- Crucial (song)
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"Crucial" 
Single by New Edition from the album Heart Break Released September 1988 Format Vinyl Single Recorded 1987 Genre R&B/New Jack Swing Length 4:33 (album track)
17:40 (vinyl single)Label MCA Writer(s) Jellybean Johnson Producer Jellybean Johnson, Spencer Bernard, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis New Edition singles chronology "Can You Stand The Rain"
(1988)"Crucial"
(1989)"N.E. Heartbreak"
(1989)"Crucial" is New Edition's fourth single from the Heart Break album. The single featured production from Jellybean Johnson, Spencer Bernard, and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Despite failing to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, "Crucial" hit #4 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, making it one of New Edition's more popular singles from the post-Bobby Brown era. It was used in the License to Drive soundtrack.
Track listings
- Crucial (12" Dance Remix) - 8:00
- Crucial (12" Dub) - 5:10
- Crucial (Acapella) - 4:30
Personnel
- Ronnie DeVoe: background vocals
- Ricky Bell: background vocals
- Michael Bivins: background vocals
- Ralph Tresvant: lead and background vocals
- Johnny Gill: background vocals
Ricky Bell · Michael Bivins · Bobby Brown · Ronnie DeVoe · Johnny Gill · Ralph Tresvant Albums New Edition · All for Love · Christmas All Over the World · Under the Blue Moon · Heart Break · Home Again · One LoveCompilation Albums Greatest Hits, Vol 1 · New Edition Solo Hits · Lost in Love: The Best of Slow Jams · All the Number Ones · Hits · GoldSingles "If It Isn't Love" · "You're Not My Kind of Girl" · "Can You Stand the Rain" · "Crucial" · "N.E. Heart Break" · "Hit Me Off" · "I'm Still in Love with You" · "Something About You" · "One More Day" · "Hot 2Nite"Related articles Discography · Bell Biv DeVoe · LSG · Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis · Maurice Starr · New Kids on the Block · Heads of StateCategories:- 1989 singles
- New Edition songs
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