Secret Rendezvous

"Secret Rendezvous"
Single by Karyn White
from the album Karyn White
Released 1989
Format 7" single, 12" single
Genre R&B, new jack swing
Label Warner Bros.
Writer(s) Antonio "L.A." Reid, Babyface, Daryl Simmons
Producer(s) L.A. Reid, Babyface, Daryl Simmons
Karyn White singles chronology
"Love Saw It"
(1989)		 "Secret Rendezvous"
(1989)		 "Slow Down"
(1989)

"Secret Rendezvous" is the fourth single from R&B singer Karyn White's self-titled debut album, Karyn White (1988). In the US, it went to #1 on the dance chart.[1] On other US charts, "Secret Rendezvous" went to #4 on the soul chart and #6 on the Hot 100,[2] it was Karyn White's biggest hit at that time. Overseas, it peaked at #22 in the UK.

Track listing

12" vinyl single, promo (USA)
  1. Secret Rendezvous (12" House Version) – 7:25
  2. Secret Rendezvous (Secret Drive-Time Radio Edit) – 4:02
  3. Secret Rendezvous (12" Dance Mix) – 7:15
12" vinyl single (USA, UK, Germany)
  1. Secret Rendezvous (Zanzibar Mix) – 6:00
  2. Secret Rendezvous (12" White House Remix) – 7:24
  3. Secret Rendezvous (Bacepella) – 6:06
12" vinyl single (UK)
  1. Secret Rendezvous (After Hour Mix)
  2. Secret Rendezvous (Extended Mix)
  3. Secret Rendezvous (Dub-Dez-Vous Mix)
12" vinyl single (USA)
  1. Secret Rendezvous (Extended Remix) – 6:58
  2. Secret Rendezvous (12" White House Remix) – 7:18
  3. Secret Rendezvous (Bacepella) – 6:01
  4. Secret Rendezvous (After Hours Mix) – 7:25
  5. Secret Rendezvous (12" Dance Mix) – 7:20
  6. Tell Me Tomorrow (LP Version) – 4:54
CD maxi single, promo (USA)
  1. Secret Rendezvous (Single Edit) – 3:58
  2. Secret Rendezvous (Secret Drive Time Radio Edit) – 4:02
  3. Secret Rendezvous (White House Radio Edit Version) – 5:30
  4. Secret Rendezvous (After Hours Mix) – 7:25
  5. Secret Rendezvous (After Hours Edit) – 4:00
Mini CD (Germany)
  1. Secret Rendezvous (7" Version) – 4:06
  2. Secret Rendezvous (After Hour Mix) – 7:27
  3. Secret Rendezvous (Extended Mix) – 6:54
Mini CD (Germany)
  1. Secret Rendezvous (Edit) – 4:05
  2. Secret Rendezvous (Zanzibar Mix) – 6:03
  3. Secret Rendezvous (12" White House Remix) – 7:25

Charts

Chart (1989) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Top Singles[3] 14
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) 22
US Billboard Hot 100 6
US Billboard Hot Black Singles 4
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 1
Preceded by
"Keep on Movin'" by Soul II Soul		 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
July 1, 1989 		Succeeded by
"Express Yourself" by Madonna

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 279.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 621.
  3. ↑ "Top Singles - Volume 50, No. 19, September 04 1989". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 4 April 2015.