Dynamite (Jermaine Jackson song)

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"Dynamite"
Single by Jermaine Jackson
from the album Jermaine Jackson
B-side Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True) (Instrumental) [1] [2]
ReleasedApril 1984 (1984-04) [3]
Recorded1984
Genre R&B
Length6:02
Label
Songwriter(s) Andy Goldmark, Bruce Roberts
Producer(s) Jermaine Jackson
Jermaine Jackson singles chronology
"Very Special Part"
(1982)
"Dynamite"
(1984)
"Do What You Do"
(1984)
Music video
"Dynamite" on YouTube

"Dynamite" is a song recorded by American R&B singer Jermaine Jackson. It was released as the first single from his 1984 album, Jermaine Jackson . [4] An instrumental version of the song, "Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)", was released as the B-side. [2] It was a #15 hit for him on the Billboard Hot 100 pop charts that year.

Contents

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1984–85)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [5] 28
El Salvador (UPI) [6] 8
Guatemala (UPI) [7] 6
US Billboard Hot 100 [8] 15
US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) [9] 20
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [10] 8

Year-end charts

Chart (1984)Position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) [11] 50

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