''Only Four You'' is the second and final

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by the American vocal girl group

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, released on February 14, 1985. As with their debut album, ''

'', the album was produced and written by

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Background

It peaked at number 18 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart. The album includes their biggest hit single, "

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" (#7 Pop, #3 R&B, #1 Dance). Other singles included "Wild and Crazy Love" (#42 Pop, #10 R&B, #3 Dance) and "Break It Up" (#79 R&B, #33 Dance). ''Only Four You'' was certified

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by the RIAA in June 1985. Each of the other girls was also given a chance to sing lead vocals on a track from the album, with Corvette singing lead on "Girlfriend", Candi with "I Betcha" and Maxi with "Leather Queen".

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Rick James, except where noted. #"

" (4:28) #"Break It Up" (4:20) #"Shadow Lover (Interlude)" (:30) #"Shadow Lover" (4:22) #"Lonely for You" (4:12) #"Wild and Crazy Love" (Kenny Hawkins, Rick James) (5:48) #"Girlfriend" (4:23) #"I Betcha" (3:50) #"Leather Queen" (Rick James, Danny LeMelle) (3:50)

Personnel

Mary Jane Girls

*JoJo, Candi, Corvette, Maxi: Lead & Backing Vocals

Musicians

*Curtis Williams: Piano *Danny LeMelle: Sax, Synthesizers *Kenny Hawkins:

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Lead Guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

, Keyboards *Tom McDermott: Acoustic & Electric Guitars *Rick James: Guitars,

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, Keyboards, Bass, Drums, Percussion *Levi Ruffin: Keyboards, String Arrangements *Gregg Levias: Keyboards, Synthesizers *Jerry Livingston: Bass *Jerry Rainey: Drums, Percussion *Nate Hughes: Percussion,

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Production

*Arranged and produced by Rick James *Recorded and engineered by Bill Waldman and Bruce Kane *Mixed by Rick James and Tom Flye

References

External links

*
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' at

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