Dirty Cash (Money Talks)

"Dirty Cash (Money Talks)"
Single by the Adventures of Stevie V
from the album Adventures of Stevie V
Released4 December 1989 (1989-12-04)[1]
GenreHip house
Length3:50
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)
  • Mick Walsh
  • Stevie Vincent
Producer(s)Stevie Vincent
The Adventures of Stevie V singles chronology
"Dirty Cash (Money Talks)"
(1989)
"Body Language"
(1990)
Music video
"Dirty Cash (Money Talks)" on YouTube

"Dirty Cash (Money Talks)" is a song by British dance music act the Adventures of Stevie V. It was first released in December 1989 on the Mercury record label, then again in 1990 both on 7-inch vinyl. The 1990 release peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, number one in the Netherlands, and topped the US and Canadian dance charts. The song features vocals by Melody Washington,[2] a music teacher from Georgia living in the United Kingdom and teaching for the US Air Force, who met Stevie V. while she was playing in a local club near his home. Mick Walsh and Stevie V composed the track.

In 1997, "Dirty Cash" was re-released as a remastered '97 remix, and in June 2014, the song was once again remixed, this time by Alan Fitzpatrick.[3][4] Australian music channel Max included it in their list of "1000 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2013.[5]

  1. ^ "New Singles". Music Week. 2 December 1989. p. 45.
  2. ^ Song Facts: Dirty Cash by Adventures of Stevie V
  3. ^ iTunes: Dirty Cash (2014 Remixes Pt1)
  4. ^ Beatport: Dirty Cash - Alan Fitzpatrick Jaded Vocal Mix
  5. ^ "The Top 1,000 Greatest Songs of All Time – 2013". Max. 2013. Archived from the original on 1 March 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.