Switch V

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Switch V
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Studio album by Switch
Released 1981
Genre R&B
Label Gordy Records
Producer Gregory Williams, Jermaine Jackson, Bobby DeBarge
Switch chronology
This Is My Dream
(1980)
Switch V
(1981)
Am I Still Your Boyfriend?
(1984)

Switch V is the fifth album by Switch and the last they recorded for Motown. Released in 1981, it was the band's first album not to feature brothers Bobby and Tommy DeBarge, although Bobby does sing on one track, and the last album to include Phillip Ingram, who would depart for a solo career. New members Terrance Gaines and Attala Giles make their debuts on this album. After this album, they signed to Total Experience Records in 1983.

Switch are an R&B/funk band that found fame recording for the Gordy label in the late 1970s, releasing hit songs such as "There'll Never Be", "I Call Your Name", and "Love Over & Over Again". Switch influenced bands such as DeBarge, which featured the siblings of Switch band members Bobby and Tommy DeBarge.

Motown Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was originally founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records on January 12, 1959, and was incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. Its name, a portmanteau of motor and town, has become a nickname for Detroit, where the label was originally headquartered.

Bobby DeBarge American singer

Robert Louis "Bobby" DeBarge, Jr. was an American singer and musician. DeBarge was the lead singer of the Motown R&B/soul vocal group Switch and was noted for his impressive falsetto vocals. Later on, he served as both mentor and a co-producer of his siblings' band, DeBarge, eventually joining them to fill in for departing members El and Bunny. Personal problems, including substance abuse which eventually led to drug trafficking charges in 1988, plagued Bobby in later years, taking focus away from his musical career. He contracted HIV in the 1980s, and died of AIDS complications in 1995, at age 39.

Contents

Track listing

Side One
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Do Love You"Attala Zane Giles, Gregory Williams, Phillip Ingram 5:05
2."Call On Me"Giles, Williams, Ingram5:24
3."You Keep Me High"Giles, Ingram4:44
4."I'll Always Keep"Giles, Jermaine Jackson, Hazel Gordy Jackson, Paul Jackson, Jr. 5:20
Side Two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."This is Just for You"Williams4:15
6."The Best of Love"Williams, Eddie Fluellen4:38
7."I Luv It" Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, Reggie Andrews, Wayne Arnold4:22
8."Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right"Ingram, J. Jackson, P. Jackson, Jr., Maureen Bailey3:56
9."Push the Switch (High Energy Switch)"J. Jackson, P. Jackson, Jr., M. Bailey4:12

Personnel

Phillip Ingram American singer

Phillip Ingram is an American musician. He is perhaps best known as one of the founding members of the Motown Group "SWITCH"

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