A momentous date in US chart historical past, in addition to within the latter-day Motown story, arrived on August 15, 1992. It was the beginning of the highway for “End Of The Road.” Philadelphia group Boyz II Males went to No.1 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 with the epic ballad — little realizing that it will nonetheless be there 13 weeks later, in a run that stretched from summer season into late autumn, from August to November.
The music, produced by L.A. Reid and Babyface and co-written by the pair with Daryl Simmons, was composed for the soundtrack of the film Boomerang, starring Eddie Murphy. With Boyz II Males due again on the highway the next day, Reid and Babyface flew to Philly and recorded all of their vocals in three hours.
Breaking Elvis’ report
What a record-breaking session that was. The music’s 13-week run broke a chart longevity report that had stood since 1956, when Elvis Presley’s double-sided “Hound Dog” and “Don’t Be Cruel” spent 11 weeks on the summit. Boyz II Males’s achievement didn’t final lengthy, as earlier than the tip of 1992, Whitney Houston had began a 14-week sequence on the prime with “I Will Always Love You.”
To not be outdone, two years after “End Of The Road,” the Motown group themselves had a 14-week reign with “I’ll Make Love To You” after which, extremely, a 16-week span in 1995 as company on Mariah Carey’s “One Sweet Day.” Including of their different No.1 late in 1994 with “On Bended Knee” (which dominated for “only” six weeks), and one in 1997 with “4 Seasons Of Loneliness,” Boyz II Males boast a rare report of fifty weeks atop the Sizzling 100 with simply 5 singles.
The group’s title, by the way, was taken from considered one of their early inspirations. Of their early days as a five-piece in 1988, they referred to as themselves Distinctive Attraction, however would typically cowl the closing observe on the Coronary heart Break album launched that yr by considered one of their favorite teams, New Version. It was referred to as “Boys To Men.”
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