Don't Be Cruel (Bobby Brown song)

"Don't Be Cruel"
Single by Bobby Brown
from the album Don't Be Cruel
ReleasedMay 16, 1988
StudioSilverlake (Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Length
  • 6:48 (album version)
  • 4:15 (single version)
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • L.A. Reid
  • Babyface
Bobby Brown singles chronology
"Girl Next Door"
(1987)
"Don't Be Cruel"
(1988)
"My Prerogative"
(1988)
Music video
"Don’t Be Cruel" on YouTube

"Don't Be Cruel" is a song by American singer Bobby Brown. Taken from his second studio album of the same name, the song was written and produced by the songwriting and production duo Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and Antonio "L.A." Reid, with additional writing by Daryl Simmons.

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