Stuff Like That

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"Stuff Like That"
Disco
Length3:05 (Radio edit)
6:16 (Album version)
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)Ashford & Simpson, Steve Gadd, Eric Gale, Quincy Jones, Ralph MacDonald, Richard Tee
Producer(s)Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones featuring Chaka Khan and Ashford & Simpson singles chronology
"Roots Medley"
(1977)
"Stuff Like That"
(1978)
"Ai No Corrida"
(1981)

"Stuff Like That" is a hit song with music and lyrics written by Quincy Jones, Ashford & Simpson, Steve Gadd, Eric Gale, Ralph MacDonald and Richard Tee. The song was originally an instrumental rhythm track. Jones worked on the track with Ashford & Simpson, Chaka Khan and studio musicians Gadd, Gale, MacDonald and Tee to turn it into a single. Ashford & Simpson and Khan featured as vocalists while George Young was playing alto saxophone. The song was included on Jones' 1978 album Sounds...And Stuff Like That!. The single spent one week at number one on the R&B singles chart, for the week ending 1 July 1978, and peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[2]

For his 1995 album

Gap TV commercial starring Will Kemp, this time credited to QJ's Jook Joint and Brothers Johnson.[3]

Charts

Charts (1978) Peak

position

Canada (Canadian Singles Chart)
23
Netherlands (Dutch Singles Chart)
24
United Kingdom (
UK Singles Chart)[4]
34
US Billboard Hot 100[5]
21
US R&B (US R&B Singles Chart)
1

References

  1. ^ "www.allmusic.com". Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 307.
  3. ^ Best Spots in: Adweek
  4. ^ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved July 27, 2023.

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