She's Strange

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{{Infobox album

| name = She's Strange

| type = studio

| artist = Cameo

| cover = Cameo-strange.jpg

| alt =

| released = January 16, 1984

| recorded = 1983

| venue =

| studio = Unique Recording Studios (New York City)https://www.facebook.com/UniqueRecordingStudios/photos/a.649655181769411/649655408436055/?type=3&theater {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}

| genre = Funk

| length = 36:44

| label = Atlanta Artists

| producer = Larry Blackmon

| prev_title = Style

| prev_year = 1983

| next_title = Single Life

| next_year = 1985

| misc = {{Singles

| name = She's Strange

| type = Studio

| single1 = She's Strange

| single1date = February 24, 1984

| single2 = Talkin' Out the Side of Your Neck

| single2date = May 17, 1984

| single3 = Hangin' Downtown

| single3date = August 20, 1984

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r3192|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]

}}

She's Strange is the tenth studio album by the American funk band Cameo, released in 1984. It reached number 1 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart, number 27 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, and was certified Gold by the RIAA for sales of over 500,000 copies.

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 "Talkin' Out the Side of Your Neck" is a commonly performed arrangement amongst marching bands, especially those from HBCUs.{{Cite web |last=Huggins |first=Gerald |date=December 30, 2019 |title=The Origin of ‘Neck’: How Cameo’s hit became an HBCU band anthem |url=https://hbcugameday.com/2019/12/30/cameo-neck-hbcu-marching-band-starts-norfolk-state-spartan-legion/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307233342/https://hbcugameday.com/2019/12/30/cameo-neck-hbcu-marching-band-starts-norfolk-state-spartan-legion/ |archive-date=March 7, 2023 |access-date=May 29, 2024 |website=HBCUGameday}} The titular track became the group's first number one single on the R&B charts, topping the charts for four weeks in April 1984.

Track listing

  1. "She's Strange" – 7:12 (Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins, Nathan Leftenant/Charlie Singleton)
  2. "Love You Anyway" – 5:01 (Singleton, Melvin Wells)
  3. "Talkin' Out the Side of Your Neck" – 4:04 (Blackmon, Jenkins, Leftenant/Singleton)
  4. "Tribute to Bob Marley" – 5:20
  5. "Groove With You" – 5:10
  6. "Hangin' Downtown" – 5:07 (Kenni Hairston)
  7. "Lé Ve Toi!" – 4:50

Personnel

Charts

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scope="col"| Chart (1984)

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position

{{album chart|Billboard200|27|artist=Cameo|rowheader=true|access-date=April 13, 2025}}
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|1|artist=Cameo|rowheader=true|access-date=April 13, 2025}}

Later samples

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