Burning The Ground Exclusive 1985
NEW 2023 Transfer
NEW Meticulous Audio Restoration
Originally posted July 16, 2015
“Stir It Up” is a song by American singer Patti LaBelle. It was written by Dan Sembello and Allee Willis and recorded by LaBelle for the motion picture soundtrack album for the 1984 action comedy film Beverly Hills Cop; production was helmed by Harold Faltermeyer and Keith Forsey.
“Stir It Up” was the second of two songs she recorded for MCA Records immediately after signing her new contract with them (following “New Attitude”). Her first full-length album for MCA, Winner in You, would follow the next year.
Released as the second single from the soundtrack, which was awarded the 1986 Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media, it reached number five on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. “Stir It Up” was also used as the theme song to the short-lived sitcom Stir Crazy, based on the 1980 movie.
SIDE A:
Stir It Up (Extended Version) 7:09
SIDE B:
Stir It Up (Radio Edit) 5:29
Stir It Up (Percussapella) 5:23
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
| 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 – MCA-23567
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
CREDITS:
- Producer – Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey
- Remix – Louil Silas, Jr.*
- Remix [Engineer] – Taavi Mote
- Written-By – A. Willis*, D. Sembello*
NOTES:
Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack Beverly Hills Cop.
Buy the 12″ at DISCOGS
VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
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THE GEAR:
Turntable: Technics SL-1200MK7
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Black PnP MkII
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro Spin Acrylic Mat
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
Tubes: Genalex Gold Lion 12AX7 ECC83/B759 Gold Pins Vacuum Tube – Matched Pair
DAC: 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:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling/Dither: iZotope RX Advanced 2
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
**24bit FLAC Only Available For Seven Days!
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Love this song, both Bob Marley’s original and this – thanks a lot for sharing this!
Thank you so much for Miss Patti! Greatly appreciated!
I can’t thank you enough for the love you have given the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack over the years (and Fletch!). Great work here!
many thanks!
I couldn’t agree more with what Retro Hound said, this is indeed shaping up to be a week of funky posts!! Thank you, Paul, for a new polishing of this classic track!! This one’s H-H-H-H-HOT!!!
Burning Up!!!
Jeff
You’re welcome, Jeff 🙂
I was never a Labelle fan outside of this track, New Attitude, the ones Prince wrote for her, and Lady Marmalade, but man the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack was the bomb. Axel F, Danny Elfman, Junior, Shalamar, etc. I don’t think there was a dud on the entire album! Looking forward to this remix!
I love Patti but agree the soundtrack was amazing 🙂
Paul, you were afraid, and what a movie, I imagine that everyone remembers the detective in Hollywood, as we say here in Chile matinee movie, greetings and enjoy.
Thank you for this wonderful song,Paul!
You’re welcome, Patrick 🙂
Thank you Paul!! Love, love, love this song and movie. I have your original post, but thrilled to have this new upgrade! This is turning out to be quite a funky week of posts.
You’re welcome, Retro Hound 🙂