Eyes of a Stranger is the title of an album released by the R&B band, The Deele

The Deele

The Deele is an American 80s R&B band from Cincinnati, Ohio, originally consisting of Indianapolis native Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds along with Antonio "L.A." Reid, Carlos "Satin" Greene, Darnell "Dee" Bristol, Stanley Burke, and Kevin "Kayo" Roberson...

 in 1987

1987 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1987.See also:Record labels established in 1987-January-February:*January 3 – Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...

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Reception

The third album released by the Deele, it became the band's most commercially successful album, on the strength of what is perhaps the group's best-known hit, the R&B top 5 and pop

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 top ten single, "Two Occasions

Two Occasions

"Two Occasions" is a R&B song written by Babyface, Darnell Bristol and Sid Johnson . It was produced by Babyface and L.A. Reid for The Deele's third studio album Eyes of a Stranger . The ballad was released as the album's second single in 1988...

," along with the R&B top ten follow-up, "Shoot 'Em Up Movies." It was shortly after the release of this album that primary group songwriters Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds and L.A. Reid left the band to pursue production work.

The album was certified Gold by the RIAA

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Track listing

1. Two Occasions
   Two Occasions
   "Two Occasions" is a R&B song written by Babyface, Darnell Bristol and Sid Johnson . It was produced by Babyface and L.A. Reid for The Deele's third studio album Eyes of a Stranger . The ballad was released as the album's second single in 1988...
   
     (Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds, Darnell "Dee" Bristol
   Darnell Bristol
   Darnell "Dee" Bristol is a member of The Deele and a songwriter who co-wrote The Deele's "Two Occasions." Years later, he would be credited as a co-writer of Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together", when Carey would reusing portions of "Two Occasions." He has also been credited on certain releases with...
   
   , Sid Johnson
   Sidney DeWayne
   Sidney DeWayne , is a songwriter and producer.He co-wrote Midnight Star's early eighties ballad "Slow Jam", and The Deele's "Two Occasions" with Babyface. He received another BMI award for Field Mob's "Sick Of Being Lonely"...
   
   ) - 4:17
2. Shoot 'Em up Movies (Kenny Nolan
   Kenny Nolan
   Kenny Nolan is a Los Angeles, California based singer-songwriter.He is best remembered for his 1977 self-penned song "I Like Dreamin'", which achieved the #3 chart position on the Billboard Hot 100 early that year....
   
   ) - 4:20
3. Let No One Separate Us (Darnell "Dee" Bristol, Antonio "L.A." Reid, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds) - 4:15
4. Eyes of a Stranger (Daryl Simmons
   Daryl Simmons
   Daryl Simmons is an American Grammy Award winning R&B songwriter, musician and record producer who is best known for his association with the LaFace Records production duo of Antonio ‘L.A.’ Reid and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds....
   
   , Carlos "Satin" Greene) - 4:52
5. Can-U-Dance (Carlos "Satin" Greene, Antonio "L.A." Reid, Dwain Mitchell) - 4:34
6. She Wanted (Darnell "Dee" Bristol, Kevin "Kayo" Roberson, Antonio "L.A." Reid) - 4:40
7. Hip Chic (Carlos "Satin" Greene, Les Collier, Darnell "Dee" Bristol, Antonio "L.A." Reid, Kevin "Kayo" Roberson) - 4:15
8. So Many Thangz (Darnell "Dee" Bristol, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds, D. Simmons) - 5:18
9. Eyes of a Stranger (Reprise) (Carlos "Satin" Greene, Simmons) - 1:18

Chart performance

Chart (1988)	Peak position	Certification
U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	54	Gold
U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...	5

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions
		US Pop Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...
1987	"Can-U-Dance"	-	48
	"Two Occasions"	10 (1988)	4
1988	"Shoot Em Up Movies"	-	10

External links

• The Deele-Eyes of a Stranger at Discogs