"Stuck In A Wind Up" is a song released by

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on the Acid Jazz label with former The Foundations front man

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singing the lead vocals. The B side is a Ska track called Move Over Daddy. Stuck In A Wind Up is popular with the Northern Soul scene.

Background

The song was written by Lord Large. The recording came about as a result of a bass playing friend of his, Steve Walters mentioning that Foundations singer

was his unofficial godfather. Curtis's status in British 60's soul and " Baby, Now That I've Found You" being one of the top ten favorites of Large and his drummer / producer friend Jones, had a part in it. Curtis liked it enough to come down from his home near Milton Keynes to

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to record it. The song was first released on 2Bit, a label created by Large and Jones. The release got airplay on Radio 2 with the act credited as "Lord Large featuring Clem Curtis". Acid Jazz picked it up with an offer to put an album out with Curtis and recordings by other potentially classic singers. The song backed with "Move Over Daddy" would be released on Acid Jazz AJX 174 S in 2005. In a review of Lord Large's ''The Lord's First XI'' album, ''

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'' referred to the song as a slice of breezy, upbeat soul so authentic that it sounded like it was recorded in the late 1960s. It was also one of the three songs referred to by '' Mojo'' as the highlights of the album. ''Mojo'' also said that it was the perfect Northern Soul dance floor filler. In addition to its inclusion on ''The Lord's First XI'', the song appears on the various artists compilation albums, ''Hammond Street, Vol. 3'', released on Acid Jazz AJXCD 195 in 2008 ''Dig the New Breed: Singles From the New Millennium'' album, released on Acid Jazz 233 in 2010, and ''Modern Northern Soul'' on Acid Jazz AJXCD 376 in 2015.

Popularity

The song was at no. 30 on onetruekev's 50 at 50 – Northern Soul Songs list in 2020. Some three years after Curtis' death, the song spent a week in the iTunes chart, peaking at no. 54 on 3 April 2022.Top Charts
Stuck in a Wind Up (feat. Clem Curtis)
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Discography (selective)

References

External links

* Steviemtothec channel
Lord large - stuck in a wind up (Clem Curtis lead vocals)
* snipturn channel
The Stephen Large Quartet - Stuck in a wind up - 16th March 2010 (female lead singer)
* modphil64 channel
lord large - stuck in a wind up (instrumental)
* modphil64 channel
lord large - stuck in a wind up (instrumental remix version)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stuck In A Wind Up 2005 singles Northern soul songs Clem Curtis songs Acid Jazz singles