Stir It Up (3:38)

“Stir It Up” is the second single from Patti LaBelle taken from the soundtrack album to the 1984 film Beverly Hills Cop — the later won a Grammy Award for Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special (1986).

The single is also the second of a couple of songs (the other being “New Attitude”) she recorded for MCA Records immediately after signing her new contract with that company. Her first full-length album for MCA, Winner in You, would follow the next year.

Chart performance
In 1985, the single peaked at number forty-one on the U.S. Pop Singles chart and number five on the U.S. Black Singles chart.

Cover
LaBelle re-recorded “Stir It Up” alongside Joss Stone for the soundtrack to the 2005 Disney animated feature film Chicken Little. This version was produced by Mark Hammond, and it charted at number sixty-one on the Japanese J-Wave Tokio Hot 100 airplay chart.