Never Make a Promise

"Never Make a Promise"
Single by Dru Hill
from the album Dru Hill
Released July 28, 1997
Format CD single, Cassette single
Recorded 1996
Genre R&B, soul
Label Island
Writer(s) Daryl Simmons
Producer(s) Daryl Simmons
Dru Hill singles chronology
"In My Bed"
(1997)
"Never Make a Promise"
(1997)
"5 Steps"
(1997)

"Never Make a Promise" is a number-one R&B song by group Dru Hill, released in 1997. It is the third single from their eponymous debut album. With a lead by Larry "Jazz" Anthony, the single spent four weeks at number one on the US R&B chart and peaked at number seven on the US pop chart. The music video features an appearance by Michelle Thomas, who plays Jazz's girlfriend. She tells Jazz that she is pregnant and he gets excited, but she also has a drunk father who rapes her but is too scared to tell anyone.

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.[1]

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1997) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[2] 7
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[3] 1
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[4] 23

Year-end charts

End-of-year chart (1997) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[5] 56

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
United States (RIAA)[6] Gold 700,000[7]

See also

References

  1. Dru Hill - Dru Hill (CD liner notes) - Island Records 314-524 306-2
  2. "Dru Hill – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Dru Hill.
  3. "Dru Hill – Chart history" Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for Dru Hill.
  4. "Dru Hill – Chart history" Billboard Rhythmic Songs for Dru Hill.
  5. "Billboard Top 100 - 1997". Retrieved 2010-08-28.
  6. "American single certifications – Dru Hill – Never Make a Promise". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
  7. "Best-Selling Records of 1997". Billboard. BPI Communications Inc. 110 (5): 76. January 31, 1998. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 31, 2015.


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