All 4 Love

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"All 4 Love"
All4LoveCMB.jpg
Single by Color Me Badd
from the album C.M.B.
B-side "Color Me Badd"
ReleasedJuly 22, 1991 (1991-07-22)
Genre New jack swing
Length3:30
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Howie Tee
Color Me Badd singles chronology
"I Adore Mi Amor"
(1991)
"All 4 Love"
(1991)
"Color Me Badd"
(1991)

"All 4 Love" is a song by American music group Color Me Badd. In the United Kingdom, it was released in July 1991 by Giant and Reprise as the second single from their debut album, C.M.B. (1991), while in the United States, it was released as the album's third single in November of the same year. [1] The recording contains elements from the 1966 song "Patch My Heart" by the Mad Lads. [2]

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On the US Billboard Hot 100, the song reached number one on January 25, 1992, ending the seven-week reign of Michael Jackson's "Black or White"; it was the band's second and final number-one single in the US. The song also reached number one in New Zealand and became a top-10 hit in several other countries.

Track listings

  1. "All 4 Love" (album version) – 3:30
  2. "Color Me Badd" – 4:05
  1. "All 4 Love" (album mix) – 3:29
  2. "All 4 Love" (All 4 Street Mix with rap) – 3:47
  3. "All 4 Love" (Red Hot Mix) – 3:48
  4. "All 4 Love" (All 4 Street Mix without rap) – 3:47

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ) [29] Gold5,000*
United States (RIAA) [30] Gold500,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United KingdomJuly 22, 1991
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
[31]
United StatesNovember 7, 1991Cassette [32]

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