Patti Labelle – Stir It Up (US 12″)
Posted by DjPaulT on March 3rd, 2011
BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985
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Stir It Up” is the second single from Patti LaBelle taken from the soundtrack album to the 1984 film Beverly Hills Cop — the latter won a Grammy Award for Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special (1986).
The single is also the second of a couple of songs (the other being “New Attitude”) she recorded for MCA Records immediately after signing her new contract with that company. Her first full-length album for MCA, Winner in You, would follow the next year.
The song was also used as the theme song to the short-lived sitcom Stir Crazy, based on the 1980 hit movie.
The music video features Patti LaBelle singing the track in a recording studio with session musicians. This intercuts with a young woman running through the streets. She recruits other passers-by who follow her to the studio where Patti is singing. The city shots were filmed in New York.
In 1985, the single peaked at number forty-one on the U.S. Pop Singles chart and number five on the U.S. Black Singles chart.
SIDE A:
Stir It Up (Extended Version) 7:13
SIDE B:
Stir It Up (Radio Edit) 5:25
Stir It Up (Percussapella) 5:25
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Near Mint
CHARTS:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Stir It Up | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #41 |
| 1985 | Stir It Up | U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | #18 |
| 1985 | Stir It Up | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | #5 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: MCA Records
Catalog#: MCA-23567
Format: Vinyl, 12″
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Electro
Credits: Producer – Harold Faltermeyer , Keith Forsey
Remix – Louil Silas, Jr.*
Remix [Engineer] – Taavi Mote
NOTES:
Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack Beverly Hills Cop.
Find the 12″ on DISCOGS
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super 20
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 16bit 44kHz using Adobe batch processing
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi PNG format, resized to JPEG format for posting.
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March 3rd, 2011 at 12:33 pm
I think I may have to put the (Percussapella) on repeat for awhile … This is just fantastic!!! =)
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March 3rd, 2011 at 1:43 pm
This was one fantastic soundtrack & movie. All most every track had its own 12″ version. The only track I couldn’t find the 12″ version to was by Shalamar “Don’t Get Stopped in Beverly Hills”. Thanks Paul!
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March 3rd, 2011 at 3:05 pm
Thanks Paul for this Beautifull dance song, as Kent i would like to taste again the Shalamar Don’t Get Stopped in Beverly Hills 12″.. thanks
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March 3rd, 2011 at 8:37 pm
Finally! an excellent rip of this jam from the 80s! I have this 12″ and use to play it to death in 1985. Actually preferred it to New Attitude. It is such a shame that the single missed the Top 40 by just 1.
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March 4th, 2011 at 9:45 am
Thank you!
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March 6th, 2011 at 3:26 am
hi,
i’m not fan of this music…
BUT: as a big request, could u plz post THE mega track of this film… “Axel F” and b-side of course!
I have it in 7″single (old one, dated from 1984)…
it would be nice
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August 6th, 2012 at 4:38 pm
hi buddy, hey any chance of reupload this great excellent cd please patti labelle stir it up 12 inch mix please ???
ill wait it godspeed.
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