Giving You the Benefit

"Giving You the Benefit"
Single by Pebbles
from the album Always
Released	August 11, 1990
Studio	Elumba Recording (Hollywood, California)
Genre	New jack swing
Length	5:41 (LP version) 4:28 (7-inch version) 7:41 (12-inch version)
Label	MCA
Songwriter(s)	Kenneth Edmonds Antonio Reid
Producer(s)	L.A. Reid Babyface
Pebbles singles chronology
"Do Me Right" (1988) "Giving You the Benefit" (1990) "Love Makes Things Happen" (1990)

"Giving You the Benefit" is a song by American recording artist Pebbles from her second album, Always (1990). Written and produced by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and Antonio "L.A." Reid, the song was released as the lead single from Always on August 11, 1990, by MCA Records. It was her last top-five pop hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number four later that year.

Credits and personnel

• Perri "Pebbles" Reid – lead vocals, backing vocals, co-producer
• Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds – writer, producer, keyboards, keyboard programming, backing vocals
• Antonio "L.A." Reid – writer, producer, drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Kevin "Kayo" Roberson – bass
• Donald K. Parks – synthesizer (Fairlight CMI)
• Natisse "Bambi" Jones – backing vocals
• After 7 – backing vocals

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1990–1991) Peak position Australia (ARIA) [1] 48 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [2] 32 Canada Dance/Urban ( RPM ) [3] 4 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [4] 32 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [5] 26 UK Singles (OCC) [6] 73 US Billboard Hot 100 [7] 4 US 12-inch Singles Sales ( Billboard ) [8] 5 US Dance Club Play ( Billboard ) [9] 10 US Hot Black Singles ( Billboard ) [10] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1990) Position Canada Dance/Urban (RPM) [11] 20 US Billboard Hot 100 [12] 65 US Hot R&B Singles (Billboard) [13] 21

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United States	August 11, 1990	7-inch vinyl 12-inch vinyl CD cassette	MCA	[ citation needed ]
United Kingdom	October 1, 1990	7-inch vinyl 12-inch vinyl CD		[14]
	October 22, 1990	Limited-edition 12-inch vinyl		[15]
Japan	October 25, 1990	Mini-CD		[16]

See also

• List of number-one R&B singles of 1990 (U.S.)

References

1. "Pebbles – Giving You the Benefit". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
2. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 9171." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
3. "Top RPM Dance/Urban: Issue 9168." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
4. "Pebbles – Giving You the Benefit" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
5. "Pebbles – Giving You the Benefit". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
6. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
7. "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard . October 27, 1990. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
8. "Dance Singles Sales" . Billboard. October 13, 1990. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
9. "Dance Club Songs" . Billboard. November 10, 1990. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
10. "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. October 6, 1990. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
11. "Top 50 Dance Tracks of 1990". RPM . Retrieved November 26, 2022– via Library and Archives Canada.
12. "Billboard Top 100 – 1990". Archived from the original on July 6, 2009. Retrieved September 15, 2009.
13. "The Year in Music 1990: Top R&B Singles". Billboard. Vol. 102, no. 51. December 22, 1990. p. YE-22.
14. "New Singles". Music Week . September 29, 1990. p. 31.
15. "New Singles". Music Week. October 20, 1990. p. 37.
16. "ギビング・ユー・ザ・ベネフィット | ペブルス" [Giving You the Benefit | Pebbles] (in Japanese). Oricon . Retrieved February 2, 2024.