I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)

"I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)"
Single by Hi-Five
from the album Hi-Five
Released January 5, 1991
Recorded 1990
Genre R&B, new jack swing, dance-pop
Length 5:52
Label Jive Records
Writer(s) Teddy Riley, Bernard Belle, Dave Way
Producer(s) Teddy Riley
Hi-Five singles chronology
"Just Can't Handle It"
(1990)		 "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)"
(1991)		 "I Can't Wait Another Minute"
(1991)

"I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)" is the title of a number-one pop and R&B single by Hi-Five from the group's debut self-titled album, Hi-Five. The hit song spent two weeks at number one on the US R&B chart[1] and one week at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100. Later in 1992, R&B trio SWV sampled the drum beat on their song "Coming Home" from their debut album It's About Time.

Track listings

CD single

  1. Radio Edit (3:54)
  2. Album Version (5:52)
  3. Special Remix (5:25)
  4. Street Remix (5:32)

Personnel

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1991) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[2] 1
U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles[3] 1
U.S. Adult Contemporary[4] 42
U.S. Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales[5] 33

Year-end charts

Chart (1991) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] 8
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles 1

Preceded by
"Joyride" by Roxette		 Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
18 May 1991 		Succeeded by
"I Don't Wanna Cry" by Mariah Carey

See also

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 254.
  2. ↑ "The Hot 100 chart listing for the week of May 18, 1991". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
  3. ↑ "The Hot 100 chart listing for the week of May 18, 1991". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
  4. ↑ "The Hot 100 chart listing for the week of May 18, 1991". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
  5. ↑ "The Hot 100 chart listing for the week of May 18, 1991". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
  6. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1991". Retrieved 2009-09-15.

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