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“Step It Up” by Stereo MC's

Released 1993

“Step It Up” by Stereo MC's appears on 16 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1993 and 2014. It was first released in 1993. Its best result is #57 on the Live 105 Top 105 Songs of 1993. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #176 alternative song of 1993 and #808 alternative song of all time.

16countdowns

3stations

#57best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

1993–2014years charted

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Stereo MC's - Step It Up (Official Video with lyrics)

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"Step It Up" was the second single Stereo MC's pulled from their third album, Connected, in 1992, and it did better than both the title track before it and "Ground Level" after it. Rob Birch and Nick Hallam wrote it, and it's British hip-hop with its collar turned up: a loose, rolling groove, a dance-floor pulse and a cool, jazzy swagger that made the group sound more at home in a club than on a rock station.

It went to number 12 on the UK Singles Chart and 13 in New Zealand, showed up in the 1993 comedy Wayne's World 2, and later landed on the 1996 compilation The Beautiful Game.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1993	57	Live 105 San Francisco, CA	Live 105 Top 105 Songs of 1993	105

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1999	925	Q101	Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	1017
1999	228	CD101	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	2000
2000	228	CD101	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)	2001
2001	228	CD101	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)	2002
2002	228	CD101	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)	2003
2003	228	CD101	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)	2004
2004	228	CD101	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)	2005
2005	229	CD101	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)	1994
2007	558	CD101	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)	2008
2008	553	CD101	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)	2009
2009	546	CD101	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)	2010
2010	556	CD101	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)	2011
2011	582	CD101	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)	2011
2013	606	CD101	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)	2012
2014	631	CD101	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)	2013

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