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Dynamite (Jermaine Jackson song)

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"Dynamite"
Single by Jermaine Jackson
from the album Jermaine Jackson
B-sideTell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True) (Instrumental)[2][3]
ReleasedApril 1984 (1984-04)[1]
Recorded1984
GenreR&B
Length6:02
Label
Songwriter(s)Andy Goldmark, Bruce Roberts
Producer(s)Jermaine Jackson
Jermaine Jackson singles chronology
"Very Special Part"
(1982)
"Dynamite"
(1984)
"Do What You Do"
(1984)
Music video
"Dynamite" on YouTube

"Dynamite" is a song recorded by American R&B singer Jermaine Jackson. It was released as the first single from his 1984 album, Jermaine Jackson.[4] An instrumental version of the song, "Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)", was released as the B-side.[3] It was a #15 hit for him on the Billboard Hot 100 pop charts that year.

Personnel

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  • Jermaine Jackson – lead vocals, backing vocals, drum programming, arrangements
  • John Barnes – keyboards, synthesizer bass
  • Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar, arrangements
  • Jonathan Moffett – drum programming

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1984–85) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 28
El Salvador (UPI)[6] 8
Guatemala (UPI)[7] 6
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 15
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[9] 20
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[10] 8

Year-end charts

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Chart (1984) Position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[11] 50

References

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  1. ^ "Jermaine Jackon singles".
  2. ^ "Jermaine Jackson - Dynamite". Discogs. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Jermaine Jackson - Dynamite". Discogs. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  4. ^ "Jermaine Jackson - Dynamite". Jermaine Jackson5. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 151. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^ "Las canciones más populares en Latinoamérica". La Opinión (Los Angeles) (in Spanish). October 8, 1984. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
  7. ^ "Las canciones más populares en Latinoamérica". La Opinión (Los Angeles) (in Spanish). October 8, 1984. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
  8. ^ "Jermaine Jackson Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  9. ^ "Jermaine Jackson Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  10. ^ "Jermaine Jackson Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  11. ^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1984". Billboard. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
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