Lady (You Bring Me Up)

"Lady (You Bring Me Up)"
Artwork for UK vinyl single
Single by Commodores
from the album In the Pocket
B-side"Gettin' It"
ReleasedJune 1981
Recorded1980
GenreDisco
Length4:46 (album/single)
4:04 (short single)
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Commodores singles chronology
"Jesus Is Love"
(1980)
"Lady (You Bring Me Up)"
(1981)
"Oh No"
(1981)

"Lady (You Bring Me Up)" is a 1981 hit single by the Commodores. In the United States, it peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 5 on the Billboard R&B singles chart. It reached No. 56 on the UK Singles Chart.

It was written by Commodores member William King, his wife, Shirley, and Harold Hudson, a member of the Commodores' backing group, The Mean Machine. Lionel Richie sang lead vocals, and it was one of the group's last big hits before he left for a solo career.

Record World noted that Ritchie's vocal is backed by "shimmering strings and a driving rhythm."[1]

The music video features the band members playing a six-a-side soccer match with a group of women players.[2]

  1. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. June 20, 1981. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  2. ^ Official video for The Commodores - Lady (You Bring Me Up) on YouTube