Stroke You Up
"Stroke You Up" is a song by American R&B duo Changing Faces that was recorded for their eponymous debut album. The song was released as the album's debut single on July 14, 1994 by Big [Beat Records (Atlantic subsidiary)|Big Beat]/Atlantic. It features uncredited vocals from R. Kelly and was certified platinum by the Recording [Industry Association of America|RIAA] and sold 700,000 copies domestically. A remix version was also written and produced by Kelly, which originally appeared on the A [Low Down Dirty Shame (soundtrack)|soundtrack] to the 1994 Keenen Ivory Wayans film A Low Down Dirty Shame.
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." 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..."Track listings
- "Stroke You Up" – 4:32
- "Stroke You Up" – 4:32
- "Stroke You Up" – 6:10
- "Stroke You Up" – 6:10
Personnel
- assistant engineering – Martin Stebbing
- engineering – Peter Mokran, Joshua Shapera
- guitar – Keith Henderson
- mixing – Peter Mokran, R. Kelly
- piano – Lafayette Carthon
- production – R. Kelly
- vocals – Changing Faces
- writing – R. Kelly
Charts