nicolas Cage]] sang this song to [[Téa Leoni]] in the 2000 film ''[[The Family Man]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Soundtrack the Family Man|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0218967/soundtrack|website=IMDb.com|access-date=July 7, 2020}}</ref>
*On April 23, 2006, the song was featured on season 6 episode "[[Luxury Lounge]]" of the television series ''[[The Sopranos]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Sopranos Season 6|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0705261|website=IMDb.com|access-date=July 7, 2020}}</ref>
*On February 15, 2017, The Roots performed the song live on season 2017, episode 27 of ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jimmy Fallon season 2017|url=https://www.tunefind.com/show/the-tonight-show-starring-jimmy-fallon/season-2017/41225|website=Tunefind.com|access-date=July 7, 2020}}</ref>

"'''Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)'''"
*Covered by, [[Aretha Franklin]] (from ''[[Young, Gifted and Black]]'' in 1971). In 1973, [[Jackie Jackson]] covered the song on his self-titled debut album, ''[[Jackie Jackson (album)|Jackie Jackson]]''; [[Jimmy Castor]] did an instrumental version of it on his ''Everything Man'' album; [[Maxine Nightingale]] covered it on her 1977 album ''[[Night Life (Maxine Nightingale album)|Night Life]]''. In 1980, [[Millie Jackson]] cover peaked at No. 49 in the [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] chart.<ref name="millie">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/311302/Millie%20Jackson/chart?page=2&f=367|title=Millie Jackson – Chart history|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=2016-07-28|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728234303/http://www.billboard.com/artist/311302/Millie%20Jackson/chart?page=2&f=367|archive-date=July 28, 2016}}. Billboard.com.</ref> [[New Kids on the Block]] covered it on their [[1986 in music|1986]], [[New Kids on the Block (album)|self-titled debut album]]. [[Regina Belle]] covered the song in 1995 on her album, ''[[Reachin' Back]]'', [[Lisa Fischer]] covered it in 2000 and [[Patti LaBelle]] covered the song on her 2005 album, ''[[Classic Moments]]''.
*In 1997, the song was featured in the motion picture ''[[Jackie Brown]]'' and was included on the [[Jackie Brown: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture|soundtrack]].
*On March 15, 2011, [[Daryl Hall]] and [[Todd Rundgren]] covered this song in episode 40 of ''[[Live from Daryl's House]]''.
*The song was featured on the episode "Heads Will Roll", of the television series ''[[Ballers]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2166418/|title=The Delfonics|website=IMDb.com|access-date=July 1, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tunefind.com/show/ballers-2015/season-1/23750|title=Music from Ballers S1E04|website=Tunefind.com|access-date=July 1, 2021}}</ref> and in the television series, [[Euphoria (American TV series)|''Euphoria'']] in season 1.

"'''Ready or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide from Love)'''"
*[[The Jackson 5]] covered the song on their 1970 album ''[[Third Album]]''.
*In 1973, [[Johnny Osbourne]] recorded a [[Reggae]] cover of "Ready Or Not, Here I Come", which itself was sampled in 1998 by [[Big Pun]] on the track "Caribbean Connection" featuring [[Wyclef Jean]].
*In 1991, the song was featured in the movie ''[[The Five Heartbeats]]'' (along with the single "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)."
*In 1996, [[The Fugees]] interpolated the chorus of the song on their single "[[Ready or Not (Fugees song)|Ready Or Not]]".
*In 1997, the song was sampled by [[Missy Elliott]] for her song "[[Sock It 2 Me]]" featuring [[Da Brat]].
*In 2000, the song was sampled on "Who Run It" by [[Three 6 Mafia]] on their album ''[[When the Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1]]''.
*In 2008, the song was sampled by [[Bliss n Eso]] in their song "[[The Sea is Rising]]".
*In 2012, [[Bridgit Mendler]] interpolated the chorus of the song on her single "[[Ready or Not (Bridgit Mendler song)|Ready Or Not]]".
*In 2014, the song was sampled by [[Lil' Kim]] in the chorus of her song "Whenever You See Me" from her mixtape, ''Hardcore 2K14''.
*In 2016, the song was covered by [[Laura Mvula]].

"'''Hey Love'''"
*The Notorious B.I.G. incorporated a reconstructed version of "Hey Love" for his song, "Playa Hater" from his 1997 album ''[[Life After Death (album)|Life After Death]]''. "Playa Hater" was also featured in the 2012 film ''[[End of Watch]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=End of Watch 2012 Film Soundtrack|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1855199/soundtrack|website=IMDb.com |access-date=July 7, 2020}}</ref> and on the season 2 episode, "[[Alligator Man]]", of the television series [[Atlanta (TV series)|''Atlanta'']].<ref>{{cite web|title=Atlanta TV Show|url=https://www.tunefind.com/show/atlanta/season-2/57315|website=Tune Find|access-date=July 7, 2020}}</ref>