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1990 single by The Rude Boys featuring Gerald Levert
"Written All Over Your Face"
Single by The Rude Boys featuring Gerald Levert
from the album Rude Awakening
B-side"Fool for You"
ReleasedDecember 4, 1990
Recorded1990
Studio
  • Right Track, Cleveland, Ohio
  • Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genrecontemporary R&B
Length6:21 (Album version)
4:10 (Radio edit)
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Larry Marcus
Producer(s)Larry Marcus, Jim Salamone
The Rude Boys featuring Gerald Levert singles chronology
"Come On Let's Do This"
(1990) 		"Written All Over Your Face"
(1990) 		"My Kinda Girl"
(1992)

"Written All Over Your Face" is a song by American R&B group The Rude Boys, released as the second single from their debut album Rude Awakening. The song was written and produced by group member Larry Marcus with additional production from session musician and recording engineer Jim Salamone. The song became the group's signature song and spent one week at number one on the U.S. Billboard R&B chart. It also peaked at number sixteen on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1991. "Written All Over Your Face" made the group a sensation, as the single topped the R&B charts and reached the national top 20. The single rode the charts for 31 weeks, and made it to #1 on the Billboard R&B charts and #16 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In 1991, it won the Billboard Music Award for No. 1 R&B Single of the Year.

Background

The song showcased the vocals of Joe N Little III and Edward Buddy Banks and featured extra vocals from their mentor, the late Gerald Levert.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1991) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 16
US Billboard Hot R&B Singles 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1991) Position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) 29

See also

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 504.
  2. "Billboard.com - Year End Charts - Year-end Singles - Hot R&B;/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2006-10-20.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 729.
  4. "End of Year Charts 1991". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved December 3, 2017.


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