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"The Medicine Song" is a 1984 single by Stephanie Mills. It gave Mills her first number one Dance chart hit; her previous entry on the chart had been "Pilot Error", which had made it to number three.[1]

"The Medicine Song"
Single by Stephanie Mills
from the album I've Got the Cure
Released1984
Genre
  • R&B
  • soul
  • dance
Length4:52
LabelCasablanca Records
Songwriter(s)David "Hawk" Wolinski
Producer(s)David "Hawk" Wolinski
Stephanie Mills singles chronology
"How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore"
(1983)		 "The Medicine Song"
(1984)		 "Stand Back"
(1985)

"The Medicine Song" stayed at the top spot on the dance chart for one week. The single was her fourth entry to make the top 10 on the Soul singles chart, peaking at number eight.[2] It also charted on the Billboard Hot 100, and was a top 30 hit in the UK.


Charts



Weekly charts


Chart (1984) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[3] 21
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[4] 8
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[5] 21
UK Singles (OCC)[6] 29
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 65
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[8] 1
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[9] 8

Year-end charts


Chart (1984) Position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[10] 83

References


  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 177.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 401.
  3. "Stephanie Mills – The Medicine Song" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  4. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 49, 1984" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  5. "Stephanie Mills – The Medicine Song" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  6. "Stephanie Mills: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  7. "Stephanie Mills Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  8. "Stephanie Mills Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  9. "Stephanie Mills Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  10. "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1984". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved June 4, 2021.


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