Mýa
Mya Marie Harrison (; born October 10, 1979), (stylized as Mýa), is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. Born into a musical family, she studied ballet, jazz, and tap dance as a child. Initially, Mýa began her career as a VJ ...
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Meredith Brooks
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Allan Rich
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Rich began his acting career when he was nine years old. He appeared in the Broadway productions ''I'll ...
. Allison appeared on a number of TV programs to promote it, including
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''. The music video of "The Kiss-Off (Goodbye)", was often the Nick Video Pick of the Day, also on Nickelodeon.
The album failed to chart on any major charts and was also negatively received by critics. Consequently promotion for the album was interrupted and Allison was dropped in mid-2002. "The Kiss-Off (Goodbye)" was the only single and reached number 28 on the
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Sales chart when a CD single was issued,.
She has not released any further solo material, but went on to become a member of the
girl group
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BG5, who released several singles before disbanding.
Composition
Allison has said of the album: "It's so crazy - in a good way - because the album has so many musical styles... I mean, we've got some pop, R&B and
ballads
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, but my main style is probably pop
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Track listing
#"The Kiss-Off (Goodbye)" (
Jim Peterik
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, Jeff Jacobs) – 3:31
#"Oh No" (Interlude) – 0:07
#"Toodle-Oo" (Peter Rafelson, Jeff Vincent) – 3:36
#"I Miss You" (
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Meredith Brooks
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Brooks started her music career in 1976 as a member of ...
) – 4:07
#"Seth" (Interlude) – 0:21
#"Rollercoaster" ( Robert Palmer, Kasia Livingston, Jeff Vincent) – 3:28
#"Thought You Might Wanna Know" (Robert Palmer, Kasia Livingston) – 3:57
#"If I Were You" (James Day,
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, Jim Gatley) – 4:12
#"Perfect Chemistry" ( Mýa Harrison,
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, Allan Rich, Serge Colbert) – 4:17
"The Kiss-Off (Goodbye)" contains a sample of "Goodbye" as performed by Elwood Edwards, courtesy of
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The closing track, "Say Goodbye", was featured on the hit but short-lived
Nickelodeon
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television series, '' Taina'', in the season two episode, ''Sabotage'', which Allison herself also guest starred in. An instrumental snippet can also be heard in the episode.