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 and also made the Top 40, peaking at number fourteen.[1]

Charts

Chart (1989) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 14
US Billboard Hot R&B Singles 1
US Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles [2] 4

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 43.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 27.

External links

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


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