"I'll Be Your Everything" is a song by American
pop music
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singer
Tommy Page
Thomas Alden Page (May 24, 1967 – March 3, 2017) was an American singer-songwriter, best known for his 1990 hit single " I'll Be Your Everything" and was later a music industry executive. Page collaborated with many artists, including Malaysi ...
that was included on his album ''Paintings in My Mind''. Released as a
single
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in early 1990, "I'll Be Your Everything" reached No. 1 on the US
''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in April 1990.
[ Whitburn, Joel (2004). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)] The song spent one week at No. 1, thirteen weeks in the
Top 40
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and was certified Gold by the
RIAA.
"I'll Be Your Everything" also peaked at No. 31 on the
Adult Contemporary
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chart
Background and writing
The song was co-written by Page along with
Jordan Knight
Jordan Nathaniel Marcel Knight (born May 17, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. He is a singer in the boy band New Kids on the Block (NKOTB), who rose to fame in the 1980s and 1990s, using a falsetto style of singing influenced by ...
and
Danny Wood
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of the pop
boy band New Kids on the Block
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.
[ Bronson, Fred (2003). ''The Billboard Book of #1 Hits'', 5th Edition (Billboard Publications)] While on tour with the New Kids in 1989, Page was playing piano at a hotel one night when Knight approached him, and the two played piano together for a period of time. Knight played Page a verse from what would become "I'll Be Your Everything", a song that Knight wanted to save for a future solo project. The two later collaborated on finishing the song, and Page asked if he could record it for his next album. Knight agreed and produced the track, and fellow band members Danny Wood and
Donnie Wahlberg
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participated in the project as well.
Music video
The video peaked at number one for several weeks and featured model Robyn Leigh Hadem.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
1990 singles
Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
Cashbox number-one singles
Songs written by Jordan Knight
Pop ballads
Songs written by Danny Wood
1989 songs
Sire Records singles
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