I'll Be Good to You

"I'll Be Good to You"
"I'll Be Good to You"
Single by Quincy Jones featuring Ray Charles and Chaka Khan
from the album Back on the Block
Released	September 22, 1989
Genre	New jack swing
Length	4:17 (Single edit); 4:54 (Album Version)
Label	Qwest; Warner Bros.;
Songwriter(s)	George Johnson; Louis Johnson; Sonora Sam;
Producer(s)	Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones singles chronology

"I'll Be Good to You"
"I'll Be Good to You"
	US single picture sleeve
Single by The Brothers Johnson
from the album Look Out for #1
B-side	"The Devil"
Released	April 1976
Genre	R&B, disco
Length	3:30 (Single Edit); 4:44 (Album Version)
Label	A&M
Songwriter(s)	George Johnson; Louis Johnson; Sonora Sam;
Producer(s)	Quincy Jones
The Brothers Johnson singles chronology

"I'll Be Good to You" is a

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Thirteen years later in 1989, it became a number one R&B hit again, with Chaka Khan and Ray Charles doing the lead vocals on Quincy Jones' Back on the Block album, and went to number eighteen on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart.^[3] It also topped the American dance chart in early 1990.^[4] This was Ray Charles' first No. 1 R&B hit in twenty-four years.

Chart performance

The Brothers Johnson version

Weekly charts

Chart (1976)	Peak position
Canada RPM^[5]	12
US Billboard Hot 100	3
US Billboard Hot Soul Singles	1
US Cash Box Top 100^[6]	7

Year-end charts

Chart (1976)	Rank
Canada ^[7]	120
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[8]	61
U.S. Cash Box ^[9]	68

Quincy Jones featuring Ray Charles and Chaka Khan version

Chart (1989–90)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop)	34
Canada (Canadian Singles Chart)	48
Germany ( GfK Entertainment Charts )	28
Ireland (Irish Singles Chart)	18
Netherlands (Dutch Singles Chart)	38
New Zealand (New Zealand Singles Chart)	7
United Kingdom ( UK Singles Chart )	21
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	18
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary	30
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles	1 (2)
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	1

Personnel

Ray Charles, Chaka Khan: lead vocals featured rap artist on remix Kyle "Magic" Jackson
Quincy Jones: producer, vocal and rhythm arranger
David Paich, Greg Phillinganes, Ian Prince: keyboards
Fender slap bass
, background vocals
Ian Underwood, Larry Williams, Michael Boddicker, Steve Porcaro: synthesizer programming
Bruce Swedien: drum programming
cymbals
George Johnson: guitar, background vocals
James Ingram, James Gilstrap, Phil Perry, Siedah Garrett, Syreeta Wright: background vocals

Cover versions

It was later covered by
Vanessa Williams and James "D. Train" Williams on Vanessa's 2005 studio album Everlasting Love
.

Boney James covered the song on his 2009 studio album Send One Your Love.

References

^ allmusic
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 80.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 307.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 139.
^ "Image : RPM Weekly". Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013.
^ "Cash Box Top 100 7/24/76". Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
^ "Top Singles – Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
^ Musicoutfitters.com
^ "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1976". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2016-06-05.

External links

The Brothers Johnson - I'll Be Good to You on
YouTube

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Compilations	Stomp: The Best of the Brothers Johnson
Songs	"I'll Be Good to You" "Strawberry Letter 23" "Stomp!"