The Right Stuff (Vanessa Williams song)

"The Right Stuff"
Single by Vanessa Williams
from the album The Right Stuff
Released	January 27, 1988
Recorded	1987
Studio	Jam Power (Los Angeles)[a] O'Henry Sound (Burbank, California)[b]
Genre	Dance-pop new jack swing R&B
Length	4:18
Label	Wing
Songwriter(s)	Rex Salas Kipper Jones
Producer(s)	Rex Salas
Vanessa Williams singles chronology
"The Right Stuff" (1988) "(He's Got) The Look" (1988)
Music video
"The Right Stuff" on YouTube

"The Right Stuff" is a song by American singer and actress Vanessa Williams, released as the first single from her 1988 debut studio album of the same name. The crossover single was very successful and became a top-five hit on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, as well as making the Billboard Hot 100. "The Right Stuff" also went to number one on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart for one week.^[1] It peaked at number 71^[2] on the UK Singles Chart and re-entered the charts in 1989, this time peaking at number 62^[3] with a remixed version. At the 31st Grammy Awards in 1989, the song received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, but lost to Anita Baker's "Giving You The Best That I Got".

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