Encore (Cheryl Lynn song)

1983 single by Cheryl Lynn

"Encore"

Single by Cheryl Lynn
from the album  Preppie
Released| December 1983 (US)
August 1984 (U.K.)[1]
Genre| R&B[2]
Length| 3:30
Label| Columbia
Songwriter(s)| Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
Producer(s)| Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
Cheryl Lynn singles chronology
| "Look Before You Leap"
(1983)  | "Encore"
(1983)  | "Preppie"
(1984)

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"Encore" is a 1983 R&B hit single for popular R&B/soul singer Cheryl Lynn. The song is written and produced by the highly successful Minneapolis funk duo, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. Although the single peaked at #69 on the Hot 100, it was the duo's first number one R&B hit as producers/writers and Lynn's second number one charting R&B single.[3] Released as the second single from her 5th studio album Preppie, it would become the most successful. The song was also a popular dance track, reaching number six on the US Dance chart.[4]

## Other versions

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The following other versions were released

* Encore (Dance Version) - 8:18[5]

## Charts

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Chart (1984)  | Peak
position

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US Billboard Hot 100 | 69
US Billboard Hot Soul Singles | 1
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs | 6

## References

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1. ^ "Official Singles Chart on 26/08/1984". Official Charts Company.
2. ^ Matos, Michaelangelo (8 December 2020). "Mann's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood: July 26, 1984". Can't Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop's Blockbuster Year. Hachette Books. p. 182\. ISBN 978-0-306-90337-3.
3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 368.
4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 162.
5. ^ "Encore Track listings". Discogs.com. Retrieved 20 June 2016.

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Cheryl Lynn

Studio albums|

* Cheryl Lynn
* In Love
* In The Night
* Instant Love
* Preppie
* It's Gonna Be Right
* Start Over
* Whatever It Takes

Songs|

* "Got to Be Real"
* "Keep It Hot"
* "Shake It Up Tonight"
* "If This World Were Mine" (with Luther Vandross)
* "Encore"

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