Exclusivity (song)

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"Exclusivity"
Single by Damian Dame
from the album Damian Dame
ReleasedApril 15, 1991 [1]
(North America)
Recorded1990
Genre R&B, new jack swing
Length5:34
Label LaFace
Songwriter(s) Babyface, L.A. Reid, Bruce Broadus
Producer(s) Babyface, L.A. Reid
Damian Dame singles chronology
"Exclusivity"
(1991)
"Right Down to It"
(1991)

"Exclusivity" is a number-one R&B single by the duo Damian Dame. Taken from their eponymous album, the song spent two weeks at number-one on the US R&B chart and peaked at number forty-two on the Billboard Hot 100. [2] The single also made it to number forty-five on dance charts. [3]

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Personnel

Peak positions

Chart (1991)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 42
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 34
U.S. Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Singles 45

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References

  1. "Exclusivity [Cassette Single] - Damian Dame | Release Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 144.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 69.