Released December 8, 1987 Length 65:44 Release date 8 December 1987 Genre New jack swing | Recorded 1986–1987 Artist Johnny Kemp Label Columbia/Legacy | |
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Producer Gene Griffin & Teddy Riley For GR Productions Similar New jack swing albums, Other albums | ||
Secrets Of Flying is the second and final album released by Bahamian American singer-songwriter Johnny Kemp. Released at the end of 1987, this album featured two massively successful singles. The first hit from the album was the Grammy-nominated single "Just Got Paid," which cracked the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1988, and went on to top both the R&B chart and Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The second hit from the album, "Dancin' with Myself" also became a top-5 R&B success. A third single from the album, the slow jam "One Thing Led to Another" reached the R&B top 40 as well.
Contents
- Track listing
- Just Got Paid
- One Thing Led to Another
- My Only Want is You
- Dancin With Myself
- Inner City Blues Make Me Wanna Holler
- Mercy Mercy Me
- Feeling Without Touching
- Just Like Flyin
- Songs
- References
Secrets of Flying was digitally remastered by "New Skool Sounds" in 2012 including 4 additional bonus tracks.
Track listing
+: Bonus tracks on the reissued version
"Just Got Paid"
"One Thing Led to Another"
"My Only Want is You"
"Dancin' With Myself"
"Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)"
"Mercy Mercy Me"
"Feeling Without Touching"
"Just Like Flyin'"
+ Kemp is not officially credited on the album cover as the lead vocalist on "One Thing Led to Another" or "My Only Want is You." However, given that he is the primary artist and is credited as lead vocalist on all of the other tracks, it seems like a reasonable assumption to make that he sings lead on these two as well.
Songs
1Just Got Paid5:31
2One Thing Led to Another4:14
3My Only Want Is You4:55