"Upside Down" is a song by Diana Ross released on the Motown
label. It was the first single taken from her 1980 album
dianaand hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on
September 6, 1980. It also hit number one on the Billboard
Disco/Dance and R&B charts. The single was also a big hit
internationally, topping the singles charts in Italy, Norway
and Switzerland. It also rose to #2 on the UK Singles Chart,
marking the highest peak performance from Ross as a solo artist
since "I'm Still Waiting" in 1971.
The song listed at #62 on
Billboard's "Greatest Songs of All Time"
The song was written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers (of
the band Chic) with (like all of the songs for the album diana)
Aretha Franklin in mind to record. When Franklin turned the
offer to record the album down Motown pass the material and
project to Ross.
The song would be later covered and sampled by the likes of
Salt-N-Pepa, Missy Elliott, Alcazar, Puff Daddy and MC Lyte and
Jack Johnson, who had a hit under the "Upside Down" sample in
Lyte's 1996 hit, "Cold Rock a Party".
The song was later covered by Destiny's Child during a
tribute show honoring Ross and her career on a VH1
Divasspecial. Their version is featured on their album
Single Remix Tracks.
In 1994, the song was used in
Disney Sing Along Songs: Let's Go to the Circus.
In 1997, Ross performed the song live with British band
Jamiroquai at "The Brit Awards" ceremony.
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
·"Remember Me"
·"I'm Still
Waiting"
·"Surrender"
·"Touch Me in the
Morning"
·"All of My Life"
·"You Are
Everything"
·"Theme from (Do
You Know Where You're Going To)"
·"Love Hangover"
·"
Upside Down
"
·"I'm Coming Out"
·"My Old Piano"
·"It's My Turn"
·"Endless Love"
·"Why Do Fools
Fall in Love"
·"Mirror, Mirror"
·"Work That Body"
·"Muscles"
·"Missing You"
·"Chain Reaction"
·"When You Tell Me
That You Love Me"
·"One Shining
Moment"
·"Not Over You
Yet"
Lady Sings the Blues(1972)
·
Mahogany(1975)
·
The Wiz(1978)
·
Out of Darkness(1994)
·
Double Platinum(1999)
Discography
·The Supremes
·Berry Gordy
·Rhonda Ross
Kendrick
·Tracee Ellis Ross
·Evan Ross
·Arne Næss, Jr.
·List of awards
and nominations received by Diana Ross
·Diana Ross
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