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Forever Your Girl
Studio album by Paula Abdul
Released June 13, 1988
Recorded 1987-1988
Genre Pop, Dance, R&B, New Jack Swing
Length 44:35
Label Virgin
Producer Oliver Leiber, Glen Ballard, Elliot Wolff, L.A. Reid & Babyface, Jesse Johnson, Curtis Williams
Professional reviews
Paula Abdul chronology
Forever Your Girl
(1988)		 Shut Up and Dance
(1990)
Singles from Forever Your Girl
  1. "Knocked Out"
    Released: 1988
  2. "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me"
    Released: May 7, 1988
  3. "Straight Up"
    Released: 1989
  4. "Forever Your Girl"
    Released: 1989
  5. "Cold Hearted"
    Released: August 22, 1989
  6. "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me (Re-Release)"
    Released: October 2, 1989
  7. "Opposites Attract"
    Released: November 28, 1989

Forever Your Girl is the debut album from singer Paula Abdul. It was released on June 13, 1988 and took 64 weeks from its release to hit number one on the Billboard 200 album sales chart, the longest an album has been on the market before hitting number one.[1] The album was eventually certified seven times Platinum in the US and sold 12 million worldwide.[2] It also included four number one Hot 100 singles - "Straight Up", "Forever Your Girl", "Cold Hearted", and "Opposites Attract." This ties for second most #1 songs from a single album, and is tied for the most number ones in a debut album. "The Way That You Love Me" reached #3 and "Knocked Out" reached #41.

The album also reached #4 on the R&B album chart, while "Straight Up," "Opposites Attract," "Knocked Out," and "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" all reached the top 10 of the R&B tracks chart.

After a slow start, the album's third single "Straight Up" helped the album breakout in spring/summer 1989 after its initial summer 1988 release. Forever Your Girl hit number one for the first time on October 7, 1989. After the release of the single "Opposites Attract", it shot to number one spot again in February 3, 1990 and stayed there for nine consecutive weeks. At one point, Forever Your Girl sold reportedly 191,000 copies in a single day.[3]

Paula Abdul wrote one song on the Album, "One or the Other".

Contents

Track listing

  1. "The Way That You Love Me" (Oliver Leiber) – 5:22 (#3 US)
  2. "Knocked Out" (Babyface; Daryl Simmons; L.A. Reid) – 3:52 (#41 US)
  3. "Opposites Attract" (w/The Wild Pair) (Oliver Leiber) – 4:24 (#1 US)*
  4. "State of Attraction" (Glen Ballard; Siedah Garrett) – 4:07
  5. "I Need You" (Jesse Johnson; Ta Mara) – 5:01
  6. "Forever Your Girl" (Oliver Leiber) – 4:58 (#1 US)
  7. "Straight Up" (Elliot Wolff) – 4:11 (#1 US)
  8. "Next To You" (Curtis "Fitz" Williams; K. Stubbs; S. Williams) – 4:26
  9. "Cold Hearted" (Elliot Wolff) – 3:51 (#1 US)
  10. "One or the Other" (Paula Abdul; Curtis "Fitz" Williams; Duncan Pain) – 4:10

Production

  • Tracks 1, 3 & 6 - Produced by Oliver Leiber for The Noise Club
  • Track 2 - Produced by L.A. Reid & Babyface for LaFace Productions, Inc.
  • Track 4 - Produced by Glen Ballard for Aerowave, Inc.
  • Track 5 - Produced by Jesse Johnson for J.W.J. Productions, Inc. & Co-Produced by Dave Cochrane
  • Tracks 7 & 9 - Produced & Arranged by Elliot Wolff & Co-Produced by Keith "K.C" Cohen
  • Tracks 8 & 10 - Produced & Arranged by Curtis Williams for Willpower Productions
  • Engineers: Russ Bracher, Wally Buck, Francis Buckley, Jon Gass, Tim Jacquette, Cliff Jones, Jeff Lorber, Kendal Stubbs, Steve Weise
  • Assistant Engineers: Annette Cisneros, Al Fleming, Danny Grigsby, Cliff Jones, Pat McDougal, Josh Schneider
  • Mixing: Francis Buckley, Keith "KC" Cohen, Tim Jacquette
  • Mix Assistant: Peter Arata

Personnel

  • Drums: Glen Ballard, Jesse Johnson, L.A. Reid, Chuck Wild
  • Drum Programming: Oliver Leiber, Jeff Lorber, L.A. Reid, Elliott Wolff
  • Bass: St. Paul
  • Synth Bass: Kayo
  • Guitars: Dave Cochrane, Basil Fung, Bobby Gonzales, Dann Huff, Oliver Leiber, Bob Somma
  • Keyboards: Babyface, Jesse Johnson, Kayo, Oliver Leiber, Jeff Lorber, Ricky P., St. Paul, Randy Weber, Curtis "Fitz" Williams, Elliott Wolff
  • Saxophone: Eddie M., Troy Williams
  • MC Skat Kat vocals in the "Opposites Attract" video: The Wild Pair

Certifications, peaks & sales

Country Peak position Certification (if any) Sales/shipments
USA 1 7x Platinum[4] 7,000,000+
Canada 1 7x Platinum 700,000+
Australia 1
UK 3 1x Platinum 300,000+

References

  1. ^ http://www.contactmusic.com/info/paula_abdul
  2. ^ People. Forever Your Girl sold 12 million
  3. ^ http://www.paula-abdul.net/html/forever_your_girl.html
  4. ^ http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS

External links

Preceded by
Girl You Know It's True by Milli Vanilli
...But Seriously by Phil Collins		 Billboard 200 number-one album
October 7 - October 13, 1989
February 3 - April 6, 1990		 Succeeded by
Dr. Feelgood by Mötley Crüe
Nick of Time by Bonnie Raitt
Preceded by
Soul Provider by Michael Bolton		 Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
May 13 - May 19, 1990		 Succeeded by
I'm Breathless (Music from and Inspired by the Film Dick Tracy)
by Madonna
Paula Abdul
Studio albums
Forever Your Girl (1988) · Spellbound (1991) · Head Over Heels (1995) · 4give & 4get (2010)
Other albums
Shut Up and Dance (1990) · Paula Abdul: Greatest Hits (2000) · Greatest Hits: Straight Up! (2007)
Singles
Tours
Related topics







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