New Attitude was released on January 21, 1985, from then on it became a top 20 hit in the United States and made it to number 1 on the US dance chart. It reached number 30 in New Zealand .
The song could be heard in the episode Marge and the Pretzel Baking from The Simpsons .
Music video
In the plot of the music video, Patti LaBelle offers the song with some background dancers in a fashion house .
Individual evidence
↑ Sources for chart placements: US , accessed on January 9, 2011.
Joy to Have Your Love • You Are My Friend • Dan Swit Me • Teach Me Tonight (Me Gusta Tu Baile) • Little Girls • It's Alright with Me • Music Is My Way of Life • Release (The Tension) • I Don't Go Shopping • The Spirit's in It • The Best Is Yet to Come (with Grover Washington, Jr.) • If Only You Knew • Love Has Finally Come at Last (with Bobby Womack) • Love, Need and Want You • It Takes a Lot of Strength to Say Goodbye (with Bobby Womack) • New Attitude • Stir It Up • I Can't Forget You • If You Don't Know Me by Now (Part 1) • On My Own (with Michael McDonald) • Oh , People • Kiss Away the Pain • Something Special (Is Gonna Happen Tonight) • The Last Unbroken Heart (with Bill Champlin) • Just the Facts • If You Asked Me To • Yo Mister • I Can't Complain • Feels Like Another One • Somebody Loves You Baby (You Know Who It Is) • When You've Been Blessed (Feels Like Heaven) • When You Love Somebody (Saving My Love for You) • All Right Now • The Right Kinda Lover • All This Love • I never stopped Loving You • When You Talk About Love • Shoe Was on the Other Foot • Someone Like You • New Day • Gotta Go Solo (with Ronald Isley) • Ain't No Way (with Mary J. Blige) • When Love Begins (with Yolanda Adams) • Anything (with Mary Mary, Kanye West & Consequence)