It's No Crime

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"It's No Crime"
Single by Babyface
from the album Tender Lover
ReleasedJune 13, 1989
Recorded1988
Genre New jack swing [1]
Length4:02
Label SOLAR/Columbia, Epic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) L.A. & Babyface
Babyface singles chronology
"Love Saw It"
(1989)
"It's No Crime"
(1989)
"Tender Lover"
(1989)

"It's No Crime" is a 1989 song written and performed by Babyface. The single was Babyface's first entry on the Hot 100 as a solo artist, peaking at number seven and reaching number one on the Hot Black Singles chart. [2] The single was Babyface's only chart entry on the dance charts, where it peaked at number five. [3]

Contents

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1989)Peak
position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [4] 24
US Billboard Hot 100 [5] 7
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)Position
US Billboard Hot 100 [7] [8] 90
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) [9] 20

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