Undress Me

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"Undress"
Undress 12" Vinyl single.jpeg
Single by Vanity
from the album Action Jackson: Soundtrack Album
B-side "Protect and Serve"
ReleasedApril 1988
Recorded1987
Genre Contemporary R&B
Dance-pop
Length4:10
Label Atlantic Records
Songwriter(s) Kim Cage, Vanity, Teresa Laws
Producer(s) Jesse Johnson
Vanity singles chronology
"Animals"
(1986)
"Undress"
(1988)

"Undress Me" (also known as "Undress") is a 1988 song by the American R&B/pop singer and actress Vanity, released as a promotional single to support her then up-coming album which was never released. The track is from the 1988 movie soundtrack, Action Jackson which stars Vanity with Carl Weathers and Craig T. Nelson. [1] "Undress" was produced and arranged by the former The Time member and musician Jesse Johnson.

Contents

In the film Action Jackson , Vanity portrays Sydney Ashe, a night club singer who is funny, witty and sexy. "Undress" is performed as her character, as is another track also produced by Johnson, a ballad titled "Faraway Eyes". [2]

The song is also used in an episode of Friday the 13th: the Series entitled "The Secret Agenda of Mesmer's Bauble", in which Vanity plays a popular singer called Angelica.

Track listing

US 12" vinyl single [3]
A side
  1. Vanity
    • "Undress" (Extended Version) - 6:08 (written by Kim Cage, Jerrie Hubbard, Teresa Laws, Vanity)
B side
  1. M.C. Jam & Pee Wee Jam
    • "Protect and Serve" - 5:05 (written by M.C. Jam, Pee Pee Jam, Stevie Silas; produced by Stevie Silas)

Credits

A-side:
Produced for J.W.J. Productions, Inc.
Published by Crazy People Music, ASCAP.

B-side:
Produced for Powertrax
Published by Lorimar Music Bee Corp., BMI.

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