single "Straight Up"

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"Straight Up" is a 1988 breakthrough pop single by Paula Abdul that became her signature hit and a defining song of late-1980s dance-pop.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
album Forever Your Girl NERFINISHED
artist Paula Abdul NERFINISHED
award ASCAP Pop Award NERFINISHED
Soul Train Music Award for Best Music Video NERFINISHED
bSide Cold Hearted (on some releases)
chartPeakCountry United States NERFINISHED
chartPositionBillboardDanceClubSongs 1
chartPositionCanada 1
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 1
chronology Paula Abdul singles chronology
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describedAs breakthrough hit for Paula Abdul
defining late-1980s dance-pop song
era late 1980s
featuredOn 1980s pop compilation albums
followsSingle Knocked Out NERFINISHED
format 12-inch single
7-inch single
CD single
cassette single
genre dance-pop
pop
hasMusicVideo Yes NERFINISHED
hasRemix dance remixes
includedInAlbum Forever Your Girl NERFINISHED
influencedBy contemporary R&B and dance music of the late 1980s
language English
length about 4 minutes
musicVideoDirector David Fincher NERFINISHED
musicVideoStyle black-and-white
notableFor helping establish Paula Abdul as a pop star
syncopated beat and staccato vocal delivery
performer Paula Abdul NERFINISHED
precedesSingle Forever Your Girl NERFINISHED
producer Elliot Wolff NERFINISHED
recordingPeriod 1987–1988
recordLabel Virgin Records
Virgin Records America NERFINISHED
releaseType commercial single
releaseYear 1988
signatureSongOf Paula Abdul NERFINISHED
songwriter Elliot Wolff NERFINISHED
tempo up-tempo
vocalist Paula Abdul NERFINISHED
writer Elliot Wolff NERFINISHED

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Paula Abdul notableWork single "Straight Up"