We Can't Go Wrong (album)
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We Can't Go Wrong is the second album from the New York-based R&B–dance trio The Cover Girls
. After scoring moderate success with their gold-selling debut album Show Me in 1987, the group left independent label Fever Records, and signed with Capitol Records for this album, which was released in August of 1989. This album pretty much contains the same mixture of fine Freestyle dance numbers and soaring R&B-styled ballads as their debut album. Besides the three hit singles released from this album ("My Heart Skips a Beat
", "We Can't Go Wrong", and "All That Glitters Isn't Gold"), standout tracks include "Nothing Could Be Better", "That Boy of Mine" (which was also featured on their debut album Show Me), "No One in This World", and a cover version of the Carole King–Gerry Goffin classic "Up on the Roof
". We Can't Go Wrong only made it to #108 on the Billboard album chart, but, by the end of 1990, the album had been certified platinum, and became the group's biggest selling album. The album features songwriting and production by Albert Cabrera, Andy "Panda" Tripoli, David Cole, "Little" Louie Vega, Robert Clivilles, and Tony Moran.
Singles - Billboard (North America)
We Can't Go Wrong (single)
The Cover Girls
The Cover Girls is a New York City-based freestyle-urban-dance-pop girl group that achieved the majority of its chart success in the late 1980s and early 1990s...
. After scoring moderate success with their gold-selling debut album Show Me in 1987, the group left independent label Fever Records, and signed with Capitol Records for this album, which was released in August of 1989. This album pretty much contains the same mixture of fine Freestyle dance numbers and soaring R&B-styled ballads as their debut album. Besides the three hit singles released from this album ("My Heart Skips a Beat
My Heart Skips a Beat
"My Heart Skips a Beat" is a 1964 single by Buck Owens. The single was Owens's third number one on the U.S. country singles chart. "My Heart Skips a Beat" spent seven non-consecutive weeks at the top with a total of twenty-six weeks on the chart...
", "We Can't Go Wrong", and "All That Glitters Isn't Gold"), standout tracks include "Nothing Could Be Better", "That Boy of Mine" (which was also featured on their debut album Show Me), "No One in This World", and a cover version of the Carole King–Gerry Goffin classic "Up on the Roof
Up on the Roof (song)
"Up on the Roof" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King and recorded in 1962 by The Drifters. Released at the tail end of that year, the song became a big hit in early 1963, reaching number five on the U.S. pop singles chart and number 4 on the U.S...
". We Can't Go Wrong only made it to #108 on the Billboard album chart, but, by the end of 1990, the album had been certified platinum, and became the group's biggest selling album. The album features songwriting and production by Albert Cabrera, Andy "Panda" Tripoli, David Cole, "Little" Louie Vega, Robert Clivilles, and Tony Moran.
Track listing
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | The Billboard 200 | 108 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | "My Heart Skips A Beat" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 4 |
| Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 8 | ||
| The Billboard Hot 100 | 38 | ||
| 1990 | "We Can't Go Wrong" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 8 |
| "All That Glitters Isn't Gold" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 18 | |
| Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 31 | ||
| The Billboard Hot 100 | 49 |
We Can't Go Wrong (single)
| End of year chart (1990) | Position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 87 |