"Don't Be Cruel" is a song by American singer
Bobby Brown
Robert Barisford Brown (born February 5, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter and dancer. Brown, alongside frequent collaborator Teddy Riley, is noted as one of the pioneers of new jack swing: a fusion of hip hop and R&B. Brown started h ...
. Taken from his second studio album
of the same name, the song was written and produced by the songwriting and production duo Kenneth
"Babyface" Edmonds and Antonio
"L.A." Reid, with additional writing by
Daryl Simmons
Daryl L. Simmons is an American R&B musician, songwriter and record producer, who worked with the production duo of L.A. Reid and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. In 1977–1980 Daryl, with Manchild (band) recorded 2 soul & funk albums & the mino ...
.
Chart performance
"Don't Be Cruel" was Brown's second single to reach the top position of the
R&B chart
The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by ''Billboard''. Rankings are based on a measure of radio airplay, sales data, and streaming activity. The chart had 100 p ...
, where it remained for two weeks. As a pop crossover, it rose from number 59 to number 49, on the US
''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart, on the week of August 13, 1988, and took two months to peak at number eight on the week of October 15, 1988.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
1988 singles
1988 songs
Bobby Brown songs
MCA Records singles
Music videos directed by Alek Keshishian
New jack swing songs
Song recordings produced by Babyface (musician)
Song recordings produced by L.A. Reid
Songs written by Babyface (musician)
Songs written by Daryl Simmons
Songs written by L.A. Reid
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