BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986
“Jody” is a song by American singer Jermaine Stewart, released in 1986 as the third single from his album Frantic Romantic. It was written by Stewart, Narada Michael Walden, and Jeffrey Cohen, and produced by Walden.
In America, the single became Stewart’s most successful single on the dance charts, peaking at #9, and became his third single to enter the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #42. In Canada, the single made a brief appearance on the chart, peaking at #81.
“Jody” was inspired by Jody Watley of American music group Shalamar, for which Stewart had been a backing vocalist and dancer in the early 1980s.
Watley went on to co-write two singles on Stewart’s 1988 follow-up album, Say It Again: “Don’t Talk Dirty to Me” and “Is It Really Love?,” both of them with her husband of the time André Cymone, who co-produced and performed on the album.
The B-side for the single, “Dance Floor”, was also taken from the album Frantic Romantic. It was written by Stewart and Roy Carter.
SIDE A:
Jody (Dance Mix) 5:34
Jody (Dub Mix) 6:10
SIDE B:
Dance Floor (Extended Version) 6:40
Edited By [Edits] – Chep Nunez*
Producer – John “Jellybean” Benitez
Jody (Single Version) 3:38
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
---|---|---|---|
1986 | Jody | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #42 |
1986 | Jody | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | #9 |
1986 | Jody | U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | #18 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Arista – AD1-9477
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Electro, Synth-pop
CREDITS:
Arranged By, Producer, Other [Reduced] – Narada Michael Walden (tracks: A1-A2, B2)
Edited By [Edits] – Benji Candelario (tracks: A1-A2)
Engineer [Remix Engineer] – Alan Meyerson (tracks: A1-A2)
Producer [Additional Production], Remix – Arthur Baker (tracks: A1-A2)
Supervised By [Mix Supervision] – Ed Eckstine (tracks: A1-A2)
NOTES:
Special versions from the LP “FRANTIC ROMANTIC”
Find the 12″ at DISCOGS
VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Isolation: Auralex Acoustics ISO-Tone Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
DAC/Phono Pre-amp: Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling/Dither: iZotope RX Advanced 2, ocenaudio
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi
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… Pau, Thank you so mucjh for this dance track, Please more dance & funk & soul!
I so agree with Fred. I love who is involved here on the production side of things. I am so grateful to you Paul for bringing out songs that have somewhat of a real significance for me. I believe Jermaine Stewart had one of his records done by John Robie as well. I love when my favorites make an appearance on BTG.
Jeff
Robie did a remix for the track “Say It Again” which only appeared on the UK 12″ for the song.
Thank you Paul for your encyclopedic knowledge of dance music. You are a miracle in every way!
Jeff
I’m a huge fan of Paul rips and really glad to be able to download his material, but the way you adress to him in your massages it mekes me sick!
There is no need to make this comment. If you do not have something nice or constructive to say about my friends or readers of BTG then please keep it to yourself.
Weird!! I was just thinking of this song last night when I was listening to The Word Is Out! Jody wasn’t a huge hit but it was enough to give Jermaine a few hits in his career and I thought it was relatively catchy.
It is amazing to see so many talented individuals on this 12″! Baker, Nunez, Benitez. Wow.
Thanks so much, Paul!!
I am a huge Jody Watley fan so always loved this track. Pretty solid fun mixes hre. Enjoy Fred 🙂