Something in the Way (You Make Me Feel)

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"Something in the Way (You Make Me Feel)"
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Single by Stephanie Mills
from the album Home
Released 1989
RecordedAugust 1988
Genre
Length5:27
Label MCA 5669
Songwriter(s) Angela Winbush
Producer(s) Angela Winbush
Stephanie Mills singles chronology
"If I Were Your Woman"
(1988)
"Something in the Way (You Make Me Feel)"
(1989)
"Home"
(1989)

"Something in the Way (You Make Me Feel)" is a 1989 single by Stephanie Mills from her album Home . It was Mills' fourth R&B number one on Billboard's Top R&B Songs chart. [1] The single was both written and produced by Angela Winbush, who had overseen her first R&B number one I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love in 1986.

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Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1989)Peak
position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)Position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) [3] 6

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