I'd Still Say Yes

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"I'd Still Say Yes"
Klymaxx SayYes.jpg
Single by Klymaxx
from the album Klymaxx
B-side "Ask Me No Questions"
ReleasedFebruary 16, 1987
Recorded1986
Genre R&B
Length4:28
Label MCA
Songwriter(s)
  • Babyface
  • Greg Scelsa
  • Joyce "Fenderella" Irby
Producer(s) Fenderella
Klymaxx singles chronology
"Sexy"
(1986)
"I'd Still Say Yes"
(1987)
"Divas Need Love Too"
(1987)

"I'd Still Say Yes" is a hit single recorded by Klymaxx for the Constellation/MCA label. Written by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Greg Scelsa, and Joyce "Fenderella" Irby, and produced by Fenderella, it was released as the third single from their fifth album, Klymaxx , helping it reach gold status. The song featured backing vocals by R&B singer Howard Hewett. Reaching its peak at number seven on Billboard's Black Singles chart, and number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100, it was the group's last Hot 100 entry. [1] "I'd Still Say Yes" also went to number eight on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. [2]

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