The Medicine Song

"The Medicine Song"
Single by Stephanie Mills
from the album I've Got the Cure
Released1984
Genre
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" 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" 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.

  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.