I Adore Mi Amor

"I Adore Mi Amor"
Single by Color Me Badd
from the album C.M.B.
B-side I Wanna Sex You Up
Released July 17, 1991[1]
Format CD single
Genre R&B
Length 4:49
Label Giant, Reprise, Warner Bros.
Writer(s) Hamza Lee, Color Me Badd
Producer(s) Hamza Lee & Royal Bayyan
Color Me Badd singles chronology
"I Wanna Sex You Up"
(1991)		 "I Adore Mi Amor"
(1991)		 "All 4 Love"
(1991)

"I Adore Mi Amor" is the title of a number-one R&B single by group Color Me Badd, released as the second single from their debut album C.M.B. The hit song spent one week at number-one on the US R&B chart. It was also number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the week of September 21, 1991 for two weeks and spent 20 weeks overall in the list. It also ended the year at number 18 on the annual recap for 1991. In 1992, saxophonist Najee covered the song from the album "Just an Illusion."[2]

Track listings

US Vinyl, 12" [3]

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1991) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[4] 27
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)[4] 25
Canadian Singles Chart[5] 8
Dutch Top 40[6] 11
German Singles Chart[7] 44
Irish Singles Chart[8] 14
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[4] 8
UK Singles Chart[9] 44
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[10] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales[10] 21
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Songs[10] 1

End of year charts

End of year chart (1991) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[11] 18

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified
U.S. (RIAA)[12] Gold September 24, 1991 500,000+

Preceded by
"The Promise of a New Day" by Paula Abdul		 Billboard Hot 100 number one single
September 21–28, 1991 		Succeeded by
"Good Vibrations" by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch featuring Loleatta Holloway

See also

References

  1. ↑ "I Adore Mi Amor [Vinyl]: Color Me Badd: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
  2. ↑ "Just an Illusion overview". Allmusic.com.
  3. ↑ "Color Me Badd - I Adore Mi Amor (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "I Adore Mi Amor", in various singles charts Australian-charts.com (Retrieved August 25, 2013)
  5. ↑ Lwin, Nanda. Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide (2000). Mississauga, Ont.: Music Data Canada
  6. ↑ "Single top 100 over 1991" (pdf) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  7. ↑ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
  8. ↑ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
  9. ↑ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Billboard Allmusic.com (Retrieved August 10, 2008)
  11. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1991". Retrieved 2009-09-15.
  12. ↑ U.S. certifications riaa.com (Retrieved August 10, 2008)