End of the Road (Boyz II Men song)

"End of the Road"
Artwork for North American retail cassette edition, also used for overseas editions
Single by Boyz II Men
from the album Boomerang: Original Soundtrack Album and Cooleyhighharmony (Reissue)
B-side"Remix"
ReleasedJune 30, 1992 (1992-06-30)
GenreR&B
Length
  • 5:48 (album version)
  • 4:13 (single version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds
  • Antonio "L.A." Reid
  • Daryl Simmons (co.)
Boyz II Men singles chronology
"Please Don't Go"
(1992) 		"End of the Road"
(1992) 		"In the Still of the Nite (I Remember)"
(1992)
Music video
"End of the Road" on YouTube
"End of the Road"
"End of the Road" from Cooleyhighharmony (1993 re-release)
"Al Final Del Camino"
Spanish language version from the same album
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"End of the Road" is a song by American R&B group Boyz II Men for the Boomerang soundtrack. It was released in June 1992 by LaFace, Arista and Motown, and is written by Babyface, Antonio L.A. Reid and Daryl Simmons. It is written and composed in the key of E-flat major[1] and is set in time signature of 6/8 with a tempo of 150 beats per minute. The song achieved domestic and international success. In the United States, it spent a then record breaking 13 weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, a record broken later in the year by Whitney Houston's 14-week number one hit "I Will Always Love You"; Boyz II Men would later match Houston's record with "I'll Make Love to You", which spent 14 weeks at number one in 1994, and then reclaim the record with "One Sweet Day" (a duet with Mariah Carey), which spent 16 weeks at number one from 1995 to 1996.

"End of the Road" was the number one single of 1992 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 Singles of 1992. It was also ranked by Billboard as the sixth most successful song of the decade 1990–1999.[2] Internationally, it reached number one in Australia, the United Kingdom and on the Hot 100 Eurochart, among others. The music video for the song was directed by Lionel C. Martin.[3][4] "End of the Road" has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of over one million units in the United States.[5] The song also won Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and Best R&B Song at the 1993 Grammy Awards.

The music video was the last to be played on Magic TV, after which it closed on June 30, 2024, alongside other Channel 4-owned music channels. [6]

  1. ^ Kenneth "Babyface", Edmonds; A, Reid, L.; Daryl, Simmons; Men, Boyz II; Kenneth "Babyface", Edmonds (1999-12-15). "End of the Road". Musicnotes.com. Retrieved 2021-04-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
  3. ^ "Boys II Men - End Of The Road (1993)". IMVDb. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  4. ^ "Boys II Men: End of the Road (1993)". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  5. ^ "RIAA - Certified Awards Search - "End of the Road"]". RIAA. Archived from the original on 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2014-11-28.
  6. ^ [bluefrog] (2024-06-30). Final closure of Magic TV (UK) - 01/07/2024 12:00am. Retrieved 2024-07-31 – via YouTube.