''Single Life'' is a 1985
album
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by the
funk
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group
Cameo. The album reached No. 2 on the
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
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chart and No. 58 on the
Billboard
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Pop Albums chart. It contained the hit singles "
Attack Me With Your Love", which reached No. 3 R&B, and the title track, "Single Life", which reached No. 2 R&B (it also reached No. 15 in the
UK charts). "Urban Warrior" was the group's foray into the emerging
Hip-hop scene. The videos for both singles included appearances from popular television soap opera actors and were tied together by a particular storyline; with the title track’s video being a continuation of the story that started in the "Attack Me With Your Love" video. The album was Cameo’s seventh to be certified Gold by the
RIAA
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for sales of over 500,000 copies.
Track listing
Personnel
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Backing vocals
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- Charlie Singleton, Larry Blackmon, Michael Burnett, Tomi Jenkins, Nathan Leftenant
*
Bass guitar
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- Barry Johnson, Kevin Kendrick, Larry Blackmon, Michael Burnett
*
Drum programmer - Sammy Merendino
*
Drums
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,
percussion
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- Larry Blackmon
*
Guitar
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- Charlie Singleton, Fred Wells, Pat Buchanan
*
Keyboards
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Text input
* Keyboard, part of a typewriter
* Computer keyboard
** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping
** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware
Music
* Musi ...
- Eric Rehl, Kevin Kendrick
*
Lead vocals
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- Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins, Barbara Mitchell
* Mixed by - Dave Ogrin, Larry Blackmon
*
Producer
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*A stakeholder of economic production
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**Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...
- Larry Blackmon
*
Saxophone
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(Alto) - Melvin Wells
*
Timbales - Roy Leftenant
*
Trombone
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- Keith O'Quinn
*
Trumpet
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- John Gatchell
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Singles
*"
Attack Me With Your Love" - released February 15, 1985
*"Single Life" - released June 7, 1985
*" A Good-Bye" - released Dec. 1985
References
External links
Cameo (band) albums
1985 albums
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