Off on Your Own (Girl)

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"Off On Your Own (Girl)"
Off on your own girl cover.jpg
Single by Al B. Sure!
from the album In Effect Mode
B-side "Noche y Dia"
ReleasedJune 1988
Recorded1987
Genre New jack swing, R&B
Length4:09
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s) Albert Brown, Kyle West
Producer(s) Al B. Sure!, Kyle West
Al B. Sure! singles chronology
"Nite and Day"
(1988)
"Off On Your Own (Girl)"
(1988)
"Rescue Me"
(1988)

"Off on Your Own (Girl)" is a 1988 single recorded by Al B. Sure! and written and produced by Al B. Sure! and Kyle West. The single was the second release from his debut album, In Effect Mode , and peaked at number one on the Black Singles chart for two weeks. "Off on Your Own (Girl)" also peaked at number forty-five on the Hot 100. [1]

Chart positions

Chart (1988)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play [2] 25
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 45

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 26.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 18.