I Like the Way (The Kissing Game) explained
I Like the Way (The Kissing Game) |
Cover: | I Like the Way (The Kissing Game) by Hi-Five.jpg |
Caption: | Standard artwork (vinyl edition pictured) |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Hi-Five |
Album: | Hi-Five |
B-Side: | "Sweetheart" |
Released: | January 2, 1991 |
Recorded: | January 1990 |
Genre: |
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Length: | 5:49 (album version) 3:56 (radio version) |
Label: | Jive |
Producer: | Teddy Riley |
Prev Title: | Just Can't Handle It |
Prev Year: | 1990 |
Next Title: | I Can't Wait Another Minute |
Next Year: | 1991 |
"I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)" is a song recorded by American R&B group Hi-Five on their 1990 eponymous debut studio album. The song was written by Teddy Riley, Bernard Belle and Dave Way, and released as the album's second single on January 2, 1991, by the Jive label. It was a number one pop song and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on May 10, 1991.[3] The video has an exceptionally large amount of dark colours and shadows in contrast to the light-hearted and bubblegum pop song that plays.
Chart performance
In the United States, "I Like the Way" spent two weeks at number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart;[4] and one week at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Credits and personnel
- Written by Teddy Riley, Bernard Belle & Dave Way
- Produced and mixed by Teddy Riley
- Co-produced by Bernard Belle
- Engineered by David Way
- 1. Remixed by Ralph Rolle & Tom Vercillo at Battery Studios
- 3 & 4. Remixed by Gerard Harmon, Armando Colon, & Ralph Rolle at Battery Studios for Phat Kat Productions
- Guitar: Patricia Halligan
- Drums: Ralph Rolle
- Keyboards: Armando Colon
- Little Girl's Voice: India
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Chart (1991) | Position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] | 8 |
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles[7] | 4 | |
All-time charts
See also
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1990s
- List of number-one R&B singles of 1991 (U.S.)
Notes and References
- Web site: Best New Jack Swing Songs: 40 Party Starting Jams . https://web.archive.org/web/20210217175257/https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-new-jack-swing-songs/ . uDiscover Team . uDiscoverMusic . . February 17, 2021 . February 17, 2021 . August 31, 2021 . live.
- Web site: Tom . Breihan . The Number Ones: Hi-Five’s “I Like The Way (The Kissing Game). . November 26, 2021 . December 22, 2023. I Like The Way (The Kissing Game)” is a slight update on New Edition’s ’80s teen-pop R&B formula....
- https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=HI-FIVE&ti=I+LIKE+THE+WAY RIAA - Hi-Five - I Like The Way
- Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 254.
- Web site: Tipparade-lijst van week 27, 1991. Dutch Top 40. March 12, 2023.
- Web site: Billboard Top 100 - 1991 . 2009-09-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090707155835/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1991 . 2009-07-07 .
- The Year in Music 1991 . Billboard . December 21, 1981 . 103 . 51 . YE-18 . 15 June 2020.
- Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart. Billboard. 10 December 2018.