We Can't Go Wrong Explained

We Can't Go Wrong
Type:studio
Artist:The Cover Girls
Cover:We_Can't_Go_Wrong.jpg
Released:August 30, 1989
Recorded:D&D Recording Studio, Soundtrack Studio, Quad Recording Studio, Shakedown Sound Studio, Electric Lady Studio, Marathon Recording Studio, & Hip Pocket Recording Studio, New York, New York
Genre:Dance, R&B, Freestyle
Length:49:31
Label:Capitol/EMI Records
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Producer:Andy "Panda" Tripoli
"Little" Louie Vega
Robert Clivillés & David Cole
Albert Cabrera & Tony Moran (The Latin Rascals)
Prev Title:Show Me
Prev Year:1987
Next Title:Here It Is
Next Year:1992

We Can't Go Wrong is the second album from the New York-based R&B–dance trio The Cover Girls. Although the album only made it to #108 on the Billboard album chart, by the end of 1990 it had been certified platinum and become the group's biggest-selling album. We Can't Go Wrong features songwriting and production by Albert Cabrera, Andy "Panda" Tripoli, David Cole, "Little" Louie Vega, Robert Clivilles, and Tony Moran.

After scoring moderate success with their debut album Show Me in 1987, the group left independent label Fever Records, and signed with Capitol Records for this album, which was released in August 1989. This album contains the same mixture of fine Freestyle dance numbers and soaring R&B-styled ballads as their debut album. Besides the three hit singles released from this album ("My Heart Skips a Beat", "We Can't Go Wrong", and "All That Glitters Isn't Gold"), standout tracks include "Nothing Could Be Better", "That Boy of Mine" (which was also featured on their debut album Show Me), "No One in This World", and a cover version of the Carole King–Gerry Goffin classic "Up on the Roof". This album would be the last one to feature lead singer Angel Clivillés (who would depart the group for a solo career) and Margo Urban who would both be replaced by Evelyn Escalera and Michelle Valentine respectively.

Track listing

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Singles - Billboard (United States)

YearSingleChartPosition
1989"My Heart Skips a Beat"Hot Dance Music/Club Play4[2]
Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales8[3]
The Billboard Hot 10038
1990"We Can't Go Wrong"The Billboard Hot 1008[4]
"All That Glitters Isn't Gold"Hot Dance Music/Club Play18
Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales31
The Billboard Hot 10049
We Can't Go Wrong (single)

Notes and References

  1. We Can't Go Wrong . The Cover Girls . liner notes . 1989 . . CDP 7 91041 2.
  2. Billboard - Dance Club Songs. . 13 October 1989 . 2 February 2020.
  3. Billboard - Dance Singles Sales. . 25 May 1990 . 2 February 2020.
  4. Billboard - Hot 100. . 2 March 1990 . 2 February 2020.
  5. Billboard Top 100 - 1990. . 2009-09-15.