Release Me (Miki Howard song)

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"Release Me"
Release Me album cover picture by recording artist Miki Howard.jpg
Single by Miki Howard
from the album Femme Fatale
Released November 19, 1992
Format CD single, 12" single
Length5:11
Label Giant Records
Songwriter(s) Jon Nettlesbey
Terry Coffey
Producer(s) Jon Nettlesbey & Terry Coffey
Miki Howard singles chronology
"Ain't Nobody Like You"
(1992)
"Release Me"
(1992)
"Shining Through" / "But I Love You"
(1993)

"Ain't Nobody Like You"
(1992)
"Release Me"
(1992)
"Shining Through"/"But I Love You"
(1993)

"Release Me" is a song by the American R&B/soul singer Miki Howard. Released in 1992, as a radio promotional single, it received minor radio airplay and peaked at number 53 on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart. [1]

Alicia Michelle "Miki" Howard is an American singer and actress who had a string of Top 10 hit songs in the mid–1980s and early–1990s, including "Baby, Be Mine"(1987), "Come Share My Love" (1986) and "Love Under New Management" (1990). "Ain't Nobody Like You" (1992) and "Ain't Nuthin' in the World" (1989) both peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard Top R&B Singles chart.

Contents

Track listings and formats

U.S. vinyl, 12", promo single [2]
No.TitleLength
1."Release Me" (Girl From The Hood Mix)5:25
2."Release Me" (Album Version)5:10
3."Release Me" (Ghetto Cuzappella Mix)5:25
4."Release Me" (Ghetto Dub Mix)5:25
U.S. CD, 5" single [3]
No.TitleLength
1."Release Me" (Radio Edit)4:15
2."Release Me" (Album Version)5:10

Charts

Chart (1993) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs [4] 43

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