Stroke You Up

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title: "Stroke You Up" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1994-singles", "changing-faces-(group)-songs", "song-recordings-produced-by-r.-kelly", "songs-written-by-r.-kelly", "1994-songs", "big-beat-records-(american-record-label)-singles", "contemporary-r&b-ballads"] description: "1994 single by Changing Faces" topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroke_You_Up" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary 1994 single by Changing Faces ::

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Field	Value
name	Stroke You Up
cover	Changing Faces - Stroke You Up (single cover).jpg
type	single
artist	Changing Faces
album	Changing Faces and A Low Down Dirty Shame
released	July 14, 1994
studio	Battery Studios
Chicago Recording Company
genre	R&B
length	5:50
label	Big Beat/Atlantic
writer	R. Kelly
producer	R. Kelly
next_title	Foolin' Around
next_year	1994
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| name = Stroke You Up | cover = Changing Faces - Stroke You Up (single cover).jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Changing Faces | album = Changing Faces and A Low Down Dirty Shame | released = July 14, 1994 | recorded = | studio = Battery Studios Chicago Recording Company | venue = | genre = R&B | length = 5:50 | label = Big Beat/Atlantic | writer = R. Kelly | producer = R. Kelly | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Foolin' Around | next_year = 1994 "Stroke You Up" is a song by American R&B duo Changing Faces that was recorded for their eponymous debut album (1994). The song was released as the album's debut single on July 14, 1994 by Big Beat/Atlantic. It features uncredited vocals from R. Kelly and was certified platinum by the RIAA and sold 700,000 copies domestically. A remix version was also written and produced by Kelly, which originally appeared on the soundtrack to the 1994 Keenen Ivory Wayans film A Low Down Dirty Shame.

Critical reception

Alan Jones from Music Week described the song as "a groin-grinding slow jam created by R Kelly and sweetly sung by two femmes, with do you mind if I stroke you up/down lyrics. Top five in their native US." In his weekly dance column, James Hamilton from the Record Mirror Dance Update named it a "slinky girl duo's R. Kelly created typically blatant sexy 85.7bpm US smash, sure to get the juices flowing..."

Track listings

• 12", 33 RPM, vinyl

1. "Stroke You Up" (LP Mix) – 4:32
2. "Stroke You Up" (Original Instrumental) – 4:32
3. "Stroke You Up" (Extended Remix) – 6:10
4. "Stroke You Up" (Remix Instrumental) – 6:10

Personnel

Information taken from Discogs.

• assistant engineering – Martin Stebbing
• engineering – Peter Mokran, Joshua Shapera
• guitar – Keith Henderson
• mixing – Peter Mokran, R. Kelly
• piano – Lafayette Carthon
• production – R. Kelly
• vocals – Changing Faces
• writing – R. Kelly

Charts

Weekly charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (1994) | Peak position | New Zealand (RIANZ) | UK Singles (OCC) | US Billboard Hot 100 | US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard) | US Hot R&B Singles (Billboard) | US Rhythmic (Billboard) | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 15 | | | | | | | | | 43 | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | | | | 9 | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | ::

Year-end charts

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Chart (1994)	Position	Brazil (Mais Tocadas)	US Billboard Hot 100	US Hot R&B Songs (Billboard)	US Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard)	US Cash Box Top 100
65
44
11
48
50
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Notes

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References

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4. Hamilton, James. (September 17, 1994). "DJ directory".
5. (1994). "Changing Faces – Stroke You Up (Vinyl) at Discogs". [[Discogs]].
6. "allmusic ((( Changing Faces > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". [[Allmusic]].
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8. Whitburn, Joel. (2013). "Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012". Record Research.
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10. "Top 100 Músicas Mais Tocadas em 1994".
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12. "R&B Rap Hip-Hop Year-End Charts - 1994 - Soul System".
13. (December 24, 1994). "The Year in Music: Hot Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales".
14. "The Cash Box Year-End Charts: 1994".

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