“New Attitude” (1985) by Patti LaBelle is still an amazing song nearly 40 years later and her best song!

It’s a good song, but it reminds me of Dr. Laura

I love it despite the association with Dr Laura.

Let me know if ya want to know what’s on my Patti LaBelle playlist

Was this song really popular in the sense that people found it hip?

Ooh ooh, ooh ooh oooooooohhhhh! I got a new attitooode!

This was of course the greatest cover of it.

Dreck

No r4 ad far as new or hip sounding. It came out in late ‘84 but the cheap analog synths and Linn drums sound like 1979.

R8 were you around in 1979? Popular music in 1979 didn’t sound like this.

Utter garbage. No wonder OP likes it.

I loathe this song.....it's like saccharin.

Now, there IS a Patti song from that era that remains a classic

Yes r9. The Patti song sounded dated upon release. I’m 50! 50 years old!!!

Or this one

It’s fun n catchy like me!!

Or this bit of flawlessness

"If that turns you off baby.....you ain't worth me anyway!"

It wasn't supposed to be a serious song--it was supposed to be like "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"--a light, frothy, silly song.

No. Her best song is "Oh, People!"

Or maybe On My Own, the duet with Michael McDonald.

I’m partial to this one from the Bond film, Licensed To Kill.

I still say "It was ex-TREEEEME!"

This is the only version of New Attitude that I’ll allow myself to bop to.

I prefer "Stir It Up."

Corpse likes to stir shit

Yes R21 , Stir It Up is the best!

R12 but can you kick?

R24

I can kick, stretch and KICK!!!

You know, I’ve really got a Bad Attitude!

This came out around the summer of 85 (or 86?) I think. Not long before Madonna’s True Blue. I was a freshman at LSU and I remember bouncing around my dorm room to it when my roommate Brian, who was on the wrestling team was out at class or with his girlfriend. As someone else said, it was a light and fluffy song, you can see the intention of that in the video. It was fun, we were all so innocent back then. How I miss it.

T27 it was released in November or December of 1984. It appeared on the Beverly Hills Cop movie soundtrack

R27!

R28 ok and? It was a song played for months after coming out and especially during that summer of 1985. As stated, it was fun and full of energy. A great summer song.

Patti's "Total Concentration" from the lost movie "Sing".

R30 dial down your new attitude

It was released as a single in December 1984. It came out a year and a half before Madonna’s True Blue album. Not trying to deflate your balloon even though you are seeing it as such

I agree with r23. Stir It Up is the best, better than her sweet potato pie.

Her Buttermilk Pie is the best on the market.

It's not nearly her best song, but it is good for nostalgia sake. "Stir It Up" from Beverly Hills Cop is superior between the two, but even that is not her greatest. This one here is probably a contender...

I said, say my name!

Patti, Patti!

SAY MY NAME!

PATTI! PATTI!

I worked at a movie theater that showed "Beverly Hills Cop" for months. I have fond memories of "New Attitude" and "Stir It Up", and the Pointer Sisters "Neutron Dance."

It is on par with Diana Ross’s Upside Down / Inside Out. DR’s song is better, tho.

On repeat.