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Other usesInfobox single| Name = Upside Down| Type = Single| Artist = Diana Ross | from Album = Diana (album)|diana | B-side = "Friend to Friend"| Cover = DianaRossUpsideDown7InchSingleCover.jpg| Released = June 25, 1980| Recorded = 1979-1980| Genre = disco music|Disco , funk music|funk , Rhythm & blues|R& B | Length = 3:38 (single version)| Label = Motown | Writer = Nile Rodgers , Bernard Edwards | Producer = Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards for Chic (band)|Chic | Last single = " It's My House (song)|It's My House " (1979)| This single = " Upside Down " (1980)| Next single = " I'm Coming Out " (1980)" Upside Down " is a hit song by Diana Ross released on the Motown label. It was the first single taken from her 1980 album diana (album)|diana and hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 6, 1980. It also hit number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play|Disco/Dance and Hot R& B/Hip-Hop Songs|R& B charts. The single was also a big hit internationally, topping the singles charts in Sweden, Italy, Norway and Switzerland, while reaching #5 in Canada. It also rose to #2 on the UK Singles Chart , marking the highest peak performance from Ross as a solo artist since " I'm Still Waiting " in 1971.
The song listed at #62 on Billboard s "Greatest Songs of All Time". http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/charts/top100-titles-70.shtml Billboard.com
History
The song was written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers (of the band Chic (band)|Chic ) with Aretha Franklin in mind to record. When Franklin turned down the offer to record the album Motown passed the material and project to Diana Ross|Ross .
However, in a 2011 interview, Nile Rodgers said "Diana Ross was the first big star we ever worked with and we took it very seriously." Rodgers and Edwards interviewed her for several days. "This was the first time in her life somebody cared about who she was; what she was - everyone previously had treated her the way we had treated Sister Sledge - they got her in and said 'Sing this'. We (took a more personal approach)." http://twentyfirstcenturymusic.blogspot.com/2011/11/nile-rodgers-interviewed-by-peter.html "Nile Rodgers interviewed by Peter Paphides". Twentyfirstcenturymusic.blogspot.com. November 10, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
The song would be later covered and sampling (music)|sampled by the likes of Salt-N-Pepa , Kid Rock , Missy Elliott , Alcazar (band)|Alcazar , Puff Daddy , Collette and MC Lyte , who had a hit under the "Upside Down" sample in Lyte's 1996 hit, " Cold Rock a Party (Remix)".Cite book|url= http://books.google.com/books? id=gCYEAAAAMBAJ& pg=PA164& dq=%22cold+rock+a+party%22& ie=ISO-8859-1& output=html|title=Google Books search|accessdate=2009-08-12 The Salt-N-Pepa version was featured on the Space Jam (soundtrack)|Space Jam soundtrack .
The song was later covered by Destiny's Child during a tribute show honoring Ross and her career on a VH1 VH1 Divas|Divas special. Their version is featured on their album Single Remix Tracks .
In 1994, the song was used in '' Disney Sing Along Songs|Mickey's Fun Songs : Let's Go to the Circus with a different arrangement and lyrics.
In 1997, Ross performed the song live with British band Jamiroquai at "The Brit Awards" ceremony.
In 2001, contemporary jazz/fusion group Pieces of a Dream (band)|Pieces of a Dream offered their version from the release "Acquainted With the Night."cite web|url=Allmusic|class=album|id=r525453|pure_url=yes|title=Acquainted With the Night overview|work= Allmusic|Allmusic.com
A cover of the song appears on Robert Plant 's 2003 album Sixty Six to Timbuktu album was released
In 2004, Alcazar (band)|Alcazar sampled "Upside Down" in their song " This Is the World We Live In ".
Track listing
;UK 12" Side A #"Upside Down" (93' Remix, David Morales & Satoshi Tomiie mix) #"The Best Years of My Life" (Album Version) Side B #"Upside Down" (Morales Dub, David Morales & Satoshi Tomiie mix) #"Upside Down" (Album Version)
;UK 12" #2 Side A #"Upside Down" Side B #"Upside Down" (Remix by David Morales & Satoshi Tomiie)
Music video
The music video contains no plot and consists mostly of cut scenes together. In some of the scenes Diana Ross poses in different clothes on camera and by the way are also displayed pictures of her. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1jcnd_diana-ross-upside-down_music music video in Daylimotion.com
Language
Linguistically the song is notable for its use of the archaic form of the second person singular pronoun, Thou /Thee, in the phrase: "Respectfully I say to thee I'm aware that you're cheatin'."
References
Reflist S-startSuccession box| before = " Sailing (Christopher Cross song)|Sailing " by Christopher Cross | title = Billboard Hot 100 List of number-one hits (United States)|number one single | years = September 6, 1980 - September 27, 1980 (4 weeks) | after = " Another One Bites the Dust " by Queen (band)|Queen Succession box| before = " Moskau (Dschinghis Khan song)|Moskau " by Dschinghis Khan | title = Kent Music Report|Australian Kent Music Report List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1980s|number-one single | years = September 29, 1980 - October 20, 1980 | after = " More Than I Can Say " by Leo Sayer Succession box| before = " Food for Thought (song)|Food for Thought " by UB40 | title = Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand Singles Chart | years = 10 October 1980 - 24 October 1980 | after = " Master Blaster (Jammin) " by Stevie Wonder Succession box| before = " Take Your Time (Do It Right) " by The SOS Band | title = Hot Dance Club Songs Number-one dance hits of 1980 (USA)|number one single (with " I'm Coming Out ") | years = August 9, 1980 - August 23, 1980 | after = " Fame (Irene Cara song)|Fame " by Irene Cara "Red Light" / "Hot Lunch Jam" by Linda Clifford (singer)|Linda Clifford Succession box| before = " Fame (Irene Cara song)|Fame " by Irene Cara "Red Light" / "Hot Lunch Jam" by Linda Clifford (singer)|Linda Clifford | title = Hot Dance Club Songs Number-one dance hits of 1980 (USA)|number one single (with " I'm Coming Out ") | years = September 6, 1980 - September 13, 1980 | after = " Love Sensation " by Loleatta Holloway Succession box| before = " One in a Million You " by Larry Graham | title = Hot R& B/Hip-Hop Songs|Billboard Soul Singles chart R& B number-one hits of 1980 (USA)|number-one single | years = August 16, 1980 - September 6, 1980 | after = " Give Me the Night (George Benson song)|Give Me the Night " by George Benson End box Diana RossDiana Ross singles Category:1980 singles Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Category:Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs number-one singles Category:Billboard Hot R& B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles Category:Diana Ross songs Category:Funk songs Category:European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles Category:Number-one singles in Italy Category:Number-one singles in Norway Category:Number-one singles in Sweden Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland Category:Songs written by Nile Rodgers Category:Songs written by Bernard Edwards Category:Disco songs Category:Songs produced by Nile Rodgers Category:Songs produced by Bernard Edwards
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