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Speed Up / Girl's Power

It was produced by Congolese R&B singer-songwriter Mohombi who had previously worked with South Korean group BIG BANG on a number of their Japanese songs.


Amy Honey

She has also played shows with such diverse performers as Carolyn Mark, Jenny Whiteley, Chris Brown, Andrew Vincent, The Willowz, Po' Girl, Chet, The Doers, Ida Nilsen, Blood Meridian, Veda Hille, Hank Pine & Lily Fawn, 20 Miles and BJ Snowden.

Boy, Girl

It is an experimental film which, aside from the two stars, features segments filmed from television of Mary Tyler Moore from the Elvis Presley film, Change of Habit.

The songs used include an alternately sped up and slowed down version of The Monkees song Mary, Mary.

In the film, G.B. Jones sits on a second story window ledge and watches through binoculars various events taking place between Bruce LaBruce and a skinhead and, alternately, Mary Tyler Moore and various male figures, and a man (Andrew J. Paterson) in a laundromat.

You've Got It Bad, Girl

The final track on the album, "Chump Change", was first used as the main theme to 1972's The New Bill Cosby Show on CBS, where Jones's orchestra provided music.

The title track is a song written by Stevie Wonder and originally released on his 1972 triple grammy winning album Talking Book.

The eighth track, Sanford and Son Theme (The Streetbeater), was edited into two parts, and used for the opening and closing credits themes for NBC's Sanford and Son.


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