Don't Be Cruel (Bobby Brown song)

"Don't Be Cruel"
Single by Bobby Brown
from the album Don't Be Cruel
Released	May 16, 1988
Format	Cassette single 7" single 12" single CD single
Recorded	1987/1988
Genre	New jack swing
Length	6:52 (album version) 4:54 (radio edit)
Label	MCA
Writer(s)	Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Antonio "L.A." Reid, Daryl Simmons
Bobby Brown singles chronology
"Girl Next Door" (1987) "Don't Be Cruel" (1988) "My Prerogative" (1989)

"Don't Be Cruel" is a song performed by R&B artist Bobby Brown. Taken from his second and most successful album as its title track, the song was written and produced by the R&B production duo Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and Antonio "L.A." Reid.

Chart performance

"Don't Be Cruel" was Brown's second single to reach the top portion of the R&B chart where it remained for two weeks. As a pop crossover, it rose from number fifty-nine to number forty-nine, on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, the week of August 13, 1988 but it took two months to finally peak at number eight the week of October 15, 1988.^[1] In October 2004, Don't Be Cruel appeared in popular videogame Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, playing on fictional New Jack Swing radio station CSR 103.9.

Music video

The music video was filmed in Boston in May 1988.

References

1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 81. 

Preceded by "Roses Are Red" by The Mac Band featuring the MacCampbell Brothers

Billboard Hot Black Singles number-one single July 23, 1988 - August 5, 1988

Succeeded by "Off on Your Own (Girl)" by Al B. Sure!

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