The Gap Band III

Gap Band III
Studio album by The Gap Band
Released December 8, 1980
Recorded 1980 at Total Experience Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre Soul Funk
Length 44:45
Label Mercury
PTG Records
Producer Lonnie Simmons[1]
The Gap Band chronology
The Gap Band II
(1979)		 The Gap Band III
(1980)		 Gap Band IV
(1982)

The Gap Band III is the fifth album (contrary to the title) by The Gap Band, released in 1980 on Mercury Records. It was produced by Lonnie Simmons. It was their first album to achieve platinum status. The album was remastered by PTG Records in 2009 including the radio edit of "Burn Rubber On Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)".

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]

The album reached #1 on the Black Albums chart and #16 on the Billboard Hot 200.[3] The album yielded 3 charting singles: the #60 R&B song "Humpin'", "Yearning for Your Love", a #5 R&B single which peaked at #60 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the #1 R&B hit "Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)", which reached #19 on the dance charts and #84 on the Hot 100.[4]

This would be the group's final release by Mercury Records. The Gap Band's next six albums were released on Total Experience Records.

Track listing

# Title Writer(s) Length
1. When I Look in Your Eyes Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor, Wilmer Raglin 4:59
2. Yearning for Your Love Oliver Scott, Ronnie Wilson 5:42
3. Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor 5:30
4. Nothin' Comes to Sleepers Oliver Scott, Ronnie Wilson 5:33
5. Are You Living Charlie Wilson, John Black 4:23
6. Sweet Caroline Charlie Wilson, Malvin Vice 3:20
7. Humpin' Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson, Rudy Taylor 5:13
8. The Way Oliver Scott, Ronnie Wilson 4:47
9. Gash Gash Gash Robert Wilson 5:18
10. Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) [Radio Version] Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor 4:09

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1981) Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums[5] 16
Billboard Top Soul Albums[5] 1

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[6]
US
Pop		 US
R&B		 US
Disco
1981 "Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)" 84 1 19
"Yearning for Your Love" 60 5 -
"Humpin'" - 60 -

See also

References

  1. ↑ Credits
  2. ↑ Henderson, Alex. The Gap Band: The Gap Band III > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  3. ↑ Album Charts and Awards at Allmusic
  4. ↑ Singles Charts and Awards at Allmusic
  5. 1 2 "The Gap Band US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-11.
  6. ↑ "The Gap Band US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-11.
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