Can't Stop (After 7 song)

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"Can't Stop"
After 7 - Can't Stop single cover.jpg
Single by After 7
from the album After 7
ReleasedMay 16, 1990 (1990-05-16)
Recorded1989 LP/Remix
Genre R&B, new jack swing
Length4:07
Label Virgin
Songwriter(s) L.A. Reid, Babyface [1]
Producer(s) L.A. Reid, Babyface [2]
After 7 singles chronology
"Ready or Not"
(1990)		"Can't Stop"
(1990)		"My Only Woman"
(1990)

"Can't Stop" is a song performed by After 7, issued as the fourth single from the group's eponymous debut album. It is the group's highest-charting single, peaking at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1990. [3] The song became the group's second number-one R&B single, [3] and peaked at No. 25 on the dance chart. [4]

Contents

"Can't Stop" was certified Gold by the RIAA on February 7, 1991. [5]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1990)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [6] 80
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [7] 23
US Billboard Hot 100 [7] 6
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard) [7] 13
US Dance Music/Club Play (Billboard) [7] 25
US Hot R&B Singles (Billboard) [7] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)Position
US Billboard Hot 100 [8] 60
US Hot R&B Singles (Billboard) [9] 23

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [10] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "After 7 - Can't Stop (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs . Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  2. ↑ "After 7 - Can't Stop (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  3. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 25.
  4. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 17.
  5. ↑ "Gold & Platinum: After 7 - RIAA Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved 2015-08-05.
  6. ↑ "After 7 ARIA chart history (singles), received from ARIA in May 2024". ARIA. Retrieved July 7, 2024– via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "After 7 - Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1990". LongboredSurfer. Retrieved September 15, 2009.
  9. ↑ "After 7 - Chart history - Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 24, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  10. ↑ "American single certifications – After 7 – Can't Stop". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved May 4, 2025.


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