| Secrets of Flying | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Johnny Kemp |
| Cover: | Johnny kemp 1987.jpg |
| Released: | December 8, 1987 |
| Recorded: | 1986 - 1987 |
| Genre: | R&B, new jack swing, funk, soul |
| Length: | 65:44 |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Teddy Riley, Johnny Kemp, Morgan & Morgan, New Music Group, Bruce Purse, Vincent Henry, Eric Rehl |
| Prev Title: | Johnny Kemp |
| Prev Year: | 1986 |
Secrets of Flying is the second and final album released by Bahamian-American singer-songwriter Johnny Kemp. Released at the end of 1987,[1] this album featured two massively successful singles. The album's first hit was the Grammy-nominated single "Just Got Paid", which cracked the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1988 and went on to top both the R&B chart and Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The album's second hit, "Dancin' with Myself", also became a top 5 R&B success. A third single from the album, the slow jam "One Thing Led to Another", reached the R&B top 40 as well.
In February 2012, New Skool Sounds (parent label: Funkytowngrooves) released on compact disc a digitally remastered reissue of the album as an expanded edition including four bonus tracks.
| Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 5:25 | |||
| 2. | One Thing Led to Another | Brian Morgan, Shelley Scruggs, Tony Haynes[2] [3] | 4:11 | |
| 3. | My Only Want Is You | 4:50 | ||
| 4. | Dancin' with Myself | 5:31 | ||
| 5. | Urban Times Medley | - | 8:53 | |
| 5a. | - | |||
| 5b. | Marvin Gaye | - | ||
| 6. | Feeling Without Touching | Bruce Purse, Johnny Kemp, Vincent Henry | 5:40 | |
| 7. | Just Like Flyin' | Bruce Purse, Johnny Kemp, Vincent Henry | 6:21 | |
| 8. | +Dancin' with Myself [12" Version] | Bruce Purse, Johnny Kemp, Vincent Henry | 6:02 | |
| 9. | +Dancin' with Myself [Alternate Mix] | Bruce Purse, Johnny Kemp, Vincent Henry | 7:22 | |
| 10. | +Just Got Paid [Dub Mix] | Gene Griffin, Johnny Kemp | 5:35 | |
| 11. | +Just Got Paid [Instrumental] | Gene Griffin, Johnny Kemp | 5:24 |
+: Bonus tracks on the 2012 reissued version
Notes:Track 10 mistakenly listed on release as "Just Got Paid (Instrumental)", but it is the Dub Mix version; listed correctly above.Track 11 mistakenly listed on release as "Just Got Paid (Dub Mix)", but it is the Instrumental version; listed correctly above.
"Just Got Paid"
Synthesizers, Drum and Synthesizer programming, Bass Synthesizer, Percussion, Additional Backing vocals
Additional Backing vocals
"One Thing Led to Another"
Guitar
"My Only Want Is You"
Keyboards, Percussion
"Dancin' with Myself"
Synthesizers, Drum and Synthesizer programming, Guitars, Bass, Percussion, Saxophone, Synthesizer Bass
Keyboards, Trumpet
Percussion
"Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)"
"Mercy Mercy Me"
"Feeling Without Touching"
"Just Like Flyin'"
Drums and Drum Programming, Percussion
Bass
+ Kemp is not officially credited on the album cover as the lead vocalist on "One Thing Led to Another" or "My Only Want Is You". However, given that he is the primary artist and is credited as lead vocalist on all of the other tracks, it seems like a reasonable assumption to make that he sings lead on these two as well.