The Gap Band III explained

Gap Band III
Type:	Album
Artist:	the Gap Band
Cover:	GAPBANDIII.jpg
Released:	December 8, 1980
Recorded:	1980
Studio:	Total Experience Recording Studios (Hollywood, California)
Genre:	Soul, funk
Length:	44:45
Label:	Mercury PTG Records
Producer:	Lonnie Simmons^[1]
Prev Title:	The Gap Band II
Prev Year:	1979
Next Title:	Gap Band IV
Next Year:	1982

The Gap Band III is the fifth studio album (contrary to the title) by American R&B band the Gap Band, released in 1980 on Mercury Records. It was produced by Lonnie Simmons. It was their first album to achieve platinum status. The album was remastered by PTG Records in 2009 including the radio edit of "Burn Rubber On Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)".

Reception

The album reached #1 on the Black Albums chart and #16 on the Billboard Hot 200.^[2] The album yielded 3 charting singles: the #60 R&B song "Humpin'", "Yearning for Your Love", a #5 R&B single which peaked at #60 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the #1 R&B hit "Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)", which reached #19 on the dance charts and #84 on the Hot 100.^[3]

This would be the group's final release by Mercury Records (via Total Experience Productions). The Gap Band's next six albums were released on Total Experience Records.

Track listing

	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	When I Look in Your Eyes	Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor, Wilmer Raglin	4:59
2.		Oliver Scott, Ronnie Wilson	5:42
3.		Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor	5:30
4.	Nothin' Comes to Sleepers	Oliver Scott, Ronnie Wilson	5:33
5.	Are You Living	Charlie Wilson, John Black	4:23
6.	Sweet Caroline	Charlie Wilson, Malvin Vice	3:20
7.		Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson, Rudy Taylor	5:13
8.	The Way	Oliver Scott, Ronnie Wilson	4:47
9.	Gash Gash Gash	Robert Wilson	5:18
10.	Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) [Radio Version]	Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor	4:09

Personnel

• Charlie Wilson - Keyboards, Synthesizer, Percussion, Lead and Backing Vocals
• Ronnie Wilson - Trumpet, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
• Robert Wilson - Bass, Backing Vocals (Lead vocals on "Gash Gash Gash")
• Oliver Scott - Horns, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Backing Vocals
• Raymond Calhoun - Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals
• Melvin Webb, Ronnie Kaufman - Drums
• John Black - Keyboards, Backing Vocals
• Malvin "Dino" Vice - String Arrangements, Backing Vocals
• Cavin Yarbrough - Synthesizer
• Robert "Goodie" Whitfield - Keyboards
• Fred Jenkins - Guitar
• Glen Nightingale - Guitar
• Marlo Henderson - Guitar
• Wilmer Raglin- Horns, Backing Vocals
• Earl Roberson - Horns
• Katie Kilpatrick - Harp
• The Gap Band, Howard Huntsberry, Jonah Ellis, Marva King, Maxanne Lewis, Rudy Taylor, Val Young, Lonnie Simmons, Malvin "Dino" Vice - Backing Vocals

Charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position
Billboard Pop Albums^[4]	16
Billboard Top Soul Albums	1

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions^[5]
		US Pop	US R&B	US Disco
1981	"Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)"	84	1	19
	"Yearning for Your Love"	60	5	-
	"Humpin'"	-	60	-

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1981 (U.S.)

External links

• The Gap Band III at Discogs

Notes and References

1. Credits
2. Album [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r7999/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} Charts and Awards at Allmusic]
3. Singles [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r7999/charts-awards/billboard-single|pure_url=yes}} Charts and Awards at Allmusic]
4. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4338/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}} The Gap Band US albums chart history]. allmusic.com. 2011-09-11.
5. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4338/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} The Gap Band US singles chart history]. allmusic.com. 2011-09-11.