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"Pickin' Up Pieces"
Polydor 12" released in the Netherlands
Single by Brenda K. Starr
from the album I Want Your Love
Released	1985
Recorded	Shakedown Studios
Genre	Freestyle, electro
Length	6:38
Label	Mirage/Atlantic (U.S.)
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 by Mirage Records. The song was produced by Arthur Baker, who co-wrote it with Lotti Golden. The single, released in 1985, was a sizable hit on the Dance/Club Songs chart. It reached a peak of #9 on that chart the same year, and also managed to chart on the R&B chart at the time - reaching a peak of #83.

The single was an early Freestyle release - marked with syncopated rhythms and intense synthetic production. Lyrically, the song is about "Picking up the pieces" and moving on after a failed relationship.

References

1. Brenda K. Starr – Pickin' Up Pieces (1985, Vinyl), retrieved 2021-08-30
2. "Brenda K. Starr". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
3. "Brenda K. Starr". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
4. Brenda K. Starr – Pickin' Up Pieces (1985, Vinyl), retrieved 2021-08-30

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