Song#: 0589
Date: 05/09/1981
Debut: 90
Peak: 82
Weeks: 5
Genre: R&B
Pop Bits: The disco-ish title track single to their new album "All American Girls" didn't fare too well only reaching #79 on the pop chart. For their second single the try the ballad approach, but it did about the same as the first and was even a low-charter at R&B (#28). The album continued the downward slide of the group from which they wouldn't really recover - at least here in the US.
ReduxReview: The ballad route worked for A Taste of Honey after disco died out with their "Sukiyaki" reaching #2. The Sisters probably should have done the same thing right off the bat instead of releasing the dance-oriented "All American Girls." But the lack of exposure of that single probably affected this single when they finally went for a ballad. It's a nice song, but probably wasn't strong enough to really get them back to the Top 10. However, I think it might have done better as the first single. Or they had a terrific rock-ish tune on the album called "He's Just a Runaway" that seemed primed to be a hit.
ReduxRating: 5/10
Trivia: The lead singer and youngest of the Sledge sisters, Kathy, left the group in 1989 for a solo career. Although she never reach the pop chart, she did have a #1 Dance/Club chart hit with "Take Me Back to Love Again" in 1992.
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