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by American R&B

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, released in 1986. The album includes Stewart's biggest pop

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", as well as the minor follow-up hit, "Jody", for whom Stewart's former ''

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'' dance-mate

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was the inspiration. The album was re-issued on CD on October 18, 2010 by Cherry Red in the UK.

Track listing

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) – 4:54 # "Dance Floor" (Jermaine Stewart, Roy Carter) – 4:45 # " Jody" (Stewart, Walden, Jeffrey Cohen) – 5:35 # "Versatile" (Stewart, Jakko J.) – 4:01 # "Frantic Romantic" (Glass, Walden, Glass) – 4:33 # "

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" (Walden, Cohen, Stewart) – 5:03 # "Out to Punish" (Walden, Glass, Stewart) – 4:54 # "Moonlight Carnival" (Stewart, Jakko J., Glass) – 3:47 # "Give Your Love to Me" (Stewart, Jakko J.) – 4:25 Note * The

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edits of "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" are 4:38 and 4:05.

European track listing

# "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" – 4:54 # "Versatile" – 4:01 # "Moonlight Carnival" – 3:47 # "Don't Ever Leave Me" – 5:03 # "Dance Floor" – 4:45 # "Jody" – 5:35 # "Give Your Love to Me" – 4:25 # "Out to Punish" – 4:54 # "The Word Is Out" – 3:32 # "Frantic Romantic" – 4:33 # "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" (Special Extended Version) – 5:55 # "The Word Is Out" (West Mix – Extended Version) – 6:53 Outtakes: # "Wear Out the Grooves", released on the '' Perfect'' soundtrack. # "Don't Wait for the Boys" (written by Jermaine Stewart;

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BFG Publishing), released on ''A Tribute to Jermaine Stewart, Attention''.

Charts

Production

*Produced By Narada Michael Walden & John "Jellybean" Benitez *Engineers: "Llama" Dave Frazer, Gordon Lyon, Stuart Hirotsu, Mary Ann Zahorsky, Michael Hutchison, Fernando Kral, Mark Roule, Nick, Don Peterkofsky *Note: Back cover of album says "Produced, Reduced & Arranged By

Personnel

*Drums and drum programming:

*Percussion: Gregory "G.G." Gonaway, Andy Narell, Mingo Lewis,

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*Synthesized bass: Randy Jackson,

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*Guitars: Corrado Rustici, Eddie Martinez *Keyboards, Synthesizers:

, Preston Glass,

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*Saxophones: Marc Russo, Russell Tubbs *Trumpet and horn arrangements:

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*Programming: Narada Michael Walden, Walter Afanasieff, Preston Glass *All instruments on "Give Your Love to Me" by Jakko J., GG Gonaway and Narada Michael Walden *Mastering

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at Masterdisk

References

{{Authority control 1986 albums Jermaine Stewart albums Arista Records albums Albums produced by Narada Michael Walden