Lock and Key (Klymaxx song)

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"Lock and Key"
Single by Klymaxx
from the album Meeting in the Ladies Room
ReleasedJune 18, 1985
Recorded1984
Genre funk
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Cooper, V. Spino
Klymaxx singles chronology
"I Miss You"
(1985)
"Lock and Key"
(1985)
"Man Size Love"
(1986)

"Lock and Key" is a moderate hit single recorded by Klymaxx for the MCA label. Relying on an outside producer and songwriters, this song was recorded and released as the fourth single from their fourth album, Meeting in the Ladies Room . This song reached number 47 on the Billboard R&B chart. [1]

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 329.