| Gap Band IV | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | The Gap Band |
| Cover: | GAPBANDIV.jpg |
| Released: | May 17, 1982 |
| Recorded: | 1981–82 |
| Studio: | Total Experience Recording Studios (Hollywood, California) |
| Genre: | R&B, soul, funk |
| Length: | 42:05 |
| Label: | Total Experience |
| Producer: | Lonnie Simmons |
| Prev Title: | The Gap Band III |
| Prev Year: | 1980 |
| Next Year: | 1983 |
Gap Band IV is the sixth studio album by the Gap Band, released in 1982 on Total Experience Records. The album reached No. 1 on the Black Albums chart and No. 14 on the Pop Albums chart, achieved platinum status, and is considered their most successful project.
The album produced the singles "Early in the Morning" (#1 Black Singles, #13 Club Play Singles, #24 Pop Singles), "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" (#2 Black Singles, #39 Club Play Singles, #31 Pop Singles), and "Outstanding" (#1 Black Singles, #24 Club Play Singles, #51 Pop Singles). It also achieved a rare feat in which every song on the album received radio airplay.
It was the first album producer Lonnie Simmons released directly on his label, Total Experience Records. The album was reissued on CD in 1994 by Mercury Records.
| Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Early in the Morning" | Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor | 6:30 | |
| 2. | "Season's No Reason to Change" | Lonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson | 4:49 | |
| 3. | "Lonely Like Me" | Lonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson, Rudy Taylor | 5:21 | |
| 4. | "Outstanding" | Raymond Calhoun | 3:18 | |
| 5. | "Stay with Me" | Ronnie Wilson | 4:11 | |
| 6. | "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" | Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor | 5:10 | |
| 7. | "I Can't Get Over You" | Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson | 6:02 | |
| 8. | "Talkin' Back" | Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Robert Wilson, Ronnie Wilson, Rudy Taylor | 6:42 |
| Chart (1982) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Billboard Pop Albums[1] | 14 |
| Billboard Top Soul Albums | 1 |
| Year | Single | Chart positions[2] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Pop | US R&B | US Disco | ||
| 1982 | "Early in the Morning" | 24 | 1 | 13 |
| "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" | 31 | 2 | 39 | |
| 1983 | "Outstanding" | 51 | 1 | 24 |