"Head to Toe" | ||||
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Single by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam | ||||
from the album Spanish Fly | ||||
B-side | "You'll Never Change" | |||
Released | March 1987 | |||
Recorded | 1986 | |||
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Length | 5:03 (Album Version) 4:02 (Single/Video Version) | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Curt Bedeau, Gerry Charles, Hugh L Clarke, Brian George, Lucien George, Paul George | |||
Producer(s) | Full Force | |||
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam singles chronology | ||||
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"Head to Toe" is a song recorded by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam that appeared on their 1987 album Spanish Fly and released as a single. The song hit number one on three charts: Billboard Hot 100 on June 20, 1987, the Hot Black Singles charts on May 30 of that year, [2] and the dance charts on May 30. [3] In Canada, the song topped the RPM 100 national singles chart on July 25 of the same year. [4]
The song is performed in the key of D major with a tempo of 114 beats per minute. [5] The Los Angeles Times wrote in their 1987 review of the Spanish Fly album that Head to Toe "melodically owes a debt to the Supremes’ Back in My Arms Again". [6]
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada) [25] | Gold | 50,000^ |
United States (RIAA) [26] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
"Head To Toe," Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam's first chart-topper, was a fusion of freestyle and classic '60s soul.