Strike It Up

"Strike It Up"
Single by Black Box
from the album Dreamland
B-side Remix
Released February 6, 1991
Format CD maxi, 7" single, 12" maxi
Recorded The Record Classics, Italy October 1990
Genre House music
Length 5:15
Label Polydor
Writer(s) Mirko Limoni
Daniele Davoli
Valerio Semplici
Producer Groove Groove Melody
Black Box singles chronology
"The Total Mix"
(1991)		 "Strike It Up"
(1991)		 "Open Your Eyes"
(1991)
Alternative cover
CD maxi - Megaremix

"Strike It Up" is a 1990 song recorded by the Italo house music band Black Box from 1990. It was the sixth single from their debut album Dreamland and was released in 1991 in most of countries worldwide.

The song was a success on many charts, including the Billboard Hot 100 in the US where it peaked at #8. It also topped the Hot Dance Club Play in June 1991. In the UK it peaked at #16 on the UK Singles Chart.[1] It still remains a staple of the home of the Green Bay Packers, Lambeau Field.

The song features an un-credited Martha Wash on lead vocals. Wash later sued the record label for royalties and directly contributed to legislation ensuring proper credit for vocalists on both songs and music videos.

This song is featured on the NHL 11 Soundtrack.

Contents

Track listings

7" single
  1. "Strike It Up" (DJ Lelwel mix) — 5:05
  2. "Strike It Up" (sensitive mix) — 3:35
12" maxi
  1. "Strike It Up" (original mix) — 5:58
  2. "Strike It Up" (DJ Lelewel mix) — 5:05
  3. "Strike It Up" (hardcore remix) — 3:20
CD maxi
  1. "Strike It Up" (radio edit) — 3:30
  2. "Strike It Up" (sensitive mix) — 3:35
  3. "Strike It Up" (original mix) — 5:58
  4. "Strike It Up" (hardcore remix) — 3:20
12" maxi - Megaremix
  1. "Strike It Up" (DJ Lelewel mix) — 5:05
  2. "Strike It Up" (hardcore mix) — 3:18
  3. "Ride on Time" (the bright on mix) — 4:28
  4. "Strike It Up" (sensitive mix) — 3:35
CD maxi - Megaremix
  1. "Strike It Up" (DJ Lelewel mix)
  2. "Ride on Time" (bright on mix)
  3. "Strike It Up" (hardcore mix)
  4. "Strike It Up" (sensitive mix)

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1991) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[2] 20
Austrian Singles Chart[2] 27
Dutch Top 40[3] 7
French SNEP Singles Chart[2] 26
German Singles Chart[2] 26
Irish IRMA Singles Chart[4] 8
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[2] 29
UK Singles Chart[5] 16
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] 8
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay[7] 10
U.S. Billboard R&B Singles Chart[6] 16
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[6] 1

End of year charts

End of year chart (1991) Position
Dutch Top 40[3] 51
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[8] 88

Chart successions

Preceded by
"Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)" by C+C Music Factory		 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
May 4, 1991 (1 week)		 Succeeded by
"People Are Still Having Sex" by LaTour

References

  1. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 59. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 
  2. ^ a b c d e "Strike It Up", various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 14, 2008)
  3. ^ a b "Single top 100 over 1991" (in Dutch) (pdf). Top40. http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%201991.pdf. Retrieved 13 April 2010. 
  4. ^ Irish Singles Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved February 14, 2008)
  5. ^ "Strike It Up", UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved September 16, 2008)
  6. ^ a b c Black Box singles, Billboard charts allmusic.com (Retrieved April 13, 2010)
  7. ^ "Strike It Up", Hot 100 Airplay Billboard.com (Retrieved February 14, 2008)
  8. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1991". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1991. Retrieved 2009-09-15. 
Black Box
Daniele Davoli · Valerio Semplici · Mirko Limoni · Katrin Quinol · Martha Wash · Charvoni
Albums
Dreamland · Mixed Up! / Remixland · Positive Vibration · Hits & Mixes
Singles
"Ride on Time" · "I Don't Know Anybody Else" · "Everybody Everybody" · "Fantasy" · "The Total Mix" · "Strike It Up" · "Bright on Time" · "Hold On" · "Rockin' to the Music" · "Not Anyone" · "I Got the Vibration/A Positive Vibration" · "A Native New Yorker"
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