Just Because (Anita Baker song)

"Just Because"
Single by Anita Baker
from the album Giving You the Best That I Got
B-side "Sweet Love"
Released January 1989
Format 7" (45 rpm), cassette, CD single
Genre
Length 4:22 (Single Version)
Label Elektra
Writer(s) Sammy McKinney, Alex Brown, Michael O'Hara
Producer(s) Michael J. Powell
Anita Baker singles chronology
"Giving You the Best That I Got"
(1988)		 "Just Because"
(1989)		 "Lead Me Into Love"
(1989)

"Just Because" is a song by American R&B/soul singer Anita Baker. The single was the second release from her "multi-platinum" album, Giving You the Best That I Got. "Just Because" peaked at number one on the Hot Black Singles, making it Baker's second number one.[1] The single also made the Top 40, peaking at number fourteen.[2] The R&B hit song won her a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance in 1989.

Charts

Chart (1989) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 14
US Billboard Hot R&B Singles 1
US Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles 4

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 43.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 43.

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Preceded by
"Dreamin'" by Vanessa Williams		 Billboard Hot Black Singles number-one single
March 4, 1989 		Succeeded by
"Just Coolin'" by LeVert featuring Heavy D