Crucial (song)

"Crucial"
Single by New Edition
from the album Heart Break
Released February 11, 1989
Format Vinyl Single
Recorded 1988
Genre R&B/New Jack Swing
Length 4:33 (album track)
17:40 (vinyl single)
Label MCA
Writer(s) Jellybean Johnson
Producer(s) Jellybean Johnson, Spencer Bernard, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
New Edition singles chronology
"Can You Stand The Rain"
(1988)		 "Crucial"
(1989)		 "N.E. Heartbreak"
(1989)

"Crucial" is New Edition's fourth single from the Heart Break album. The single featured production from Jellybean Johnson, Spencer Bernard, and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Despite failing to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, "Crucial" hit #4 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, making it one of New Edition's more popular singles from the post-Bobby Brown era. It was used in the License to Drive soundtrack.

Track listings

  1. Crucial (12" Dance Remix) - 8:00
  2. Crucial (12" Dub) - 5:10
  3. Crucial (Acapella) - 4:30

Personnel