The Whatnauts were an American soul

Soul music

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 group from Baltimore, Maryland founded in 1969. The group had several hit singles in the early 1970s, including the socially conscious single "Message From A Black Man" in 1970 on A&I International, "Please Make The Love Go Away" also in 1970 but on Stang, and their biggest success "I’ll Erase Away Your Pain" in 1971. They performed with fellow Stang artists The Moments

Ray, Goodman & Brown

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 for the hit single "Girls" in 1974.

Sampling

The Whatnauts' music has been sampled by numerous artists including their hit "I'll Erase Away Your Pain" in Kanye West

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's "Late" (2005); "Why Cant People Be Colors Too?" from 1974 sampled in "Oh My God" by A Tribe Called Quest

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 feat. Busta Rhymes

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 (1993); and "Help Is on the Way" from 1981 in both "Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)" by De La Soul

De La Soul

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 (1991), "Act Like You Know" by Fat Larry's Band

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 (1982), "Sex With You" by Heavy D & the Boyz (1994) and "Ain't Leavin Without You

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" by Jaheim

Jaheim

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 (2010).

Discography

Albums

• Introducing the Whatnauts (Stang Records, 1971)
• Reaching for the Stars (Stang, 1971)
• Whatnauts on the Rocks (1972)

Singles

Year	Title	Chart Positions
		U.S. Pop Singles Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	U.S. R&B Singles Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	U.S. Disco Singles
1970	"Message from a Black Man"	99	19	-
1970	"Please Make the Love Go Away"	-	47	-
1971	"I'll Erase Away Your Pain"	71	14	-
1971	"We're Friends By Day (And Lovers By Night)"	100	37	-
1974	"Girls" (with The Moments Ray, Goodman & Brown Ray, Goodman & Brown is an American R&B vocal group. The group originated as The Moments, who formed in the mid-1960s and whose greatest successes came in the 1970s with hits including "Love on a Two-Way Street", "Sexy Mama" and "Look at Me "... )	-	25	10
1982	"Help Is On the Way"	-	46	-