Stir It Up

Stir It Up

Infobox Single
Name = Stir It Up
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Artist = The Wailers
from Album =
Released = 1967
Format = 7"
Recorded = 1967
Genre = Reggae
[ Length = mm:ss]
Label = Wail'n Soul'm
Writer = Bob Marley
Producer = Bob Marley
[ Certification = ]
Chart position =
Last single =Freedom Time
This single =Stir It Up
Next single =This Train (single)

"Stir It Up" is a song composed by Bob Marley in 1967, and first made popular by Johnny Nash, peaking on the UK chart in June 1972.

When Bob Marley returned to Jamaica from the United States in 1967, The Wailers started their own label, ‘Wail'n Soul'm’ records, and released their first independent single "Freedom Time" backed with "Bend Down Low." "Nice Time," "Hypocrites," "Mellow Mood," "Thank You Lord," and "Stir It Up" are all recorded in the same year.

The label folded shortly after and Marley began writing for American singer Johnny Nash. On Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now" album, he used members of The Wailers and recorded several Marley songs: "Stir It Up," the follow-up single, "Comma Comma," "Guava Jelly," and the Nash/Marley co-written ballad, "You Poured Sugar on Me." The track "(It Was) So Nice While It Lasted" received radio play.

"Stir It Up" was Bob Marley's first successful song outside Jamaica. Another song written by Bob Marley, "I Shot The Sheriff", was made a hit by Eric Clapton in 1974. Marley's first "own" international hit would be "No Woman No Cry," the live version from the Bob Marley and the Wailers Live! album in 1975. One distinction particular to this song, is that the single version (from the 45 rpm original hit release) has never been made available on CD. It includes several audio tracks that are not on the album version (eg. the prominent wooden guiro percussion), and some recorded at different levels (brass and strings in particular), which give the song a more powerful and authentic sound, as it was the version played on the radio during the time the song was a hit, and for many years thereafter, until the CD version was released.

In 1993, the song was covered by Haddaway on his debut album "Haddaway".

Slightly Stoopid has made a cover of Stir It Up and often play it during live performances.

In 2007, the movie I Am Legend, the protagonist used "Stir It Up" to represent courage and strength.

External links

* [http://www.afiwi.com/music/reggae/artists/bob_marley.asp Bob Marley (afiwi.com)]
* [http://www.reggaetrain.com/biojnash.asp Johnny Nash (reggaetrain.com)]
* [http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/bob+marley/stir+it+up_20021678.html Lyrics (lyricsfreak.com)]


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