I'll Be Good to You

Infobox Single
Name = I'll Be Good to You


Artist = The Brothers Johnson
from Album = Look out for #1
B-side = "The Devil"
Released = 1976
Genre = R&B
Length = 3:30 (single edit)4:44 (album version)
Label = A&M
Writer = George Johnson, Louis Johnson, Sonora Sam
Producer = Quincy Jones
Last single =
This single =
Next single = Infobox Single
Name = I'll Be Good to You


Artist = Quincy Jones featuring Ray Charles and Chaka Khan
from Album = Back on the Block
B-side =
Released = 1989
Genre = R&B
Length = 4:54
Label = A&M
Writer = George Johnson, Louis Johnson, Sonora Sam
Producer = Quincy Jones
Last single =
This single =
Next single =

"I'll Be Good to You" is a 1976 hit song by R&B duo The Brothers Johnson. George Johnson, one of the two Johnson brothers in the band, wrote the song after deciding to commit to a relationship with one woman, instead of dating several at a time. While George was recording a demo for the song, family friend Senora Sam came by and added some lyrics. [ [http://wm10.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:gbfpxzqkldde allmusic ] ] Brothers Johnson producer and mentor Quincy Jones heard the song, liked it, and convinced George to sing lead on the finished track. Released from their debut album, "Look out for #1", it was a top-ten hit on the Billboard Hot Singles Charts, peaking at number three, and a number one song on the Billboard R&B Charts during the summer of 1976. The single was later certified gold by the RIAA for sales of one million copies.

Fourteen years later in 1989, it became a number one R&B hit again, with Chaka Khan and Ray Charles doing the vocals on Quincy Jones' "Back on the Block" album. It also topped the American dance chart in early 1990 and went to number eighteen on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart. This is Ray Charles first #1 R&B hit in 27 years since 1963.

Chart positions

The Brothers Johnson version

Quincy Jones featuring Ray Charles and Chaka Khan version

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