Boyz II Men is an American vocal harmony group from Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,best known for emotional ballads and a cappella harmonies. Formed in 1985,they have been a trio composed of baritone Nathan Morris alongside tenors WanyáMorris and Shawn Stockman since 2003. During the 1990s,Boyz II Men were a quartet with bass singer Michael McCary,who left the group in 2003 due to health issues which were ultimately diagnosed as multiple sclerosis.
"I'll Be There for You" is a song by American pop rock duo the Rembrandts. The song was written by David Crane,Marta Kauffman,Michael Skloff,and Allee Willis as the main theme song to the NBC sitcom Friends,which was broadcast from 1994 to 2004. American rock band R.E.M. was originally asked to allow their song "Shiny Happy People" to be used for the Friends theme,but they turned the opportunity down. "I'll Be There for You" was subsequently written and Warner Bros. Television selected the only available band on Warner Bros. Records to record it:the Rembrandts. In 1995,after a Nashville radio station brought the song to mainstream popularity,Rembrandts members Danny Wilde and Phil Sōlem expanded the theme song with two new verses and included this version on their third studio album,L.P. (1995).
"I'll Be There" is the first single released from Third Album by The Jackson 5. It was written by Berry Gordy,Hal Davis,Bob West,and Willie Hutch.
"End of the Road" is a song by American R&B group Boyz II Men for the Boomerang soundtrack. It was released in June 1992,and is written by Babyface,Antonio L.A. Reid and Daryl Simmons. The song achieved domestic and international success. In the United States,it spent a then record breaking 13 weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100,a record broken later in the year by Whitney Houston's 14-week number one hit "I Will Always Love You";Boyz II Men would later match Houston's record with "I'll Make Love to You",which spent 14 weeks at number one in 1994,and then reclaim the record with "One Sweet Day",which spent 16 weeks at number one from 1995 to 1996.
"One Sweet Day" is a song by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey and American vocal group Boyz II Men. The song was released on November 14, 1995,as the second single from the former's fifth studio album,Daydream (1995) by Columbia Records. The artists co-wrote the song with Walter Afanasieff,who co-produced it with Carey. Lyrically,the song speaks about the death of a loved one,how the protagonist took their presence for granted and misses them,and finally about seeing the person in heaven. The artists wrote the song about specific people in their lives,being inspired by sufferers of the AIDS epidemic,which was globally prevalent at the time.
The Radio Songs chart is released weekly by Billboard magazine and measures the airplay of songs being played on radio stations throughout the United States across all musical genres. It is one of the three components,along with sales and streaming activity,that determine the chart positions of songs on the Billboard Hot 100.
II is the second studio album - hence the title - by American R&B quartet Boyz II Men,released on August 30,1994,on Motown Records. It contained the No. 1 singles "I'll Make Love to You" and "On Bended Knee",the latter of which replaced the former at the top of the Billboard Hot 100,making the group the third artist to replace themselves at No. 1 in the United States after Elvis Presley and The Beatles and the first to achieve the feat in 30 years.
Evolution is the fourth studio album by American R&B quartet Boyz II Men,released on September 23,1997. It is their final album released on Motown Records. A Spanish language version,Evolución,was also issued. The Spanish edition won the Billboard Latin Music Award for Pop Album of the Year by a New Artist.
"On Bended Knee" is a song by American R&B group Boyz II Men for the Motown label. It was written and produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis,and released in November 1994 as the second single from the group's second album,II (1994). The song reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart and number two on the Billboard Hot Singles Sales chart on December 3,1994. It stayed at number one for a total of six non-consecutive weeks. The accompanying music video was directed by Lionel C. Martin.
"I'll Stand by You" is a song recorded by English-American rock band the Pretenders from their sixth studio album,Last of the Independents (1994). The song was written by Chrissie Hynde and the songwriting team of Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg,and produced by Ian Stanley. The song is a ballad in which the singer pledges love and faithful assistance to a loved one in times of personal darkness.
"In the Still of the Nite",also subsequently titled "In the Still of the Night",is a song written by Fred Parris and recorded by his band the Five Satins. Originally the song was titled "(I'll Remember) In the Still of the Nite" to distinguish itself from Cole Porter's "In the Still of the Night". Later the title was changed to "In the Still of the Night".
"4 Seasons of Loneliness" is a song by Philadelphia-based vocal quartet Boyz II Men. Written and produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis,the song was issued as the first single from their fourth studio album,Evolution (1997),on September 8,1997.
"I Swear" is a song written by Gary Baker and Frank J. Myers that became a hit for American country music artist John Michael Montgomery in 1993,and for American R&B group All-4-One in 1994.
"A Song for Mama" is a number-one R&B single by the American R&B group Boyz II Men. The tune,which was written and produced by Babyface,served as the theme song to the 1997 motion picture Soul Food,and spent two weeks at number one on the US R&B chart. To date,it is their 11th and last top 10 hit,peaking at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100. The song also appears on the group's fourth album,Evolution (1997).
"Water Runs Dry" is a song by American vocal harmony group Boyz II Men,written and produced by Babyface. The single,the fourth released from the album II,reached number two in the United States and number four in Canada. It also contains a version of the group's previous number one hit from the same album,"I'll Make Love to You". A Spanish version,"No dejemos que muera el amor",was also recorded and peaked at number 10 on the US Latin Pop Airplay chart.
"I Can't Make You Love Me" is a song written by Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin and recorded by American singer Bonnie Raitt for her eleventh studio album,Luck of the Draw (1991). Released as the album's second single in 1991,"I Can't Make You Love Me" became one of Raitt's most successful singles,reaching the top-20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the top-10 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
"What You Won't Do for Love" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bobby Caldwell. It was released in September 1978 as the lead single from his eponymous debut album. It was written by Caldwell and Alfons Kettner,and produced by Ann Holloway. The song has been covered and sampled numerous times,including by Tupac Shakur in the posthumous 1998 hit "Do for Love".
Pop Airplay is a 40-song music chart published weekly by Billboard Magazine that ranks the most popular songs of pop music being played on a panel of Top 40 radio stations in the United States. The rankings are based on radio airplay detections as measured by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems,a subsidiary of the U.S.' leading marketing research company. Consumer researchers,Nielsen Audio,refers to the format as contemporary hit radio (CHR). The current number-one song on the chart is "Lovin on Me" by Jack Harlow.
