Stroke You Up

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"Stroke You Up"
Changing Faces - Stroke You Up (single cover).jpg
Single by Changing Faces
from the album Changing Faces and A Low Down Dirty Shame
ReleasedJuly 14, 1994
Studio Battery Studios
Chicago Recording Company
Genre R&B
Length5:50
Label Big Beat/Atlantic
Songwriter(s) R. Kelly
Producer(s) R. Kelly
Changing Faces singles chronology
"Stroke You Up"
(1994)		"Foolin' Around"
(1994)

"Stroke You Up" is a song by American R&B duo Changing Faces that was recorded for their eponymous debut album (1994). The song was released as the album's debut single on July 14, 1994 by Big Beat/Atlantic. [1] It features uncredited vocals from R. Kelly and was certified platinum by the RIAA and sold 700,000 copies domestically. [1] [2] A remix version was also written and produced by Kelly, which originally appeared on the soundtrack to the 1994 Keenen Ivory Wayans film A Low Down Dirty Shame .

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Critical reception

Alan Jones from Music Week described the song as "a groin-grinding slow jam created by R Kelly and sweetly sung by two femmes, with do you mind if I stroke you up/down lyrics. Top five in their native US." [3] In his weekly dance column, James Hamilton from the Record Mirror Dance Update named it a "slinky girl duo's R. Kelly created typically blatant sexy 85.7bpm US smash, sure to get the juices flowing..." [4]

Track listings

  1. "Stroke You Up" (LP Mix) – 4:32
  2. "Stroke You Up" (Original Instrumental) – 4:32
  3. "Stroke You Up" (Extended Remix) – 6:10
  4. "Stroke You Up" (Remix Instrumental) – 6:10

Personnel

Information taken from Discogs. [5]

Charts

Notes

  1. 1 2 "American certifications – Changing Faces – Stroke You Up". Recording Industry Association of America.
  2. ↑ "Best-Selling Records of 1994". Billboard . Vol. 107, no. 3. BPI Communications. January 21, 1995. p. 57. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  3. ↑ Jones, Alan (September 17, 1994). "Market Preview: Mainstream - Singles" (PDF). Music Week . p. 18. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
  4. ↑ Hamilton, James (September 17, 1994). "DJ directory" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). p. 6. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Changing Faces – Stroke You Up (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. 1994. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
  6. ↑ "allmusic ((( Changing Faces > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Allmusic . Retrieved 2010-08-04.
  7. ↑ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
  8. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 153.
  9. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 110.
  10. ↑ "Top 100 Músicas Mais Tocadas em 1994" . Retrieved May 16, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 – 1994" . Retrieved 2010-08-27.
  12. ↑ "R&B Rap Hip-Hop Year-End Charts - 1994 - Soul System".
  13. ↑ "The Year in Music: Hot Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales". Billboard . Vol. 106, no. 52. December 24, 1994. p. YE-76. Retrieved June 3, 2025.
  14. ↑ "The Cash Box Year-End Charts: 1994". Cash Box . Archived from the original on October 10, 2012.
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