Thought 'Ya Knew

Thought 'Ya Knew
Studio album by CeCe Peniston
Released	January 10, 1994 (1994-01-10)
Recorded	1993
Genre	Dance R&B
Length	72:17
Label	A&M
Producer	Steve "Silk" Hurley Soulshock & Karlin Sir Jinx Mark Dubuclet Andres Levin & Camus Maré Celli David Morales Brian McKnight Richard Wolf
CeCe Peniston chronology
Finally / We Got a Love Thang: Remix Collection (1992) Thought 'Ya Knew (1994) Remix Collection (1994)
Singles from Thought 'Ya Knew
"I'm in the Mood" Released: December 14, 1993 "I'm Not Over You" Released: April 5, 1994 "Hit by Love" Released: August 1994 "Keep Givin' Me Your Love" Released: February 1995 (UK, April '94)

Thought 'Ya Knew is the second solo studio album by American singer-songwriter CeCe Peniston, released on January 10, 1994, by A&M Records, and on February 10 in Japan.^[1] For this album, Peniston once again collaborated with Chicago-based producer Steve "Silk" Hurley, along with other producers Carsten Schack and Kenneth Karlin (better recognized as duo Soulshock & Karlin) from Denmark, David Morales, Sir Jinx, and on one track ("Forever in My Heart") also with the multiple Grammy Award-nominee Brian McKnight.

Deciding not to get pigeonholed into the dance genre, Peniston recorded several ballads for the album, trying to move into an R&B direction. Unlike its predecessor Finally, Peniston's second album was, therefore, a calculated mixture of pop ballads and R&B beats, though incorporating also other genres, such as jazz ("I'm in the Mood"), funk (I'm Not Over You"), reggae ("Through Those Doors") and gospel ("I Will Be Received").

The album received generally mixed reviews from music critics, and commercially, it proved to be a moderate success. Debuting on February 12, 1994, at number 102 on the Billboard 200, the album reached its peak a week later at number ninety-six, while spending nineteen weeks on the US chart in total. Overseas, the album entered the UK Albums Chart at number thirty-one, but charted for only two weeks there. Other territories included Switzerland (at number thirty-two), Japan (at number sixty-six), Netherlands (at number sixty-nine), and Germany (at number ninety-two).

Four official singles were released from the album, three of which entered the Billboard Hot 100, as well as the UK Singles Chart. All of them became successful on the dance chart, bringing Peniston two additional number one hits on the US Hot Dance Club Songs. In Japan, the album was shortly followed by Remix Collection, which featured alternate versions of songs issued on singles. It was reissued in Japan on September 11, 1996.^[2] The album was not accompanied by a worldwide tour.