"Strut Your Stuff" was a 1980 single for the group Young & Company. It was a chart hit for the group the following year in both the United States and England.
Background The song appears track one of side one on Young & Company's I Like What You’re Doing to Me! album that was released in 1981.Funk My Soul - Young And Company – 1980 – I Like What You’re Doing To Me!
The 12" UK release of the song was retitled as (Strut Your Stuff) Sexy Lady. It was backed with "Waiting on Your Love".James Hamilton's Disco Page, January 31, 1981 - January 31 1981: Fuse One, Gene Dunlap, Azoto, The Breakfast Band, Rah Band, ODDS ‘N’ BODS
"Strut Your Sttuff" backed with "Got to Be Free" was released in the Netherlands on Rams Horn RAMSH 1017.Ultratop - Young & Company – Strut Your Stuff
The song shouldn't be confused with a song of the same name which was a 1980 hit by the Stone City Band.MusicVF.com - Strut Your Stuff, Young & CompanyMusicVF.com - Strut Your Stuff, The Stone City Band Reception Young & Co's debut album, I Like What You're Doing to Me was reviewed in the 17 January 1981 issue of Cash Box. The title song and "Strut Your Stuff" were picked out for black contemporary play lists.Cash Box, January 17, 1981 - Page 11 ALBUM REVIEWS< NEW AND DEVELOPING ARTISTS, I LIKE WHAT YOU’RE DOING TO ME — Young And Company
According to James Hamilton, the 116bpm mix of "Call It What You Want" by Bill Summers and Summers Heat mixed in well with Young & Co’s "Strut Your Stuff".James Hamilton's Disco Page, January 31, 1981 - January 31 1981: Fuse One, Gene Dunlap, Azoto, The Breakfast Band, Rah Band, ODDS ‘N’ BODS
The song was given three stars by BadCat Records with the reviewer saying that one would "be hard pressed to come up with a tune that encapsulated early-'80s dance music better than 'Strut Your Stuff'".BadCat Records - Young and Company, 1.) Strut Your Stuff (Billy Young - Buddy Hankerson - Mike Young) - 7:42
Airplay For the week of 1 January, 1981, "Strut Your Stuff" was a Top Add On at WBLO (998) in New York.Billboard, Jan. 17, 1981 - Page 18 Billboard Singles Radio Action, Northeast Region, YOUNG & CO.-Strut Your Stuff
By 21 February, "Strut Your Stuff" received airplay across the United States.Cash Box, February 21, 1981 - Page 2 SMASH NEW SINGLE! "STRUT YOUR STUFF"
Charts United States For the week of 21 February 1981, "Strut Your Stuff" debuted at No. 88 in the Billboard Top 100 Disco chart.Billboard, February 21, 1981 - Page 56 Billboard Disco Top 100 Survey For Week Ending 2/21/81, This Week 88, NEW ENTRY, STRUT YOUR STUFF -Young & Company- Brunswick (LP) BL7 54227 For the week of 28 March, at week six, the record peaked at no. 47.Billboard, March 28, 1981 - Page 51 Billboard Disco Top 100 Survey For Week Ending 3/28/81, This Week 47, Last Week 48, Weeks on Chart 6, STRUT YOUR STUFF -Young & Company- Brunswick (LP) BL7 54227Billboard, April 4, 1981 - Page 64 Billboard Disco Top 100 Survey For Week Ending 4/4/81, This Week 57, Last Week 47, Weeks on Chart 7, STRUT YOUR STUFF -Young & Company- Brunswick (LP) BL7 54227 The record spent a total of nine weeks in the chart.Records and Chart - Dance Club chart run Young & Company Strut Your Stuff
UK For the week of 2 March, "Strut Your Stuff (Sexy Lady)" was at No. 102 in the Record Business Ones To Watch chart.Record Business, March 2, 1981 - Page 7 Ones To Watch, 102 (STRUT YOUR STUFF) SEXY LADY YOUNG & COMPANY (EXCALIBER EXC(L) 505 It also made its debut at No. 23 in the Record Business Disco Top 50 chart.Record Business, March 2, 1981 - Page 12 Disco Top 50, 23 ▬ (STRUT YOUR STUFF) SEXY LADY YOUNG & CO., Excaliber EXC(L) 505 It peaked at No. 14 for the week of 9 March.Record Business, March 9, 1981 - Page 14 DISCO TOP 50, 🡁14 23 (STRUT YOUR STUFF) SEXY LADY YOUNG & CO., Excaliber EXC(L) 505Record Business, March 16, 1981 - Page 12 DISCO TOP 50, 18 14 (STRUT YOUR STUFF) SEXY LADY YOUNG & CO., Excaliber EXC(L) 505
References
External links Discogs - Young & Company – Strut Your Stuff / I Like (What You're Doing To Me) DeeperFunk McMa channel, Mar 11, 2013 - Young And Company - Strut Your Stuff