February 1, 1986 “Sidewalk Talk” reached the #1 position on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. [Listen Here]

“Sidewalk Talk” is a single by American record producer John “Jellybean” Benitez, released in 1984 by EMI Records. The song was originally written by Madonna during the beginning of her career and given to Jellybean in 1985, as he was a collaborator with her during this time.

The artist credit of this recording is Jellybean, with vocals from Catherine Buchanan (nicknamed “Catt”) acknowledged on the disc sleeve. Madonna’s writing credit is on the cover of the single, and shares vocals on the chorus and solos on some verses. “Sidewalk Talk” reached the #1 position on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart on February 1, 1986. It was a hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at #18. “Sidewalk Talk” made an appearance in the 1999 film Flawless and its soundtrack album. Alvin and the Chipmunks covered the song for “Chipmunk Vice” (a parody of Miami Vice), a 1986 episode of their TV series.

SIDE A:
Sidewalk Talk (Dance Mix) 6:04

SIDE B:
Sidewalk Talk (Funhouse Mix) 6:10
Sidewalk Talk (Acappella) 4:58

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	Sidewalk Talk	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#18
1985	Sidewalk Talk	U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles	#51
1985	Sidewalk Talk	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	#1

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI America – 1A K060-20 0937 6
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 45 RPM
Country: Europe
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Arranged By – Jellybean*, Stephen Bray
Backing Vocals [Uncredited] – Madonna
Engineer [Recording & Mix] – Michael Hutchinson
Producer, Mixed By – John “Jellybean” Benitez
Vocals [Uncredited] – Catharine Buchanan
Written-By – Madonna

NOTES:
Produced and Mixed for Jellybean Productions, Inc.
From the 12″ ‘Wotupski?!’ K062-20 0391 6
Printed In Holland

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EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

 February 1, 1986 Sidewalk Talk reached the 1 position on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.