Upside Records
Encyclopedia
Upside Records is an independent pop
-dance
record label
run by the Upside Management company for their acts. The label has released records by girl group Clea
such as the album, Trinity, and the singles "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off
", "Lucky Like That
", "Stuck in the Middle"/"I Surrender
", and most recently, "LoveShy".
Upside Records and Management was also the name of a US
based label from 1986-88. The label was home to artists such as Arthur Russell, The Wygals, Fats Comet, Charles Brown and Maurice Sinclair, as well as artists such as The Woodentops, Jonathan Richman, Float Up CP and Vic Godard, who were licensed from the British label Rough Trade
.
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
-dance
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
run by the Upside Management company for their acts. The label has released records by girl group Clea
Clea (band)
Clea was an English girl group whose members met on the television show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002. Chloe Morgan , Lynsey Brown, Emma Beard, and Aimee Kearsley, decided to form a band after they were voted off the series...
such as the album, Trinity, and the singles "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off
We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off
"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" is pop vocalist Jermaine Stewart's first of three singles from 1986. The song was included on Stewart's second album "Frantic Romantic"...
", "Lucky Like That
Lucky Like That
"Lucky Like That" is Clea's fourth single and last to be released in the UK. It was released in the UK in June 2006, giving them their fourth Top 75 hit, reaching No. 55.The song appears on their first UK album, Trinity.-Charts:...
", "Stuck in the Middle"/"I Surrender
I Surrender
"Stuck in the Middle/I Surrender" is Clea's fifth and final single. It was not released in the UK; however, it was released in the rest of Europe...
", and most recently, "LoveShy".
Upside Records and Management was also the name of a US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
based label from 1986-88. The label was home to artists such as Arthur Russell, The Wygals, Fats Comet, Charles Brown and Maurice Sinclair, as well as artists such as The Woodentops, Jonathan Richman, Float Up CP and Vic Godard, who were licensed from the British label Rough Trade
Rough Trade
Rough Trade may refer to:*Rough Trade Records, a record label*Rough Trade , linked but independent London record stores*Rough Trade , a Canadian new wave rock band*Rough Trade , an episode of American Dad!...
.