You're Supposed to Keep Your Love for Me

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"You're Supposed to Keep Your Love for Me"
Single by Jermaine Jackson
from the album Let's Get Serious
B-side "Let It Ride"
ReleasedJune 17, 1980 [1]
Recorded1979
Genre R&B
Length
  • 5:34 (album)
  • 3:52 (single)
Label Motown
Songwriter(s) Stevie Wonder
Producer(s) Stevie Wonder
Jermaine Jackson singles chronology
"Let's Get Serious"
(1980)
"You're Supposed to Keep Your Love for Me"
(1980)
"Little Girl Don't You Worry"
(1980)

"You're Supposed to Keep Your Love for Me" is a song written by Stevie Wonder and recorded by American R&B singer Jermaine Jackson. It was released as the first single from Jackson's 1980 album, Let's Get Serious . [2]

Record World said that "Jackson's reading is dreamy." [3]

Charts

Chart (1980–81)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [4] 34
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles [5] 32

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