Strokin'

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"Strokin'"
Single by Clarence Carter
from the album Dr C.C.
B-side
  • "Dr. C.C.'"
Released1986
Genre
Length6:23
Label Ichiban
Songwriter(s) Clarence Carter
Clarence Carter singles chronology
"Messin' With My Mind"
(1985)		"Strokin'"
(1986)		"G-Spot"
(1990)

"Strokin'" is a song written and performed by Clarence Carter, featured on the 1986 album "Dr. C.C." [1] It remained on the New Zealand music charts for 46 weeks and reached #2 in the 1990 Year-end chart.

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"Strokin'" was reputedly deemed too ribald for a public release or radio play, so the record company placed the records in jukeboxes, where bar patrons discovered the song. [2] "Strokin'" was given further acclaim when it was used in the Eddie Murphy remake of The Nutty Professor. It was most recently used in William Friedkin's film Killer Joe .

Charts

Chart (1987)Peak
position
Jet's Top 20 Singles [3] 6
Chart (1988)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [4] 24
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [5] 1
Canada Dance/Urban ( RPM ) [6] 1
UK Singles (OCC) [7] 82
UK Dance [8] 31
Chart (1989)Peak
position
Australia Dance (DMI) [9] 6
Import Dance Sales (AUS) [10] 1
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [11] 2
Chart (1997)Peak
position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [12] 124
"Still Strokin'" - Priority One
Chart (1990)Peak
position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [13] 20

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)Position
Canada Dance (RPM)5
Chart (1989)Position
Import Dance Sales (AUS)1
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)50
Chart (1990)Position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)2

All-time charts

All-time chart performance for "Strokin'"
Chart (1989–2023)Position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)44
Chart (2023)Position
The 100 Best Pop Songs Never to Hit the Hot 100 (Billboard) [14] 79

Certifications

[15]

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [16] Platinum100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [17] Platinum10,000*
United States (RIAA) [18] Platinum1,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ "Clarence Carter – Strokin' / Dr. CC (1986, Vinyl) - Discogs". Discogs .
  2. ↑ "Strokin' by Clarence Carter". Songfacts. Archived from the original on June 2, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Jet". Johnson Publishing Company. 9 February 1987.
  4. ↑ "Clarence Carter – Strokin'". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  5. ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 8704." RPM . Library and Archives Canada.
  6. ↑ "Top RPM Dance/Urban: Issue 8704." RPM . Library and Archives Canada.
  7. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  8. ↑ "Music Week" (PDF). unknown. 21 February 1988.
  9. ↑ "National top 40 dance trax" (PDF). May 1989. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-10.
  10. ↑ "The "national top 20 import dance chart"" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-10.
  11. ↑ "Clarence Carter – Strokin'". Top 40 Singles.
  12. ↑ "Clarence Carter Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
  13. ↑ "Priority One – Still Strokin'". Top 40 Singles.
  14. ↑ "The 100 Best Pop Songs Never to Hit the Hot 100: Staff List". Billboard .
  15. ↑ Strauss, Neil (12 February 1998). "The Pop Life; Clarence Carter on Persevering". The New York Times.
  16. ↑ "Canadian single certifications – Clarence Carter – Strokin'". Music Canada.
  17. ↑ "New Zealand single certifications – Clarence Carter – Strokin'". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  18. ↑ "American single certifications – Clarence Carter – Strokin'". Recording Industry Association of America.
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