New Attitude (song)

"New Attitude"
Single by Patti LaBelle
from the album Beverly Hills Cop
Released	January 21, 1985
Recorded	September 1984
Genre	Dance-pop, synthpop
Label	MCA
Writer(s)	Sharon Teresa Robinson, Jon Gilutin, Bunny Hull
Patti LaBelle singles chronology
"Love Has Finally Come at Last" (w/Bobby Womack) (1984) "New Attitude" (1985) "Stir It Up" (1985)

"New Attitude" is a song performed by Patti LaBelle and written by Sharon Teresa Robinson, Jon Gilutin, and Bunny Hull. It was released in January 1985 and helped launch LaBelle's solo career as a pop music singer after the singer had spent seven years without a hit following the break-up of Labelle.

Background and composition

In 1984, Patti LaBelle began taking part in films, participating in her first acting role in the acclaimed film, A Soldier's Story. Around the same time, producers of the film, Beverly Hills Cop, was busy putting together a soundtrack for the film, and called on LaBelle to record two songs for its soundtrack. "New Attitude", a song about a woman changing her outlook on life both emotionally and physically, was composed by Sharon Robinson, Jon Gilutin and Bunny Hull and produced by Harold Faltermeyer. The song was different from previous LaBelle recordings, which had been mostly pop ballads with occasional stabs at dance music and R&B, focusing on a synthpop direction. Prior to that, LaBelle had recorded a similar synthpop song, "I'll Never, Never Give Up" from her first gold album, I'm In Love Again, in 1983. It was LaBelle's first MCA single, released in January 1985.

Reception

The song climbed to number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Hot Dance Music chart in a remixed form.^[1] It also peaked at number three on the Hot R&B Singles chart. The singer shot her first music video of her career with the song, which was shot at a fashion store.

In other media

• The song is used as the opening theme song of each hour for the Dr. Laura Schlessinger show.
• The song was sung by the character Rochelle in the CW network sitcom Everybody Hates Chris, after stating that Patti LaBelle is her favorite singer.
• In the episode of Alvin and the Chipmunks called "The Chipette Story", it is shown to be the song that earned The Chipettes their singing career.
• It also appears in an episode of The Simpsons where Marge buys a pretzel franchise.
• The song also appears in the film Boat Trip.

References

1. ^ "Billboard Singles". All Media Guide / Billboard. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4720/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 2010-03-06. 

Preceded by "This Is My Night" by Chaka Khan

Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single (with "Axel F" by Harold Faltermeyer) March 9, 1985 – March 16, 1985

Succeeded by "Bad Habits" by Jenny Burton