| "Encore" | ||||||||||
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| Single by Cheryl Lynn | ||||||||||
| from the album Preppie | ||||||||||
| Released | December 1983 (US) September 8, 1984 (U.K.) |
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| Format | 7" Single 12" Single |
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| Genre | R&B | |||||||||
| Length | 3:30 | |||||||||
| Label | Columbia | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis | |||||||||
| Producer | Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis | |||||||||
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"Encore" is a 1984 R&B hit single for popular R&B/soul singer Cheryl Lynn. The song is written and produced by the highly successful Minneapolis funk duo, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. Although the single peaked at sixty-nine on the Hot 100, it was the duo's first number one R&B hit as producers/writers and Lynn's second number one charting R&B single.[1] It is the opening track to her album Preppie. The song was also a popular dance track, reaching number six on the US Dance chart.[2]
| Preceded by "If Only You Knew" by Patti LaBelle |
Billboard's Hot Black Singles number-one single February 25, 1984 |
Succeeded by "Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell |