Heat It Up (stylized as Heat. It. Up.) is the eleventh studio album by the Christian rock duo DeGarmo & Key. It was released on May 14, 1993 by ForeFront/Benson Records. D&K produced the album with John Hampton.
Heat. It. Up. continues the pop/rock sound from their previous releases, The Pledge and Go to the Top, with Christian Rock hits like the title song and "God Good/Devil Bad." Christian CHR and AC had hits like "Talk to Me" and "Soldiers of the Cross." The music video of "God Good/Devil Bad" features DC Talk member Kevin Max. It was the last music video D&K would make. Heat. It. Up. climbed up to number 10 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart. In 1994, D&K earned their
sixth Grammy nomination for Best Rock Gospel Album.
Track listing
All tracks were written by Eddie DeGarmo and Dana Key.
1. Voices (intro) -0:41
2. God Good/Devil Bad -4:32
3. Selective Amnesia -3:13
4. Never Look Back -4:06
5. Heat. It. Up. -3:18
6. It's My Business -4:29
7. Dare 2B Different -4:54
8. Talk to Me -4:31
9. Armed and Dangerous -4:28
10. I Used the J Word -3:57
11. Soldiers of the Cross -4:26
12. Divine Embrace -3:34
13. Fight Back -5:38
Personnel
DeGarmo & Key:
Dana Key -lead vocals, guitars
Eddie DeGarmo -keyboards, Hammond B-3 organ, wurlitzer piano, duet vocals
Tommy Cathey -bass guitar, backing vocals
Greg Murrow -drums, percussion
Jimi Jamison -backing vocals
Radio singles
1993 "Talk to Me" -#5 Christian CHR, #6 Christian AC
1993 "Soldiers of the Cross" -#6 Christian CHR, #33 Christian AC
1994 "Never Look Back" -#9 Christian CHR, #31 Christian AC
Previous release: Destined to Win/The Classic Rock Collection (1992)
Next release: To Extremes (1994)
Watch the music video of "God Good/Devil Bad" here:
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