Switch (Switch album)

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Switch
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Studio album by
Switch
ReleasedJune 17, 1978
Recorded1977–1978
Genre R&B, soul
Length32:19
Label Gordy
Producer Jermaine Jackson, Bobby DeBarge, Gregory Williams, Jody Sims, Greg Wright, The Bewley Brothers, Michael B. Sutton,
Switch chronology
Pall Mall Groove
(1977)		Switch
(1978)		 Switch II
(1979)
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Switch is the first album by R&B band Switch, released in 1978. It is also their first on the Motown subsidiary Gordy. After recording as White Heat and Hot Ice, this gave them the commercial breakthrough they desired with hits like "There'll Never Be" and "I Wanna Be Closer".

Contents

Track listing

  1. "I Wanna Be with You" (Bobby DeBarge)
  2. "There'll Never Be" (Bobby DeBarge)
  3. "I Wanna Be Closer" (Jermaine Jackson)
  4. "We Like to Party... Come On" (Bobby DeBarge, Gregory Williams)
  5. "Fever" (Greg Wright, Ronnie Vann)
  6. "You Pulled a Switch" (Greg Wright, Ronnie Vann)
  7. "It's So Real" (Michael B. Sutton, Brenda Sutton)
  8. "Somebody's Watching You" (Jody Sims)

Personnel

Switch
Guitarists
Additional musicians

Charts

Chart (1978)Peak
position
US Top LPs & Tape [2] 37
US Top Soul LPs [3] 6

Singles

YearSingleChart positions [4]
US US
R&B
1978"There'll Never Be"366

References

  1. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r2158107/review
  2. ↑ "Switch Chart History – Billboard 200". Billboard. November 25, 1978. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Switch Chart History – Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. November 25, 1978. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Switch Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
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