Jody (song)

"Jody"
Single by Jermaine Stewart
from the album Frantic Romantic
B-side	"Dance Floor"
Released	1986
Format	7" single, 12" single
Genre	Pop
Length	3:40
Label	10 Records, Arista Records, Virgin Records
Songwriter(s)	Jermaine Stewart, Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen
Producer(s)	Narada Michael Walden
Jermaine Stewart singles chronology
"Frantic Romantic" (1986) "Jody" (1986) "Don't Ever Leave Me" (1987)
"Frantic Romantic" (1986) "Jody" (1986) "Don't Ever Leave Me" (1987) Alternative Cover UK cover of "Jody". Alternative Cover UK 2x12" vinyl cover of "Jody".

"Jody" is a song by American singer Jermaine Stewart, released in 1986 as the third single from his album Frantic Romantic. It was written by Stewart, Narada Michael Walden and Jeffrey Cohen, and produced by Walden.

In America, the single became Stewart's most successful single on the dance charts, peaking at #9, and became his third single to enter the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #42. In Canada, the single made a brief appearance on the chart, peaking at #81.

"Jody" was inspired by Jody Watley of American music group Shalamar, for which Stewart had been a backing vocalist and dancer in the early 1980s.

Watley went on to co-write two singles on Stewart's 1988 follow-up album, Say It Again: "Don't Talk Dirty to Me" and "Is It Really Love?," both of them with her husband of the time André Cymone, who co-produced and performed on the album.

A promotional video was created for the single. In America, Stewart performed the song on American TV show Soul Train (incidentally, Stewart had been a dancer, with Watley, on this show prior to his music career), as well as American Bandstand.

The B-side for the single, "Dance Floor", was also taken from the album Frantic Romantic. It was written by Stewart and Roy Carter. For the single, various remixes of "Jody" were released along with a limited edition 2x12" vinyl that included two remixes of "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off".