Editing Eddie Murphy (section)

===Singing career===
Murphy is also a singer, having frequently provided background vocals to songs released by [[the Bus Boys]]; the song "(The Boys Are) Back in Town" was featured in ''[[48 Hrs.]]'' and Murphy's comedy special ''[[Eddie Murphy Delirious]]''. As a solo artist, Murphy had two hit singles, "[[Party All the Time]]" (produced by [[Rick James]]) and "Put Your Mouth on Me", during the latter half of the 1980s. He had started singing earlier in his career, with the songs "Boogie in Your Butt" and "Enough Is Enough", the latter being a parody of [[Barbra Streisand]]'s and [[Donna Summer]]'s 1979 song, "[[No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)|No More Tears]]". Both songs appeared on [[Eddie Murphy (album)|his 1982 self-titled comedy album]]. "Party All the Time" was featured on Murphy's debut album ''[[How Could It Be]]'' (1985), which included a minor follow-up [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] hit in the title track, a duet with vocalist Crystal Blake. This track was written by Rusty Hamilton and was produced by [[Stevie Wonder]]'s cousin Aquil Fudge after a brief falling out with Rick James. In 2004, [[VH-1]] and ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' voted "Party All the Time" number seven among the "50 Worst Songs of All-Time". [[Sharam Tayebi|Sharam]] used a [[Sampling (music)|sample]] of the song for the UK No.{{nbsp}}8 hit "PATT (Party All the Time)" in 2006. "Put Your Mouth on Me" appeared on Murphy's 1989 follow-up album, ''[[So Happy]]''.

Murphy recorded the album ''[[Love's Alright]]'' in the early 1990s. He performed in a music video of the single "[[Whatzupwitu]]", featuring [[Michael Jackson]]. He recorded a duet with [[Shabba Ranks]] called "I Was a King". In 1992, Murphy appeared in the music video for Michael Jackson's "[[Remember the Time]]" alongside [[Magic Johnson]] and [[Iman Abdulmajid|Iman]]. Though uncredited, Murphy provided vocal work on ''SNL'' castmate [[Joe Piscopo]]'s 1985 comedy single, "The Honeymooners Rap".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Beck|first=Marilyn|date=Summer 1985|title=JOE PISCOPO ISN'T COUNTING ON 'DAYS' MOVIE|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-06-20-8502090556-story.html|journal=Chicago Tribune}}</ref> Piscopo impersonated [[Jackie Gleason]] on the single, while Murphy provided an imitation of [[Art Carney]]. In ''[[Coming to America]]'', he imitated [[Jackie Wilson]] when he sang "[[To Be Loved]]", but because the character he was playing had a thick accent, he had to sing it in character; he also performed in the same film as the character Randy Watson, a small time club singer, a role he reprised in the 2021 sequel ''[[Coming 2 America]]''.

Murphy performed several songs in the [[Shrek (film series)|''Shrek'' film franchise]]. In the first film, he performed a version of [[the Monkees]]' "[[I'm a Believer]]" in the film's final scene; in ''[[Shrek 2]]'', he performed [[Ricky Martin]]'s hit "[[Livin' La Vida Loca]]", along with co-star [[Antonio Banderas]]; Murphy performed "[[Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Again)]]" for ''[[Shrek the Third]]'', once again with Banderas. In 2013, he released his first single in many years titled "Red Light", a reggae song featuring [[Snoop Dogg]]. He was also working on a new album titled ''9'', but it was never released.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.vibe.com/article/new-music-eddie-murphy-feat-snoop-lion-%E2%80%98red-light%E2%80%99 |title=New Music: Eddie Murphy Feat. Snoop Lion 'Red Light' |journal=Vibe |date=September 4, 2013 |access-date=August 24, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112060901/http://www.vibe.com/article/new-music-eddie-murphy-feat-snoop-lion-%E2%80%98red-light%E2%80%99 |archive-date=January 12, 2015 }}</ref>