"Giving You the Benefit" is a number-one R&B

Contemporary R&B

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 single by Pebbles from her second album Always

Always (Pebbles album)

Always is the second album of Pebbles. It was released in 1990 on MCA Records, and spawned two #1 R&B hits, "Giving You the Benefit" and "Love Makes Things Happen", a duet with Babyface, as well as the top 5 R&B hit "Backyard" with Salt-n-Pepa and the top 20 R&B hit "Always".- Track listing :#...

. The song reached number four on the US Billboard Hot 100

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 and spent three weeks at number-one on the R&B chart, becoming one of her biggest singles.

Subject

The lyrics, written by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and Pebbles's then-husband Antonio "L. A." Reid, who also jointly composed its music, are from the point of view of a woman who suspects that her boyfriend is not being faithful to her. She notes that she can easily make things difficult for him. But she explains that she has chosen not to do so in the hope that he will realize he has done her wrong and return, and make things up, to her.

Charts

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... Singles Chart	48
US Billboard Hot 100	4
US Billboard Hot R&B Singles	1
US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	10

End of year chart (1990)	Position
US Billboard Hot 100	65