End of the Road

End of the Road

Infobox Single
Name = End of the Road


Artist = Boyz II Men
from Album = Boomerang and CooleyHighHarmony (1993 re-release)
Released = 1992
Format = CD single
CD maxi
7" single
[ Recorded = ]
Genre = R&B
Length = 5:49
Label = Motown
Writer = Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds
Antonio "L.A." Reid
Daryl Simmons
Producer = Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds
Antonio "L.A." Reid
Daryl Simmons
Certification = Platinum
Last single = "Please Don't Go"
(1992)
This single = "End of the Road"
(1992)
Next single = "In the Still of the Nite (I Remember)"
(1992)

"End of the Road" is a 1992 number-one song recorded by Boyz II Men for the Motown label. Written and produced by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, it is Boyz II Men's most successful single and replaced The Jackson 5's "I'll Be There" as Motown's most successful single.Fact|date=June 2008 It was the last Motown single to reach #1 on the UK singles chart.

The song is listed at #43 on "Billboard's All Time Top 100." [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/charts/top100-titles-50.shtml]

Chart performances

Originally recorded as a soundtrack song for the Eddie Murphy picture "Boomerang", the song (themed about a breakup where the man really doesn't want the woman to go) topped the charts from August 15 through November 7, 1992, setting a record for most weeks at number one with thirteen, besting Elvis Presley's eleven-week hold with "Hound Dog" / "Don't Be Cruel".

However, two weeks after "End of the Road" left the top spot, being displaced by The Heights' "How Do You Talk to an Angel", Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" reached number one, and would stay there for fourteen weeks, one week longer than "End of the Road" had lasted. Their next single ("I'll Make Love to You"), however, would tie Houston's record.

Cover versions

The song was covered by several artists, including Me First and the Gimme Gimmes on their album "Take a Break", We Are Scientists in concert, the Backstreet Boys during their concerts, and was re-recorded for their 2007 album, .

Track listings

; CD maxi
# "End of the Road" (pop edit) — 3:39
# "End of the Road" (radio edit w/acappella end) — 4:13
# "End of the Road" (LP version) — 5:50
# "End of the Road" (instrumental version) — 5:16 ; 7" single
# "End of the Road" (pop edit) — 3:39
# "End of the Road" (instrumental version) — 5:16

Certifications

References

External links

*youtube|XZcG0NBMcDA|Music video for "End of the Road"


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