I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)

"I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)"
Single by Hi-Five
from the album Hi-Five
Released January 5, 1991
Recorded June, 1990
Genre
Length 5:50
Label Jive
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
  • Riley
  • Belle
  • Way
Certification Gold (5/10/1991; RIAA)
Hi-Five singles chronology
"Just Can't Handle It"
(1990)
"I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)"
(1991)
"I Can't Wait Another Minute"
(1991)

"I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)" is a song by American vocal group Hi-Five. Released on January 5, 1991, the song is from the group's debut self-titled studio album Hi-Five. The song was a number-one pop song and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on May 10, 1991.[1]

Background

Recorded in June 1990, I Like The Way (The Kissing Game) spent two weeks at number one on the US R&B chart;[2] and one week at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100. Later in 1992, R&B trio SWV sampled the drum beat on their song "Coming Home" from their debut album It's About Time.

Track listings

CD single

  1. Radio Edit (3:56)
  2. Album Version (5:50)
  3. Special Remix (5:25)
  4. Street Remix (5:32)

Personnel

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1991) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] 1
U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles 1
U.S. Adult Contemporary 42
U.S. Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 33

Year-end charts

Chart (1991) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] 8
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles 1

Preceded by
"Joyride" by Roxette
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
May 12, 1991 - May 18, 1991
Succeeded by
"I Don't Wanna Cry" by Mariah Carey

See also

References

  1. RIAA - Hi-Five - I Like The Way
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 254.
  3. "The Hot 100 chart listing for the week of May 18, 1991". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
  4. "Billboard Top 100 - 1991". Retrieved 2009-09-15.

External links

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