Coming to America (The System song)

"Coming to America"
Single by The System
from the album Coming to America Soundtrack
Released1988
RecordedOctober 1987
Genre
Length3:33 (Part One version)
LabelAtlantic
ATCO Records
Songwriter(s)Nancy Huang, Nile Rodgers
Producer(s)The System, Nile Rodgers
The System singles chronology
"Nighttime Lover"
(1987)
"Coming to America"
(1988)
"Midnight Special"
(1989)

"Coming to America" is a song used in the movie Coming to America, starring Eddie Murphy. It was written by Nile Rodgers and Nancy Huang and performed by the American music band The System. The song played in the movie during the closing credits.

The song entered two Billboard charts in 1988, peaking at No. 23 on the Hot Black Singles chart and No. 91 on the Hot 100 chart.[1][2]

It was the last commercially successful single recorded by the System.

  1. ^ "AMG: The System - Singles". All Music Guide, Billboard. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
  2. ^ Jancik, Wayne (1998). The Billboard book of one-hit wonders (2nd ed.). California, U.S.: Billboard Books, 1998, the University of California. p. 451. ISBN 0-8230-7622-9.