How Can I Ease the Pain
| "How Can I Ease the Pain" | ||||
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| Single by Lisa Fischer | ||||
| from the album So Intense | ||||
| B-side | "Reachin' 4/U" | |||
| Released | June 1, 1991 | |||
| Format | CD single, 7", 12" | |||
| Recorded | 1991 | |||
| Genre | R&B, quiet storm | |||
| Length |
5:24 (Album version) 4:16 (Radio edit) | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
| Writer(s) | Lisa Fischer, Narada Michael Walden | |||
| Producer(s) | Narada Michael Walden, Louis Biancaniello | |||
| Lisa Fischer singles chronology | ||||
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"How Can I Ease the Pain" is a song by American singer Lisa Fischer, from her album So Intense. It was produced by Narada Michael Walden and Louis Biancaniello. The hit song spent two weeks at number-one on the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[1] The song was sampled by rap group Three 6 Mafia for their hit "Late Nite Tip".
In 1992 the single won a Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single, Female and it also won a 1992 Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. The song also peaked at number eleven on the pop charts. This was Fischer's biggest and most well-known hit.
References
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 204.