"Straight Up" is a mid-tempo dance-pop song with influence from new jack swing by singer, dancer & choreographer Paula Abdul & written and produced entirely by Elliot Wolff from the 1988 debut album "Forever Your Girl". The song was released as the album's third single on November 22, 1988 & peaked at #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for 3 consecutive weeks in February 1989. According to Paula Abdul, her mother found this song for her. She explains that her mother knew someone whose boyfriend was an aspiring songwriter

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