End of the Road
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U.S. commercial cassette single
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| Single by Boyz II Men | ||||||||||
| from the album Boomerang (soundtrack) and Cooleyhighharmony (Reissue) |
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| B-side | Remix | |||||||||
| Released | June 30, 1992 | |||||||||
| Format | CD single, CD maxi, 7" single | |||||||||
| Recorded | Spring 1992, Philadelphia | |||||||||
| Genre | R&B | |||||||||
| Length | 5:48 | |||||||||
| Label | LaFace/Arista, Motown | |||||||||
| Writer(s) |
Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Antonio "L.A." Reid, Daryl Simmons |
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| Producer(s) | Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Antonio "L.A." Reid (co-producer: Daryl Simmons) |
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"End of the Road" is a single recorded by American R&B group Boyz II Men for the Boomerang soundtrack. It was released in 1992 and written and produced by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, L.A. Reid and Daryl Simmons.
The song achieved overwhelming domestic and international success.
In the United States, "End of the Road" spent a then record breaking 13 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Whitney Houston would later break this record in the same year, with "I Will Always Love You", spending fourteen weeks at #1. Boyz II Men would later match, and break Houston's record, with two of their future releases:
Internationally, "End of the Road" reached #1 in Australia, United Kingdom and the Hot 100 Eurochart, among others.
Due to the success of the single, Boyz II Men's debut album Cooleyhighharmony was re issued in 1992 and 1993 to include the song.
At the 1993 Grammy Awards, "End of the Road" was nominated for two Grammys, winning both: Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, and Best R&B Song.
"End of the Road" is considered one of the most successful songs of all time. It was the #1 single of 1992 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 Singles of 1992. It is ranked by Billboard as the sixth most successful song of the decade 1990–1999. It is also ranked at #50 on Billboard's "All Time Top 100 Songs"
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