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Slow Wine

"Slow Wine"
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Cassette single cover
Single by Tony! Toni! Toné!
from the album Sons of Soul
Released July 19, 1994 (1994-07-19)
Format Cassette single
Recorded 1993 at Caribbean Sound Basin in Trinidad
Genre R&B
Length 4:49
Label Mercury, Polygram
Songwriter(s) D'wayne Wiggins, Damon Haynes, John Rhone, Benjamin Ross, Maurice StewartThe Whole 9
Producer(s) Tony! Toni! Toné!
Tony! Toni! Toné! singles chronology
"Leavin'"
(1994)
"Slow Wine"
(1994)
"Let's Get Down"
(1996)
"Leavin'"
(1994)
"Slow Wine"
(1994)
"Let's Get Down"
(1996)

"Slow Wine" is a song by American R&B group Tony! Toni! Toné!, released on July 19, 1994, by Mercury Records and Polygram Records as the fifth and final single from their 1993 album Sons of Soul. It was recorded in 1993 at Caribbean Sound Basin in Trinidad, and the group drew on the local music scene and their recreational activities there. "Slow Wine" is a sensual R&B song that describes a Trinidadian slow grind dance.

The song was well received by music critics and received strong radio airplay. It reached number 21 on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles, on which it charted for 17 weeks.

Tony! Toni! Toné! recorded the song for their third album Sons of Soul, which was recorded in 1993 at Caribbean Sound Basin in Trinidad, among other studios. It was produced by the group and written by the production team The Whole 9 and guitarist D'wayne Wiggins, who sang lead. They drew on their recreational activities and the local music scene in Trinidad while working on the album there. "Slow Wine" has a sensual mood and, lyrically, describes a Trinidadian slow grind dance.

"Slow Wine" was released on July 19, 1994, by Mercury Records and Polygram Records as a cassette single. Prior to its release, it had received strong airplay, being number one at KJLH Los Angeles and in the top five at WVAZ Chicago. On July 30, it entered the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart at number 24 as a "Hot Shot Debut". "Slow Wine" peaked at number 21 on the chart in the week of August 6. It spent 17 weeks on Hot R&B Singles.


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