Who's Holding Donna Now

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"Who's Holding Donna Now"
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Single by DeBarge
from the album Rhythm of the Night
B-side "Be My Lady"
ReleasedMay 14, 1985 (1985-05-14) [1]
Recorded1984
Studio Garden Rake (Studio City, Los Angeles)
Genre
Length4:28(album version)
4:06 (single version)
Label Gordy
Songwriters
Producer Jay Graydon
DeBarge singles chronology
"Rhythm of the Night"
(1985)		"Who's Holding Donna Now"
(1985)		"You Wear It Well"
(1985)

"Who's Holding Donna Now" is a song recorded by DeBarge for the Gordy label. It was their second consecutive top 10 Pop hit in the U. S. after the release of "Rhythm of the Night".

Contents

After recording the successful dance single, the group returned to their more comfortable standard of ballads. Relying on an outside producer, outside songwriters, and background vocalists Richard Page and Steve George, the song was recorded and released as the second single from their fourth album, Rhythm of the Night .

Reception

The song reached number six on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on the chart dated August 10, 1985 and spent four weeks at number two on the R&B chart on July 26, 1985. It also became DeBarge's third song to top the Billboard Adult Contemporary on July 19, 1985.

The song appeared in a late 1985 episode of the daytime soap opera All My Children .

Track listing and formats

A: "Who's Holding Donna Now" – 4:06
B: "Be My Lady" – 4:10
A: "Who's Holding Donna Now" – 4:27
B: "Be My Lady" – 4:14

Charts

Chart (1985)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)57
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [4] 9
Canada Top Adult Contemporary ( RPM ) [5] 2
Ireland (IRMA) [6] 29
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [7] 44
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) [8] 83
US Billboard Hot 100 [9] 6
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [9] 1
US Hot Black Singles ( Billboard ) [9] 2
Year-end chart (1985)Rank
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard) [10] 85

Personnel

See also

References

  1. ↑ "DeBarge - Who's Holding Donna Now". 45cat.com. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  2. ↑ Who's Holding Donna Now (US 7" vinyl single). DeBarge. Gordy. 1985. 1793 GF.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ↑ Who's Holding Donna Now - UK 12" vinyl (ZT 40214), Single - Retrieved on November 2, 2024
  4. ↑ "Canadian peak". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "RPM Top 30 Adult Contemporary - August 24, 1985" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "Irish Singles Chart – Search for song". Irish Recorded Music Association . Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Debarge – Who's Holding Donna Now". Top 40 Singles.
  8. ↑ Official Charts Company info OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
  9. 1 2 3 Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), page 297.
  10. ↑ "1985 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 97, no. 52. December 28, 1985. p. T-21.
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