Never Make a Promise

"Never Make a Promise"
Single by Dru Hill
from the album Dru Hill
Released	July 28, 1997
Format	CD single, Cassette single
Recorded	1996
Genre	R&B, soul
Label	Island
Writer(s)	Daryl Simmons
Producer(s)	Daryl Simmons
Dru Hill singles chronology
"In My Bed" (1997) "Never Make a Promise" (1997) "5 Steps" (1997)

"Never Make a Promise" is a number-one R&B song by group Dru Hill, released in 1997. It is the third single from their eponymous debut album. With a lead by Larry "Jazz" Anthony, the single spent four weeks at number one on the US R&B chart and peaked at number seven on the US pop chart. The music video features an appearance by Michelle Thomas, who plays Jazz's girlfriend. She tells Jazz that she is pregnant and he gets excited, but she also has a drunk father who rapes her but is too scared to tell anyone.

Credits adapted from liner notes.

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