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"Who's Holding Donna Now"
Single by DeBarge
from the album Rhythm of the Night
B-side	"Be My Lady"
Released	May 14, 1985 (1985-05-14)
Recorded	1984
Studio	Garden Rake (Studio City, Los Angeles)
Genre	R&B soft rock
Length	4:28 (album version) 4:06 (single version)
Label	Gordy
Songwriter(s)	David Foster Jay Graydon Randy Goodrum
Producer(s)	Jay Graydon
DeBarge singles chronology
"Rhythm of the Night" (1985) "Who's Holding Donna Now" (1985) "You Wear It Well" (1985)

"Who's Holding Donna Now" is a 1985 hit single recorded by DeBarge for the Gordy label. It was their second consecutive Top 10 Pop hit in the U. S. after the release of "Rhythm of the Night".

After recording the successful dance single, the group returned to their more comfortable standard of ballads. Relying on an outside producer, outside songwriters, and background vocalists, Richard Page and Steve George, this song was recorded and released as the second single from their fourth album, Rhythm of the Night.

The song reached number six on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on the chart dated August 10, 1985 and spent four weeks at number two on the R&B chart on July 26, 1985. It also became DeBarge's third song to top the Billboard Adult Contemporary listing on July 19, 1985.

The song appeared in a late 1985 episode of the daytime soap opera All My Children.

Charts

Personnel

• El DeBarge – lead vocals
• Steve George, Richard Page – backing vocals
• David Foster – electric piano, synthesizers
• Robbie Buchanan – synthesizers
• Jay Graydon – synthesizers
• Steve Porcaro – synthesizers
• Abraham Laboriel – bass
• Carlos Vega – drums

See also

• List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1985 (U.S.)

References

1. "DeBarge - Who's Holding Donna Now". 45cat.com. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
2. "Canadian peak". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
3. "RPM Top 30 Adult Contemporary - August 24, 1985" (PDF).
4. "Irish Singles Chart – Search for song". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
5. "Debarge – Who's Holding Donna Now". Top 40 Singles.
6. Official Charts Company info OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
7. ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), page 297.
8. "1985 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 97, no. 52. December 28, 1985. p. T-21.

• 1985 songs
• 1985 singles
• DeBarge songs
• Songs written by David Foster
• Songs written by Jay Graydon
• Songs written by Randy Goodrum
• Gordy Records singles
• 1980s ballads
• Contemporary R&B ballads