ABC-123

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"ABC-123"
Levert - ABC-123 single cover.jpg
Single by LeVert
from the album For Real Tho'
ReleasedMay 13, 1993 (1993-05-13) [1]
Genre R&B
Length
  • 5:54(album version)
  • 4:15(single edit)
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Gerald Levert
  • Edwin Nicholas [3]
LeVert singles chronology
"Good Ol' Days"
(1993)
"ABC-123"
(1993)
"Do the Thangs"
(1993)

"ABC-123" is a song performed by American contemporary R&B group LeVert. The song is the closing track on their sixth studio album For Real Tho' and was issued as the album's second single. Co-written and co-produced by lead singer Gerald Levert, [2] [3] it was the last song from the group to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #46 in 1993. [4]

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Chart positions

Chart (1993) [4] Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 46
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks ( Billboard )5
US Rhythmic Top 40 (Billboard)32

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