Stick-Up

This article is about a song. For the jazz album by Bobby Hutcherson, see Stick-Up!. For the crime, see stick up.
"Stick-Up"
Single by The Honey Cone
from the album Soulful Tapestry
B-side "V.I.P."
Released August 1971
Genre R&B
Label Hot Wax
Writer(s)
Certification Gold (RIAA)
The Honey Cone singles chronology
"Want Ads"
(1971)		 "Stick-Up"
(1971)		 "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show"
(1971)

"Stick-Up" is the 1971 follow up single to The Honey Cone's #1 pop and R&B hit "Want Ads". The song hit #1 on the R&B charts for two weeks and reached #11 on the Hot 100. [1]

Chart positions

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1971) Peak
position
Canada RPM [2] 23
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 11
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles 1
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 7

Year-end charts

Chart (1971) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] 70
U.S. Cash Box [4] 43

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 260.
  2. ↑ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.7585&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=086990i1r7i7qbnuo5vmpaf200
  3. ↑ http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1971.htm
  4. ↑ http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/1971YESP.html

External links

Preceded by
"Spanish Harlem" by Aretha Franklin		 Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles number-one single
September 18–25, 1971 		Succeeded by
"Make It Funky" (Part 1) by James Brown


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