| Call Me | ||||
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| Released | 1983 | |||
| Genre | Post-disco, Hi-NRG | |||
| Label | Megatone | |||
| Producer | James "Tip" Wirrick | |||
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Call Me is the seventh studio album by the American recording artist Sylvester.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Trouble in Paradise" | James Wirrick, Jeff Mehl, Sylvester | 6:33 |
| 2. | "Call Me" | Wirrick, Mehl | 4:22 |
| 3. | "Good Feelin'" | Dennis Wadlington, Dennis Sweet, Sylvester | 4:15 |
| 4. | "He'll Understand" | Lucy E. Campbell, John T. Benson, Jr. | 1:15 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5. | "One Night Only" | Tom Eyen, Henry Krieger | 4:12 |
| 6. | "Too Late" | Wirrick, Mehl | 3:43 |
| 7. | "Power of Love" | Wirrick, Mehl | 5:25 |
| 8. | "Band of Gold" | Ron Dunbar, Edythe Wayne | 3:47 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9. | "Trouble in Paradise" (Remix) | Wirrick, Mehl, Sylvester | 7:55 |
| 10. | "Call Me" (Remix) | Wirrick, Mehl | 6:21 |
| 11. | "Good Feelin'" (Remix) | Wadlington, Sweet, Sylvester | 6:24 |
| 12. | "Too Late" (Remix) | Wirrick, Mehl | 5:14 |
| 13. | "Band of Gold" (Remix) | Dunbar, Wayne | 7:22 |
| Year | Title | Chart positions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [2] | US Dance [2] | US R&B [2] | UK [3] | |||||
| 1983 | "Band Of Gold" | – | 18 | – | 67 | |||
| "Too Late" | – | 16 | 68 | - | ||||
| "One Night Only" | – | - | – | – | ||||
| "Trouble In Paradise" | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 1984 | "Good Feelin'" | – | 57 | – | – | |||
| "Call Me" | – | - | – | – | ||||
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