Released May 16, 1988 Recorded 1987–88 Label MCA | Format 7"
12"
CD
cassette Genre R&B
new jack swing | |
Length 6:52 (album version)
4:15 (single version) | ||
"Don't Be Cruel" is a song by American singer Bobby Brown. Taken from his second and most successful album as its title track, the song was written and produced by the R&B production duo Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and Antonio "L.A." Reid.
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Chart performance
"Don't Be Cruel" was Brown's second single to reach the top position of the R&B chart where it remained for two weeks. As a pop crossover, it rose from number 59 to number 49, on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, the week of August 13, 1988 but it took two months to finally peak at number eight the week of October 15, 1988. In October 2004, Don't Be Cruel appeared in popular video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, playing on fictional new jack swing radio station CSR 103.9.
Music video
The music video was filmed in Boston in May 1988.