Workin' Overtime

Workin' Overtime
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 6, 1989
Recorded1988–1989
GenreNew jack swing[1]
Length39:53
LabelMotown
ProducerNile Rodgers
Diana Ross chronology
Red Hot Rhythm & Blues
(1987)
Workin' Overtime
(1989)
Greatest Hits Live
(1989)
Singles from Workin' Overtime
  1. "Workin' Overtime"
    Released: April 24, 1989
  2. "This House" / "Paradise"
    Released: July 23, 1989
  3. "Bottom Line"
    Released: September 14, 1989

Workin' Overtime is the eighteenth studio album by American singer Diana Ross, released on June 6, 1989, by Motown Records. Her first Motown album with new material since To Love Again (1981) after a short stint with RCA Records, Ross reunited with frequent collaborator Nile Rodgers, chief producer of her most successful album to date diana (1980), to make this album which was an attempt to gear her to a much younger audience bringing in new jack swing productions and house music.

Upon its release, Workin' Overtime received negative reviews from music critics and failed commercially despite the title track reaching number three on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. The album reached the top thirty in Sweden and the United Kingdom and peaked at number 116 on the US Billboard 200, earning the distinction of becoming the lowest-charting studio album of Ross' entire solo career. Additional singles "This House" and "Bottom Line" were issued, as well as a Shep Pettibone remix of "Paradise", but all failed to revive the album's sales. The album was supported by a concert tour, the Workin' Overtime World Tour.

  1. ^ Brown, Joe (August 13, 1989). "The Divas With the Die-Hard Fans". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 7, 2016.