"Suddenly" is a song by American R&B singer–songwriter

Toni Braxton Toni Michele Braxton (born October 7, 1967) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, actress and television personality. She has sold over 70 million records worldwide and is one of the best-selling female artists in history. Braxton has won ...

, released internationally in February 2006 as the

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from the European edition of her fifth studio album, '' Libra'' (2005). Written and produced by

Richard Marx Richard Noel Marx (born September 16, 1963) is an American adult contemporary and pop rock singer-songwriter. He has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Marx's self-titled debut album went triple-platinum in 1987, and his first single, " D ...

, it failed to make the charts anywhere. The track features

Chris Botti Christopher Stephen Botti ( ; born October 12, 1962) is an award-winning American trumpeter and composer. In 2013, Botti won the Grammy Award in the Best Pop Instrumental Album category, for the album ''Impressions''. He was also nominated in ...

on the

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, and was originally planned to appear on his 2005 album '' To Love Again: The Duets''. Marx recorded this song as a duet with Braxton for his 2008 studio release '' Sundown'' and would later release it as a solo track on '' Now And Forever: The Ballads'' (2014) and yet as a different version on '' Beautiful Goodbye'' (2014).

Track listing

All tracks written and produced by

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes of ''Libra''.Braxton, Toni (2006). '' Libra'' (liner notes). Toni Braxton.

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Performers and musicians *Toni Braxton –

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

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, keyboards,

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backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are ...

* Heitor Pereira –

acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

*Bruce Gaitsch –

guitar solo A guitar solo is a melodic passage, instrumental section, or entire piece of music, pre-written (or improvised) to be played on a classical guitar, electric guitar or an acoustic guitar. In 20th and 21st century traditional music and popular ...

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Technical *Richard Marx – producer,

arranger In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orchest ...

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*David Cole –

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*Mat Prock – engineer *Chip Matthews – engineer, mixing *Al Schmidt – engineer *Brian Gill – assistant engineer

Charts

References

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