Funky Divas

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Funky Divas

Studio album by En Vogue

Released

March 28, 1992

Recorded

1991 - 1992

Genre

R&B

Length

52:18

Label

Eastwest Records

Producer

Thomas McElroy & Denzil Foster

Professional reviews

All Music Guide link

En Vogue chronology

Remix to Sing
(1991)

Funky Divas
(1992)

Runaway Love
(1994)

Funky Divas was En Vogue's second album which was released in 1992. The album became their best selling LP to-date, shifting over 5 million copies worldwide. The lead single "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" became an instant hit, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard's Hot 100 and No.4 in the UK. The accompanying video for "My Lovin'" won 2 MTV Video Music Awards.

The second single, a cover of Aretha Franklin's "Giving Him Something He Can Feel" (from the Sparkle soundtrack), also became a Top 10 hit in the US Hot 100 (and also their 5th No.1 single in the US R&B listings). Another Franklin/Sparkle song, "Hooked on Your Love", is also present.

The third single, the rock-infused "Free Your Mind", became another international hit (Top 10 US, Top 20 UK). The video for "Free Your Mind" was considered ground-breaking for many,^[who?] and won no less than 3 MTV Video Music Awards in 1993.

By the time the fourth single, "Give It Up Turn It Loose", was released in early 1993, the Funky Divas LP was already certified three times Platinum in the US by the RIAA. A fifth single, "Love Don't Love You", was also released and peaked inside the US Top 40.

Funky Divas remains En Vogue's signature L.P. A second edition containing the later hits "Runaway Love" and "Whatta Man" was released in the UK in 1994.