She's Strange

She's Strange
Studio album by Cameo
Released	January 16, 1984
Recorded	1983
Genre	R&B, funk
Length	36:44
Label	Casablanca Records
Producer	Larry Blackmon
Cameo chronology
Style (1983) She's Strange (1984) Single Life (1985)

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She's Strange is the tenth album by the funk/R&B band Cameo, released in 1984.

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 an extremely popular arrangement amongst marching bands, especially those from HBCUs.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

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

Personnel

• Rod Antoon - keyboards
• Anthony Barboza - photography
• Larry Blackmon - percussion, arranger, drums, bass guitar, vocals, producer, horn arrangements, mixing
• Michael Burnett - bass guitar
• Glen Christensen - graphic design
• Mac James - artwork
• Tomi Jenkins - vocals
• Steve Jerome - mixing
• Kevin Kendrick - synthesizer, keyboards
• Nathan Leftenant - backing vocals, horn arrangements
• Bill Levy - art direction
• 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, alto saxophone, 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

Album cover

The 1980s and early 1990s singer/actress/model Vanity appears on the album's cover, as well as on cover of the band's 1982 album, Alligator Woman.

Later samples

• "She's Strange"
  • "Young Niggaz" by 2Pac from the album Me Against the World
  • "She's Strange" by Nate Dogg from the album "G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 & 2"
  • "We Want Yo Hands Up" by Mr. Malik featuring Warren G & Hershey Locc

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