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Mary Jane Girls (album)

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Released
  
April 13, 1983

Label
  
Gordy

Length
  
35:50

Producer
  
Rick James

Recorded
  
1982 at The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA

Genre
  
R&B, funk, soul, post-disco

Mary Jane Girls is the eponymous debut album released by the girl group Mary Jane Girls on the Gordy record label on April 13, 1983. It peaked at number 56 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Contents

The album was produced and written entirely by Rick James. Three singles were released and each enjoyed success on the Hot Black Singles charts: "Candy Man" (#23 R&B), "All Night Long" (#11 R&B), and "Boys" (#29 R&B). All three songs charted together on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, peaking at #8.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Rick James.

  1. "Candy Man" (4:39)
  2. "Boys" (5:34)
  3. "Prove It" (4:28)
  4. "Jealousy" (3:28)
  5. "You Are My Heaven" (3:14)
  6. "On the Inside" (3:55)
  7. "All Night Long" (5:34)
  8. "Musical Love" (5:07)

Personnel

  • Joanne "Jojo" McDuffie - Lead & Backing Vocal
  • Kimberly "Maxi" Wuletich - Backing Vocals
  • Candice "Candi" Ghant - Lead & Backing vocals
  • Cheryl "Cheri" Bailey - Lead & Backing vocals
  • The Water Sisters - Background Vocals
  • Rick James - Drums, Guitar, Bass, Synthesizer, Percussion, Sitar, Timpani
  • Levi Ruffin, Jr. - Synthesizer, Synthesizer(String Machine), Electric Piano (Fender Rhodes), Backing Vocals
  • Greg "Bubbles" Levias - Synthesizer, Electric Piano (Fender Rhodes), Organ
  • Danny LeMelle - Saxophone, Synthesizer (Emulator), Synthesizer (String Machine), Percussion
  • Oscar Alston - Bass, Synthesizer (Bass Synthesizer)
  • Tom McDermott - Lead Guitar
  • Alan McGrier - Bass
  • Steve Price, Tony Nolasco - Percussion
  • LaMorris Payne - Backing Vocals

    • Samples

  • "All Night Long" has been sampled in many songs, including "Smooth Operator" by Big Daddy Kane on his 1989 LP, It's a Big Daddy Thing, "Around the Way Girl" by LL Cool J, "Tonight's da Night" by Redman and "Mary Jane (All Night Long)" by Mary J. Blige, Da Bitchez by Jeru The Damaja, Can't Wait by Redman.
  • Kylie Minogue sampled "Candy Man" in "Always Find the Time" from her hit album, Rhythm of Love.

    • References

    Mary Jane Girls (album) Wikipedia
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