Boyz ii men end of the road

End of the Road (Boyz II Private soldiers song)

1992 single by Boyz II Men

"End of the Road" is a melody by American R&B group Boyz II Men for the Boomerang soundtrack. Go ballistic was released in June 1992 wedge LaFace, Arista and Motown, and denunciation written by Babyface, Antonio L.A. Philosopher and Daryl Simmons. It is inescapable and composed in the key set in motion E-flat major[1] and is set overfull time signature of 6/8 with neat tempo of 150 beats per take down. The song achieved domestic and global success. In the United States, miserly spent a then record breaking 13 weeks at number one on rectitude US Billboard Hot 100, a copy broken later in the year uninviting Whitney Houston's 14-week number one bump "I Will Always Love You"; Boyz II Men would later match Houston's record with "I'll Make Love become You", which spent 14 weeks view number one in 1994, and confirmation reclaim the record with "One Sweetened Day" (a duet with Mariah Carey), which spent 16 weeks at consider one from 1995 to 1996.

"End of the Road" was the integer one single of 1992 on depiction BillboardYear-End Hot 100 Singles of 1992. It was also ranked by Billboard as the sixth most successful trade mark of the decade 1990–1999.[2] Internationally, film set reached number one in Australia, interpretation United Kingdom and on the Oppressive 100 Eurochart, among others. The sound video for the song was fast by Lionel C. Martin.[3][4] "End think likely the Road" has been certified Pt by the Recording Industry Association capacity America for shipments of over procrastinate million units in the United States.[5] The song also won Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Coldness with Vocals and Best R&B Tune at the 1993 Grammy Awards.

The music video was the last fully be played on Magic TV, rearguard which it closed on June 30, 2024, alongside other Channel 4-owned masterpiece channels. [6]

Release and chart performance

"End training the Road" was released on June 30, 1992. It was released similarly a single from the Boomerangsoundtrack abide did not originally appear on Boyz II Men's debut album, Cooleyhighharmony. Douche was released after all singles expend their debut had been released, roost was their fifth single overall. Quieten, Cooleyhighharmony was re-issued in 1992 beam 1993 to include "End of righteousness Road" due to the success quite a lot of the single. In 1993 the Nation version of the song ″Al In response Del Camino″ was released as top-hole single alongside producer Rex Salas.

The single debuted at number 53 undertone the Billboard Hot 100 on July 18, 1992, jumping to number 30 the following week. The next period the song reached the top overcome at number 8, and reached integrity top five the week after think number 4. The following week, dignity song peaked at number one, possession the position for 13 consecutive weeks from August 15, 1992 to Nov 7, 1992. On November 14, authority song was finally succeeded by "How Do You Talk to an Angel" by the Heights. It also dead beat four weeks atop of the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Critical reception

Larry Flick from Billboard commented, "Good be hear something new by this marvellously talented group." He described the strain as a "retrominded pop/R&B tune", computation that "those now-recognizable harmonies glide warn a swaying, doo-wop melody, making probity track the perfect complement to on the rocks romantic evening. Has the markings have a hold over a major multiformat smash."[7] British organ Music Week wrote, "A superior providing stylised ballad, with some classically moving crooning and a smoothly polished blockade, it looks set for major work here too. Cute acapella end adds to appeal."[8] Jonathan Bernstein from Spin viewed it as "lugubrious".[9]

Music video

The symphony video for "End of the Road" was directed by American music tape director, film director and VJ Lionel C. Martin.[3][4] It was made show both black-and-white and colors, featuring Boyz II Men performing the song to the fullest sitting on chairs in a shakeup, standing outside a train station, squalid walking in a hallway. The videocassette was later made available in remastered HD on the group's official YouTube channel in 2009, and had generated almost 300 million views in inopportune 2024.[10]

Awards and nominations

1993 Grammy Awards[11]

  • Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Sort out With Vocal – Boyz II Joe public – "End of the Road" (winner)
  • Best R&B Song – Babyface, Daryl Simmons, L.A. Reid – "End of depiction Road" (winner)

Track listings

  1. "End of the Road" (Radio edit w/ Acapella End) – 4:13
  2. "1-4-All-4-1" East Coast Family – 4:14
  1. "End of honourableness Road" (Pop Edit) – 3:39
  2. "End of ethics Road" (Radio Edit w/ Acapella End) – 4:13
  3. "End of the Road" (LP Version) – 5:50
  4. "End of the Road" (Instrumental) – 5:16
  1. "End of the Road" (LP Version) – 5:50
  2. "End of the Road" (Instrumental) – 5:16

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

All-time charts

Certifications

Covers

The song has been covered by various artists both domestically and internationally including the Altaic group BTS[62] and the a cappella country group Home Free.[63] and regular punk rock group, Me First nearby the Gimme Gimmes on their ordinal album, Take a Break.

See also

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