Choose (Color Me Badd song) explained

Choose
Type:	single
Artist:	Color Me Badd
Album:	Time and Chance
Released:	^[1] ^[2]
Recorded:	1993
Genre:	R&B, Pop
Length:	4:23
Prev Title:	Time and Chance
Prev Year:	1993
Next Title:	The Bells
Next Year:	1994

"Choose" is a song performed by American contemporary R&B group Color Me Badd, released in 1994 as the second single from their second album, Time and Chance (1993). The song is about being so in love with someone, to the point that they will do what they don't want to do because of their love, and will do anything for that person, even it means dying for them, despite being heartbroken.

The song peaked at No. 23 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on February 19, 1994 (their second consecutive song to peak at the spot). The group would later admit that they felt the song should have been the lead single from the album and regret not making it such.

Track listings

• US vinyl, 12, promo"^{[3] [4]}

A1. "Choose" (Dem Kidz' Extended Radio Mix) – 4:18

A2. "Choose" (Dem Kidz' Street 3!@&) – 4:17

A3. "Choose" (Just The Beat Mix) – 4:17

A4. "Choose" (CMB Cool Mix) – 4:22

B1. "Choose" (Dave's Extended Radio Mix) – 3:51

B2. "Choose" (Dave's Extended Beat Mix) – 6:15

B3. "Choose" (Dem Kidz' Extended Mix Instrumental) – 4:18

B4. "Choose" (Album Version) – 3:51

• US vinyl, 7"^[5]

A. "Choose" (Radio Edit) – 4:00

B. "Choose" (Album Version) – 4:23

• US CD, single, promo"^[6]

1. "Choose" (Radio Edit) – 4:00
2. "Choose" (Version #1) – 3:54
3. "Choose" (Version #2) – 3:34
4. "Choose" (Version #3) – 3:54
5. "Choose" (Version #4) – 4:23

• US CD, maxi-single"^[7]

1. "Choose" – 4:22
2. "Choose" (Dem Kidz' Radio Edit)
3. "Choose" (Dave's Radio Edit)
4. "Choose" (CMB Cool Mix)
5. "Choose" (Dem Kidz' Street #!@&)
6. "Choose" (Dave's Beat Mix Edit)
7. "Choose" (Dave's Guitar Mix Edit)

• US cassette, single, Dol"^{[8] [9]}

A. "Choose" (Radio Edit) – 4:00

B. "Choose" (Album Version) – 4:23

Personnel

Credits and personnel adapted from Time and Chance album liner notes.^[10]

• Arranged By [Vocal Arrangements] – Color Me Badd
• Engineer – Steve Hodge
• Instruments [All], Arranged By [Rhythm Arrangements] – Jimmy Jam And Terry Lewis*
• Producer – Jimmy Jam And Terry Lewis*
• Written-By – Color Me Badd, James Harris III, Terry Lewis

Charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Europe (European Dance Radio)^[11]	24
UK Club Chart (Music Week)^[12]	36

Notes and References

1. Choose. Color Me Badd. 1994. United States Cassette Single liner notes. Giant Records. 4-18270.
2. Choose. Color Me Badd. 1994. United States Cassette Single liner notes. Reprise Records. 9 18270-4.
3. Choose. Color Me Badd. 1993. United States 12 Promo Vinyl liner notes. Giant Records. 0-41348.
4. Choose. Color Me Badd. 1993. United States 12 Promo Vinyl liner notes. Giant Records. 9 41348-0.
5. Choose. Color Me Badd. 1993. United States 7 Vinyl liner notes. Giant Records. 7-18270.
6. Choose. Color Me Badd. 1993. United States CD Single Promo liner notes. Giant Records. PRO CD-6773-R.
7. Choose. Color Me Badd. 1994. United States Maxi CD liner notes. Giant Records. 9 41348-2.
8. Choose. Color Me Badd. 1994. United States Cassette Single liner notes. Giant Records. 4-18270.
9. Choose. Color Me Badd. 1994. United States Cassette Single liner notes. Reprise Records. 9 18270-4.
10. Color Me Badd. Time and Chance. 1993. CD, Album Liner notes. Giant Records. 9 24524-2.
11. European Dance Radio Top 25. Music & Media. April 16, 1994. 22. May 23, 2023.
12. The RM Club Chart. Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). March 26, 1994. 8. May 15, 2023.