The Force Behind the Power
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| Studio album by Diana Ross | ||||
| Released | September 1991 | |||
| Recorded | 1991 (except 11, recorded 1988) | |||
| Genre | Contemporary R&B, New Jack Swing | |||
| Length | 47:33/56:51 | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
| Producer | Stevie Wonder, Al B. Sure!, James Anthony Carmichael, Peter Asher | |||
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The Force Behind the Power is a 1991 album, released by Diana Ross on the Motown label. Its first single, "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" became an international hit, reaching #2 in the U.K., #4 in The Netherlands, #4 in Zimbabwe and #6 in Norway as well as making the Top 40 R&B and Adult Contemporary charts in the United States.
In the UK the album certified platinum for sales exceeding 300,000 copies. It yielded five UK top 40 hits, including "One Shining Moment" (UK #10), "If We Hold on Together" (#11), "Heart (Don't change my mind)" (#31, also another top 10 single in Zimbabwe) and the title track (#27). "You're Gonna Love it" reached #24 on the US dance charts as well as charting just outside the top 10 (11) in Zimbabwe, and "Battlefield" became a top 40 it in Poland.
The album also went Gold in Japan and various European territories.
"If We Hold on Together" was from Don Bluth's 1988 animated adventure film The Land Before Time. It rose to prominence after released as a single worldwide in 1989 (most prominently in Japan in 1990, after it was used as the theme song for the TBS drama Omoide ni Kawaru Made). It reached #1 on the Japanese International single charts for 12 contiguous weeks making it the biggest selling record by a foreign artist; and in total, sold over 465,000 copies.
The international edition of The Force Behind the Power has two additional tracks, "No Matter What You Do," a Top 5 R&B duet with Al B. Sure!, as well as "You And I".
The album was successful enough internationally that Ross' "Here and Now" World Tour lasted nearly two years, often hitting markets twice.
US edition
International edition
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