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Encore (Cheryl Lynn song)

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"Encore"
Single by Cheryl Lynn
from the album Preppie
ReleasedDecember 1983 (US)
August 1984 (U.K.)[1]
GenreR&B[2]
Length3:30
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
Producer(s)Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
Cheryl Lynn singles chronology
"Look Before You Leap"
(1983)
"Encore"
(1983)
"Preppie"
(1984)

"Encore" is a 1983 R&B hit single for popular R&B/soul singer Cheryl Lynn. The song is written and produced by the highly successful Minneapolis funk duo, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. Although the single peaked at #69 on the Hot 100, it was the duo's first number one R&B hit as producers/writers and Lynn's second number one charting R&B single.[3] Released as the second single from her 5th studio album Preppie, it would become the most successful. The song was also a popular dance track, reaching number six on the US Dance chart.[4]

Other versions

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The following other versions were released

  • Encore (Dance Version) - 8:18[5]

Charts

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Chart (1984) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 69
US Billboard Hot Soul Singles 1
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs 6

References

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  1. ^ "Official Singles Chart on 26/08/1984". Official Charts Company.
  2. ^ Matos, Michaelangelo (8 December 2020). "Mann's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood: July 26, 1984". Can't Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop's Blockbuster Year. Hachette Books. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-306-90337-3.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 368.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 162.
  5. ^ "Encore Track listings". Discogs.com. Retrieved 20 June 2016.