Dance!...Ya Know It!

Dance!...Ya Know It!
Remix album by Bobby Brown
Released	October 26, 1989[1]
Recorded	1986-1989
Genre	R&B/Hip hop/Dance
Length	45.09
Label	MCA
Producer	Louis Silas, Jr.
Bobby Brown chronology
Don't Be Cruel (1988) Dance!...Ya Know It! (1989) Bobby (1992)

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Dance!...Ya Know it! is a remix album by American singer Bobby Brown, released in 1989. The album features remixes of various recordings collected from his King of Stage and Don't Be Cruel albums including "On Our Own", a single from the Ghostbusters II soundtrack. A Bobby Brown Megamix was released as a single to promote the album, however it was not included within the albums tracklisting. The UK and European version of the megamix was called "The Bobby Brown Freestyle Megamix" and was produced by Rita Liebrand. The Australian version was called "The Every Little hit Mix", and was also released as a "B side" on the European version of the Roni single.

Overview

Released mostly to cash in on the enormous commercial success of Don't Be Cruel, Dance!...Ya Know It! was released by MCA Records. Production is mostly handled by producers Antonio "L.A." Reid and Babyface with additional production handled by Larry Blackmon, Gene Griffin, and Robert Brookins.

Track listing

1. "Roni" (Babyface, Darnell Bristol) – 6:12
2. "Rock Wit'cha" (Babyface, Bristol) – 5:13
3. "Girl Next Door" (Melvin Wells) – 5:34
4. "Don't Be Cruel" (Babyface, Reid, Daryl Simmons) – 5:38
5. "Every Little Step" (Babyface, Reid) – 4:38
6. "On Our Own" (Babyface, Reid, Simmons) – 5:12
7. "Baby, I Wanna Tell You Something" (Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins, Nathan Leftenant) – 4:18
8. "My Prerogative" (Bobby Brown, Gene Griffin) – 5:12
9. "Seventeen" (Robert Brookins, Tony Haynes) – 4:32

Personnel

• After 7 – Vocals (bckgr)
• Babyface – Producer, Remixing
• David Bianco – Remixing
• Larry Blackmon – Producer
• Robert Brookins – Producer
• Bobby Brown – Vocals, Producer
• Jon Gass – Remixing
• Boris Granich – Editing
• Todd Gray – Photography
• Gene Griffin – Producer, Remixing
• Matthew Kasha – Engineer
• Kevin Kendricks – Associate Producer
• Thom "TK" Kidd – Engineer
• Chris Modig – Editing
• Taavi Mote – Engineer
• Dave Ogrin – Engineer, Associate Producer, Remixing, Mixing
• Donald Parks – Programming
• L.A. Reid – Producer, Remixing
• Michel Sauvage – Engineer
• Eddy Schreyer – Mastering
• Louis Silas, Jr. – Producer, Executive Producer, Mixing
• Dale Sizer – Artwork
• Donnell Sullivan – Assistant Engineer
• Al Teller – Art Direction
• Ilene Weingard – Design
• Melvin Wells – Associate Producer
• Jon Wolfson – Engineer

References

1. ^ http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000002O6K
2. ^ Allmusic review