Sexy (Klymaxx song)

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"Sexy"
Single by Klymaxx
from the album Klymaxx
ReleasedOctober 20, 1986
Recorded1986
Genre Soul
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Bernadette Cooper
Klymaxx singles chronology
"Man Size Love"
(1986)
"Sexy"
(1986)
"I'd Still Say Yes"
(1987)

"Sexy" is a song recorded by Klymaxx for the MCA label. Produced and written by Bernadette Cooper with George Clinton, the song was recorded and released as the second single from their fifth album, Klymaxx . The song reached number 18 on the Billboard Black Singles Chart. [1]

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References

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