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Why this album mattered
"Word Up!" is a song by American funk band Cameo. It was released by Atlanta Artists and Mercury Records as the first single from their 13th studio album, Word Up (1986). Composition "Word Up!" is a departure from the disco-influenced sound of Cameo's earlier work, and has been described as funk, funk rock and synth-funk. It reached #8 and charted for 54 weeks. Major singles from the album include "Word Up", "Candy".
The music
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Word Up
2 Back and Forth
- 3
She’s Mine
- 4
You Can Have the World
- 5
Shake Your Pants
- 6
Attack Me With Your Love
- 7
Don’t Be Lonely
8 Candy
- 9
I Just Want to Be
- 10
Fast Fierce and Funny
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
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The songs behind the run
Breakout songs
The album’s tracks with chart history. Open a song to follow its full journey.
Similar chart journeys
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
