Karyn White Karyn White . The album was released on September 6, 1988, by Warner Bros. , and went to No. 1 on the R&B albums chart for seven weeks the following year. The album was certified Platinum [ 2] RIAA on April 4, 1989. It gave her four hits, "The Way You Love Me ", "Superwoman ", "Love Saw It" and "Secret Rendezvous ". The former three were No. 1 singles on the R&B chart, and all except "Love Saw It" were Top-10 successes on the Hot 100 ("Love Saw It" never appeared on the pop chart). A re-issue in late 1989 of "Secret Rendezvous" in the UK reached No. 22, as opposed to the original top 50 placing. "Superwoman" became her biggest hit there, reaching No. 11 on the UK Singles Chart .
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White co-wrote two songs on the album.
All tracks are written by Babyface , L.A. Reid , Daryl Simmons except where noted
Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "The Way You Love Me " Babyface, Reid 4:56 2. "Secret Rendezvous " Babyface, Reid 5:38 3. "Slow Down" Steve Harvey , Simmons, WhiteHarvey 4:35 4. "Superwoman " Babyface, Reid 5:49 5. "Family Man" Babyface, Reid 4:07 6. "Love Saw It" (featuring Babyface) Babyface, Reid 5:21 7. "Don't Mess with Me" Babyface, Reid 4:53 8. "Tell Me Tomorrow" Evan Rogers , Arnie Roman, WhiteJeff Lorber , White4:54 9. "One Wish" Ian Prince, Jimmy Scott Lorber, Prince 4:22 Total length: 44:35
Karyn White – lead and backing vocals
Babyface – acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, backing and duet vocals
O'Bryan Burnette , Carmen Carter, Shaun Earl, Kim Eurisa, Niki Haris , Bunny Hull, Debra Hurd , Sharon Robinson, Evan Rogers – backing vocalsSteve Harvey, Jeff Lorber, Ian Prince – keyboards, programming
Donald Griffin, Dann Huff – guitars
Kayo – synthesized and electric bass , synth guitarGary Meek – sax Daryl Simmons – drums , percussion , timbales
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