Pickin' Up Pieces
| "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.