For the Cool in You (song)

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"For the Cool in You"
Babyface - For the Cool in You single cover.jpg
Single by Babyface
from the album For the Cool in You
ReleasedAugust 10, 1993 (1993-08-10) [1]
Recorded1992
Genre
Length
  • 4:54 (album version)
  • 4:00 (single edit) [2]
Label Epic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Babyface singles chronology
"Give U My Heart"
(1992)
"For the Cool in You"
(1993)
"Never Keeping Secrets"
(1993)
Music video
"For the Cool in You" on YouTube

"For the Cool in You" is a song co-written, [3] co-produced [4] and performed by American contemporary R&B singer Babyface. The song was written by Babyface, Daryl Simmons, and produced by the former, Simmons and L.A. Reid. It is the opening track on his third studio album of the same name (1993) and was issued as the album's first single on August 10, 1993 by Epic Records. The song peaked at #81 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1993. [5]

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In 1994, "For the Cool in You" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male; but lost to "A Song for You" by Ray Charles. [6]

Then-NBA player and jazz musician Wayman Tisdale covered the song titled "Jazz in You", which appeared on his 1995 debut album Power Forward.

It was notably featured in a Family Matters episode titled "Dr. Urkel and Mr. Cool".

Music video

The official music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan. [7]

Charts

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