Cameo – Word Up!
Label: | Atlanta Artists – 884 933-7 |
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Format: | |
Country: | US |
Released: | |
Genre: | Funk / Soul |
Style: | Funk |
Tracklist
| A | Word Up! | 4:15 | |
| B | Urban Warrior | 4:55 |
Companies, etc.
- Manufactured By – PolyGram Records, Inc.
- Marketed By – PolyGram Records, Inc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – PolyGram Records, Inc.
- Copyright © – PolyGram Records, Inc.
- Published By – All Seeing Eye Music
- Published By – PolyGram Music Publishing, Inc.
- Published By – Better Days Music
- Published By – Larry Junior Music
- Published By – PolyGram Songs, Inc.
- Mastered At – Sterling Sound
- Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
Credits
- Design – Koppel & Scher
- Producer – Larry Blackmon
Notes
Specialty pressing variant has 4 publishers listed on side A (All-Seeing Eye/PolyGram Music/Better Days/PolyGram Songs)
Issued with picture sleeve.
Produced for Atlanta Artists Records, Inc.
Side A: From the Atlanta Artists LP #422-830 265-1 M-1 "Word Up" ℗ 1986 PolyGram Records, Inc.
Side B: From the Atlanta Artists LP #422-824 546-1 M-1 "Single Life" ℗ 1985 PolyGram Records, Inc.
All-Seeing Eye Music/PolyGram Music Publ. Inc. (ASCAP)/Larry Junior Music/PolyGram Songs Inc. (BMI)
© 1986 PolyGram Records, Inc.
Manufactured and marketed by PolyGram Records, Inc., 810 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019.
Specialty pressing variants:
Side A with 3 publshers listed: Word Up!
Side A with 2 publishers listed: Word Up
Issued with picture sleeve.
Produced for Atlanta Artists Records, Inc.
Side A: From the Atlanta Artists LP #422-830 265-1 M-1 "Word Up" ℗ 1986 PolyGram Records, Inc.
Side B: From the Atlanta Artists LP #422-824 546-1 M-1 "Single Life" ℗ 1985 PolyGram Records, Inc.
All-Seeing Eye Music/PolyGram Music Publ. Inc. (ASCAP)/Larry Junior Music/PolyGram Songs Inc. (BMI)
© 1986 PolyGram Records, Inc.
Manufactured and marketed by PolyGram Records, Inc., 810 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019.
Specialty pressing variants:
Side A with 3 publshers listed: Word Up!
Side A with 2 publishers listed: Word Up
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Pressing Plant ID (On labels): 49
- Rights Society: ASCAP
- Rights Society: BMI
- Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): 86 CS 851
- Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): 85 CS 778
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A): SRC 884-933-7-86-CS-851-SP1 STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B): SRC 884-933-7-85-CS-778-SP1 STERLING
Other Versions (5 of 53)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Recently Edited | Word Up. ReMix (Acetate, 12", 45 RPM, Single Sided) | Master Room | none | UK | 1985 | ||
| Word Up! (12", 45 RPM, Maxi-Single) | Mercury, Atlanta Artists | 884 933-1 | Germany | 1986 | |||
Recently Edited | Word Up! (7", 45 RPM) | Mercury | 884 933-7 | Italy | 1986 | ||
| Word Up (12", 45 RPM) | Club | JABX 38 | UK | 1986 | |||
Recently Edited | Word Up (Special Club Mix) (12", 45 RPM) | Club | JABXR 38 | UK | 1986 |
Recommendations
Reviews
There's a second CD Video containing Word Up. It's a 10-inch CD Video called "Videosingles": 5 racks: Word Up, Single Life, She's Strange, Candy, Attack Me With Your Love. Phonogram 080-162-9. Made in Germany.- Edited 14 years agoThis song epitomizes sleek, no-nonsense 1980s funk with an electro edge.
The rhythm section, the sparse but sharp horn riffs, the synthesizers and electric guitars together with Larry Blackmon’s flamboyant and over-the-top lead vocals helped produce a timeless masterpiece that never fails to move the crowd. A seminal song in their œuvre, the eponymous track from the album »Word Up!« shows Cameo at their peak and in their finest hour.
Flawless production and a likewise performance rank this cut among the greatest funk tracks ever, as dozens of cover versions continue to prove, ranging from marching bands to honky-tonk to jazz-funk to rock and then some.
If the overused label »essential« ever fit, it would have to be here.
Word. Up.
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