Word Up! is the 13th studio album by American funk group Cameo, released in 1986.^[3] The album reached number 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, number 8 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, and was certified Platinum by the RIAA for sales of over 1 million copies. It took Cameo to their highest level of popularity, and solidified them as one of the most successful bands of the 1980s.^[4] The album includes three of their biggest hit singles, "Word Up!", "Candy", and "Back and Forth".

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Word Up!"	Larry Blackmon Tomi Jenkins	4:21
2.	"Candy"	Blackmon Jenkins	5:39
3.	"Back and Forth"	Kevin Kendrick Nathan Leftenant Blackmon Jenkins	6:33
4.	"Don't Be Lonely"	Blackmon Jenkins Kendrick Willie Morris	5:19
5.	"She's Mine"	Blackmon Leftenant Antonio Matthews Ray Malloy	4:37
6.	"Fast, Fierce & Funny"	Blackmon Jenkins Leftenant	4:09
7.	"You Can Have the World"	Blackmon Jenkins Leftenant	4:38

Tracks 1–3, 6 and 7 published by All Seeing Eye Music-Better Days Music.
Tracks 4 and 5 published by All Seeing Eye Music-Better Days Music-Better Nights Music.

Cameo

Larry Blackmon – lead vocals, backing vocals, bass guitar, drums, percussion, horn and vocal arrangements
Tomi Jenkins – lead vocals, backing vocals, horn and vocal arrangements
Nathan Leftenant – backing vocals, horn and vocal arrangements

Additional musicians

Merv De Peyer – keyboards
Kenni Hairston – keyboards
Kevin Kendrick – keyboards
Eric Rehl – keyboards
Bernard Wright – keyboards
Peter Scherer – Synclavier programming
Pat Buchanan – guitars
Charlie Singleton – guitars, backing vocals
Michael Burnett – bass guitar, backing vocals
Aaron Mills – bass guitar
Sammy Merendino – drum programming
Duduka Da Fonseca – percussion
Giovanni Hidalgo – percussion
Steve Thornton – percussion
Melvin Wells – saxophone, backing vocals
Michael Brecker – tenor sax solo (1, 4, 5)
Randy Brecker – trumpet
Willie Morris – backing vocals

Uptown Horns

Crispin Cioe – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
Arno Hecht – tenor saxophone
Bob Funk – trombone
Paul Litteral – trumpet

Larry Blackmon – producer
Larry Alexander – recording engineer
Matthew Kasha – recording engineer, mix engineer
Eric Calvi – recording engineer, mix engineer
Michel Sauvage – recording engineer
Jerry Solomon – recording engineer
Alan Meyerson – mix engineer
Dave Ogrin – mix engineer
Henry Falco – assistant engineer
José Rodriguez – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
David Krebs – direction
Steve Leber – direction
Louis Levin – direction
Bill Levy – art direction
Paula Scher – design
Chris Callas – photography
Toyce Anderson – stylist
John Dellaria – hair, make-up
Jean Paul Gaultier – clothes

Word Up! was ranked number 5 among the "Albums of the Year" by NME.^[5]

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