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Pickin' Up Pieces

""Pickin' Up Pieces""
Pickin' Up Pieces 12" Single-Netherlands.jpg
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. "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.



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