''She's Strange'' is the tenth album by the

funk Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the m ...

band Cameo, released in 1984. It reached number 1 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart, number 27 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, and was certified Gold by the

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for sales of over 500,000 copies. This album is dedicated to the late Polygram A&R representative, Bill Haywood; as Cameo mentions in the liner-notes of the album, "The album which he always wanted". The track "Talking Out the Side of Your Neck" is a commonly performed arrangement amongst marching bands, especially those from HBCUs. The titular track became the group's first number one single on the R&B charts, topping the charts for four weeks in April 1984.

Track listing

# " She's Strange" – 7:12 (L.Blackmon, T.Jenkins, N.Leftenant/C.Singleton) # "Love You Anyway" – 5:01 (C.Singleton, M.Wells) # "Talkin' Out the Side of Your Neck" – 4:04 (L.Blackmon, T.Jenkins, N.Leftenant/C.Singleton) # "Tribute to Bob Marley" – 5:20 # "Groove With You" – 5:10 # "Hangin' Downtown" – 5:07 (K.Hairston) # "Lé Ve Toi!" – 4:50

Personnel

*Rod Antoon –

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*Anthony Barboza – photography *Larry Blackmon – percussion,

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, bass guitar, vocals,

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, horn arrangements, mixing *Michael Burnett – bass guitar *Glen Christensen –

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*Mac James – artwork *Tomi Jenkins – vocals *Steve Jerome – mixing *Kevin Kendrick –

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, keyboards *Nathan Leftenant – backing vocals, horn arrangements *Bill Levy –

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*Wesley Phillips – trumpet *Alan "Funt" Prater – trombone *Tom Race – engineer, mixing *Charlie Singleton – synthesizer, guitar, percussion, arranger, keyboards, vocals *Jack Skinner – mastering *Melvin Wells – bass guitar,

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, backing vocals, horn arrangements

Chart positions

The ''Billboard'' 200 – #27
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – #1

Singles

*" She's Strange" – released: December 11, 1983 *"Talkin’ Out The Side Of Your Neck" *"Hangin’ Downtown"

Later samples

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from the album '' Me Against the World'' **"She's Strange" by

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from the album " Life in 1472" **"Kill 'em with the Shoulders" by

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featuring Lil Duval

References

{{Authority control 1984 albums Albums recorded at Unique Recording Studios Cameo (band) albums