"Head to Toe" is a song recorded by

Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam were an urban contemporary band and one of the first freestyle music groups to emerge from New York City in the 1980s. Cult Jam consisted of vocalist Lisa Lisa (born Lisa Valez), guitarist/bassist Alex "Spanador" Moseley, ...

that appeared on their 1987 album ''

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''. The song hit number one on three charts: ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on June 20, 1987, the Hot Black Singles charts on May 30 of that year, and the dance charts on May 30. In Canada, the song topped the '' RPM 100'' national singles chart on July 25 of the same year. The song sports a retro Motown flavor mixed with the Freestyle sound for which they were known.

Composition

The song is performed in the key of

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with a

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of 114 beats per minute. The Los Angeles Times wrote in their 1987 review of the ''Spanish Fly'' album that ''Head to Toe'' "melodically owes a debt to the Supremes’

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