COLOR ME BADD UPDATE

Dennis Hunt from Los Angeles Times found that all it 'has going for it is sexy lyrics.' James Hamilton from Music Week's RM Dance Update called it a 'sweetly cooing young guys crooned gorgeous sineous sexy swayer'. Arion Berger from Entertainment Weekly complimented it as 'irresistible'. It was the 10th-best-selling single of 1991 in the UK and the Number 2 song of the year in the US, and in 1992 the song won the group a Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single, Group, Band or Duo and Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Song of the Year.Ī reviewer from Cashbox described the song as 'naughty and suggestive yet not particularly explicit R&B/pop'. The song spent three weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart and reached number two for four consecutive weeks on the US Billboard Hot 100. 'I Wanna Sex You Up' also enjoyed international success, peaking atop the charts of New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The single achieved commercial success in the United States, spending four weeks at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, and topping both the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart and the Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales chart. Freeze and was also featured on the soundtrack to the 1991 film New Jack City, starring Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Chris Rock and Judd Nelson. Kevin Thornton released a solo album and has since moved to Tasmania.' I Wanna Sex You Up' is a song by American R&B group Color Me Badd, released in March 1991 as the lead single from their debut album, C.M.B. Sam Watters worked as a producer, working with Jessica Simpson and married R&B singer Tamyra Gray. In 2000, the group was drpoped from Giant Records. It received some praise and remined true to the group's roots but failed to make an impact on the U.S. Their last album, Awakening, was released in 1998. It's most popular single was 'The Earth, The Sun, The Rain' which reached #21 on the Hot 100, and stayed on the charts for 19 weeks.

Packed with big names like Babyface, Jon B and Boyz II Men, the album still failed to make strong ground on the charts. In 1996, the group released their fourth album, Now & Forever.

Even still, the album failed to have as big an impact on the charts, with only 'Time and Chance' which reached #9 on the R&B charts making an impact. Featuring production by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, the album went gold. The album packed 19 tracks and was a more soulful effort. In 1993, they released their second album of new content, Time & Chance. With the exception of Forever Love, a single that reached #15 on the charts, the album was disappointing. The album's last single, 'All 4 Love' topped the Hot 100 as well.Īttempting to cash in on their success, the group released a remix album in 1992 titled Young, Gifted, and Badd. The third single, 'Thinkin Back' peaked at #16 on the Hot 100 and 'Slow Motion' reached #18. Their second single 'I Adore Mi Amor,' topped both the Hot 100 and the R&B charts. 'I Wanna Sex You Up' hit #1 on the R&B charts and #2 on the Hot 100. Going triple platinum in the United States, the album eventually had five hit singles.

was released in 1991 and was a huge success. Signed to Giant Records, the group's first album C.M.B. The group was discovered by Kool & The Gang's Robert Bell in 1990. Color Me Badd came out of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in the early 1990s and was comprised of members Bryan Abrams, Mark Calderon, Kevin Thornton and Sam Watters.

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