Stir It Up was released on June 16, 1985. While it missed the top 40 on the United States chart , it made it to number 5 on the US Billboard Hot R & B / Hip-Hop chart. In addition, the song ranked at number 18 on the US dance charts. The songwriter won later with the Grammy Awards 1986 in the category Best album of original music written for a movie or a TV Special (Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special).
In the plot of the music video, Patti LaBelle presents the song with some studio musicians in a recording studio . There are also some inter-scenes; in one, people hold radios to their ears and in another, many people dance in a city. The city shots were shot in New York .
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)
