Don't Be Cruel (Bobby Brown song)

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“Don't Be Cruel”
Single by Bobby Brown
from the album Don't Be Cruel
Released 1988
Format Cassette single
7" single
12" single
CD single
Genre New jack swing
Length 6:52 (album version)
4:54 (radio edit)
Label MCA
Writer(s) Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Antonio Reid, Daryl Simmons
Bobby Brown singles chronology
"Girl Next Door"
(1987)
"Don't Be Cruel"
(1988)
"My Prerogative"
(1989)

"Don't Be Cruel" was the lead single from Bobby Brown's second solo album Don't Be Cruel.

[edit] Charts

"Don't Be Cruel" rose from #59 to #49, on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, the week of August 13, 1988. The song was somewhat of a slow climber, finally peaking at #8 the week of October 15, 1988, where it remained for two consecutive weeks. It also became a top 3 hit on the R&B charts.

[edit] Trivia