''Switch'' is the first album by R&B band,

Switch In electrical engineering, a switch is an electrical component that can disconnect or connect the conducting path in an electrical circuit, interrupting the electric current or diverting it from one conductor to another. The most common type of ...

, released in

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

. It is also their first on the

Motown Motown Records is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group. It was founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records on June 7, 1958, and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. Its name, a portmanteau of ''moto ...

subsidiary Gordy. After recording as White Heat and Hot Ice, this gave them the commercial breakthrough they desired with hits like "There'll Never Be" and "I Wanna Be Closer".

Track listing

#"I Wanna Be with You" - (

Bobby DeBarge Robert Louis DeBarge, Jr. (March 5, 1956 – August 16, 1995) was an American singer and musician. DeBarge was the lead singer of the Motown R&B/soul vocal group Switch and was noted for his falsetto vocals. Later on, he served as both mentor ...

) #"There'll Never Be" - (Bobby DeBarge) #"I Wanna Be Closer" - (

Jermaine Jackson Jermaine La Jaune Jackson (born December 11, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and bassist. He is best known for being a member of the Jackson family. From 1964 to 1975, Jermaine was second vocalist after his brother Michael of The Jackson ...

) #"We Like to Party... Come On" - (Bobby DeBarge, Gregory Williams) #"Fever" - (Greg Wright, Ronnie Vann) #"You Pulled a Switch" - (Greg Wright, Ronnie Vann) #"It's So Real" - ( Michael B. Sutton, Brenda Sutton) #"Somebody's Watching You" - (Jody Sims)

Personnel

;Switch *

- lead vocals, backing vocals, keyboards, drums *

Tommy DeBarge The DeBarge family is a family of rhythm and blues artists from Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1975, Bobby left Grand Rapids to start the funk-soul band, Switch (Tommy later joined the band), which first went by the moniker, First Class. Eventuall ...

- bass, backing vocals *

Phillip Ingram Phillip Ingram (born 1958) is an American musician. He is perhaps best known as one of the founding members of the Motown Group "Switch" and is the younger brother of James Ingram. Biography Ingram was raised in Akron, Ohio. He came from a mus ...

- lead vocals, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals *Jody Sims - drums, percussion, backing vocals *Gregory Williams - trumpet, keyboards, backing vocals *Eddie Fluellen - keyboards, string ensemble, trombone, backing vocals ;Guitarists *Lil' David Podis, Mike McGloiry, Ronnie Vann - guitar ;Additional musicians *Jermaine Jackson

Charts

Singles

References

External links

Switch-Switch at Discogs
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