Patti LaBelle - Stir It Up (1984) Beverly Hills Cop - Soundtrack

Patti LaBelle aka Patricia Louise Holt. American R&B singer and actress. She has been referred to as the "Godmother of Soul".
"Stir It Up" is a song by American singer Patti LaBelle. It was written by Dan Sembello and Allee Willis and recorded by LaBelle for the motion picture soundtrack album for the 1984 action comedy film Beverly Hills Cop, production was helmed by Harold Faltermeyer and Keith Forsey. "Stir It Up" was the second of two songs she recorded for MCA Records.

Video
The music video features Patti LaBelle singing the track in a recording studio with session musicians. It intercuts with a young woman (Motown recording artist Desiree Coleman) running through the streets of Manhattan. She recruits other passers-by who follow her to the studio where Patti and her band are singing. The city shots were filmed in Brooklyn - New York.

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Patti LaBelle - Stir It Up (1984)
Writer - Dan Sembello Allee Willis.
Vocal - Patricia Louise Holt (Born May 24, 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.).
Co-producer – Harold Faltermeyer
Producer – Keith Forsey
1984 MCA Records
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I can't sit here while I go nowhere
Chase my dreams through the polluted air
Walking on a wire
Running out of time
There's no room in this ol' heart of mine

Bill collectors waiting down the hall
Neighbors scream
And crack the bedroom wall

Nerves jump off the pavement
Passion hits the street
Anger's cookin' in the city heat

World's too crazy
I can't take no more
I won't stay here locked behind the door

Baby, stir it up
Got to break it up now
When I think about tomorrow

I can't wait to
Stir it up
Got to shake it up now
If I have to beg or borrow
I'm not gonna take it anymore

Hungry minds do stare you in the eye
Spread it thick
And lay the biggest lies

Don't say what you feel
Must play hard to get
All those time bombs tickin' in your head

So much pressure to keep holdin' on
Pack my clothes up
Baby, I'll be gone

Baby, stir it up
Got to break it up now
When I think about tomorrow
I can't wait to

Stir it up
Got to shake it up now
If I have to beg or borrow
I'm not gonna take it anymore

Can't find love because it's trapped inside
Can't find freedom flirting with the line
Make some room in this ol' heart of mine

So much pressure to keep holdin' on
Pack my clothes up
Baby, I'll be gone

Baby, stir it up
Got to break it up now
When I think about tomorrow
I can't wait to

Stir it up
Got to shake it up now
If I have to beg or borrow
I'm not gonna take it anymore
Got to break it up now
When I think about tomorrow
I can't wait to

Stir it up
Got to shake it up now
If I have to beg or borrow
I'm not gonna take it anymore