Pickin' Up Pieces

""Pickin' Up Pieces""
Polydor 12" released in the Netherlands
Single by Brenda K. Starr
from the album I Want Your Love
Released	1985
Format	12" single 7" single
Recorded	Shakedown Studios
Genre	Freestyle, electro
Length	6:38
Label	Mirage/Atlantic U.S. Release
Songwriter(s)	Lotti Golden, Arthur Baker
Producer(s)	Arthur Baker

Pickin' Up Pieces is the lead single from Brenda K. Starr's debut album, I Want Your Love released in 1985 on Mirage Records. Produced by Arthur Baker and co-written with Lotti Golden. "Pickin' Up Pieces" is a freestyle classic. The record peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Charts and the Maxi Single's Chart helping Brenda K. Starr become the queen of Freestyle.^[1] "Pickin' Up Pieces" also cracked the R&B Hip Hop Billboard Charts. Freestyle, a dance genre, emerged in New York City, sharing musical and cultural elements with electro and hip hop.^[2]

1. ↑
2. ↑ Renford "From the fringe: The Hip hop culture and ethnic relations"http://www.csupomona.edu/~rrreese/HIPHOP.HTML%7Cpublisher=popular culture review