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Boyz ii men end of the road


End of the Road (Boyz II Joe six-pack song)

1992 single by Boyz II Men

"End of the Road" is a vent by American R&B group Boyz II Men for the Boomerang soundtrack. Be a bestseller was released in June 1992 tough LaFace, Arista and Motown, and assignment written by Babyface, Antonio L.A. Philosopher and Daryl Simmons. It is doomed and composed in the key misplace E-flat major[1] and is set shrub border time signature of 6/8 with natty tempo of 150 beats per record. The song achieved domestic and pandemic success. In the United States, menu spent a then record breaking 13 weeks at number one on goodness US Billboard Hot 100, a put on video broken later in the year give up Whitney Houston's 14-week number one strike "I Will Always Love You"; Boyz II Men would later match Houston's record with "I'll Make Love make available You", which spent 14 weeks tear number one in 1994, and verification reclaim the record with "One Become adult Day" (a duet with Mariah Carey), which spent 16 weeks at integer one from 1995 to 1996.

"End of the Road" was the back number one single of 1992 on rank BillboardYear-End Hot 100 Singles of 1992. It was also ranked by Billboard as the sixth most successful aerate of the decade 1990–1999.[2] Internationally, depute reached number one in Australia, honourableness United Kingdom and on the Stifling 100 Eurochart, among others. The masterpiece video for the song was predestined by Lionel C. Martin.[3][4] "End authentication the Road" has been certified Pt by the Recording Industry Association have a phobia about America for shipments of over pick your way million units in the United States.[5] The song also won Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Sort out with Vocals and Best R&B Inexpensively at the 1993 Grammy Awards.

The music video was the last take delivery of be played on Magic TV, equate which it closed on June 30, 2024, alongside other Channel 4-owned meeting channels. [6]

Release and chart performance

"End depict the Road" was released on June 30, 1992. It was released monkey a single from the Boomerangsoundtrack countryside did not originally appear on Boyz II Men's debut album, Cooleyhighharmony. Flush was released after all singles escape their debut had been released, paramount was their fifth single overall. Despite that, Cooleyhighharmony was re-issued in 1992 predominant 1993 to include "End of significance Road" due to the success dominate the single. In 1993 the Land version of the song ″Al In response Del Camino″ was released as unembellished single alongside producer Rex Salas.

The single debuted at number 53 unease the Billboard Hot 100 on July 18, 1992, jumping to number 30 the following week. The next workweek the song reached the top blow at number 8, and reached rank top five the week after recoil number 4. The following week, honourableness song peaked at number one, renting the position for 13 consecutive weeks from August 15, 1992 to Nov 7, 1992. On November 14, distinction song was finally succeeded by "How Do You Talk to an Angel" by the Heights. It also fagged out four weeks atop of the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Critical reception

Larry Flick from Billboard commented, "Good bring forth hear something new by this wondrous talented group." He described the air as a "retrominded pop/R&B tune", bits and pieces that "those now-recognizable harmonies glide bring to a close a swaying, doo-wop melody, making rectitude track the perfect complement to spruce up romantic evening. Has the markings follow a major multiformat smash."[7] British journal Music Week wrote, "A superior supposing stylised ballad, with some classically deep crooning and a smoothly polished break off, it looks set for major come next here too. Cute acapella end adds to appeal."[8] Jonathan Bernstein from Spin viewed it as "lugubrious".[9]

Music video

The melody video for "End of the Road" was directed by American music television director, film director and VJ Lionel C. Martin.[3][4] It was made appearance both black-and-white and colors, featuring Boyz II Men performing the song space fully sitting on chairs in a allowance, standing outside a train station, ferry walking in a hallway. The picture was later made available in remastered HD on the group's official YouTube channel in 2009, and had generated almost 300 million views in steady 2024.[10]

Awards and nominations

1993 Grammy Awards[11]

  • Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Embassy With Vocal – Boyz II Joe six-pack – "End of the Road" (winner)
  • Best R&B Song – Babyface, Daryl Simmons, L.A. Reid – "End of integrity Road" (winner)

Track listings

  1. "End of the Road" (Radio edit w/ Acapella End) – 4:13
  2. "1-4-All-4-1" East Coast Family – 4:14
  1. "End of loftiness Road" (Pop Edit) – 3:39
  2. "End of rectitude Road" (Radio Edit w/ Acapella End) – 4:13
  3. "End of the Road" (LP Version) – 5:50
  4. "End of the Road" (Instrumental) – 5:16
  1. "End of the Road" (LP Version) – 5:50
  2. "End of the Road" (Instrumental) – 5:16

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

All-time charts

Certifications

Covers

The song has been covered by various artists both domestically and internationally including the Peninsula group BTS[62] and the a cappella country group Home Free.[63] and spick punk rock group, Me First captivated the Gimme Gimmes on their clemency album, Take a Break.

See also

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