Album: Be Yourself

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Be Yourself
Be Yourself (Front Cover)

Album details

Released: 26 June 1989

20 December 2019 (Digital Expanded Edition)

Length: 53:48 (Original release)

118:00 (Digital Expanded Edition)

Label(s): MCA Records
Studio(s): Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA; Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA

Charts, Certifications & Awards

Charts
America
Country: Chart Entry Date Peak Position Weeks in Chart
USA: Billboard Top Pop Albums Chart 22 Jul. 1989 86 26
USA: Billboard R&B Albums Chart 22 Jul. 1989 14 39
Certifications
This album has not received any certifications in the USA
Awards
This album has not received any awards in the USA

Singles released

Of the 3 singles released from this album, only the one with a Prince contribution is listed below:

Yo Mister
b/w I Can Fly

See also

Burnin’
(Album) 		  
Be Yourself album is the second MCA Records studio album by soul singer Patti LaBelle (formerly part of the band Labelle, along with Nona Hendryx).

The album contained two songs with writing input by Prince, Yo Mister and Love 89 (co-written with Sheena Easton).


Sessions and compiling

Yo Mister (from 1986) and Love 89 were recorded by Prince, with Patti LaBelle simply replacing Prince’s vocals with her own.

Prince later contributed the song I Hear Your Voice to Patti LaBelle’s next album, Burnin’ in 1991.


Promotion

The album produced three singles, If You Asked Me To, Yo Mister (which contained various remixes of the track), and I Can’t Complain. The album reached number 86 on the US Billboard Pop Chart, and number 14 on the Billboard Black Chart.



Track listing
CD LP/MC

Details given for Prince-related tracks only:
The compact disc version is the original issue.

  1. If You Asked Me To
  2. I Can’t Complain
  3. Be Yourself
  4. Yo Mister (5:08) 1
  5. I Got It Like That
  6. Love 89 (5:09) 2
  7. Still In Love
  8. I’m Scared Of You
  9. Can’t Bring Me Down
  10. Need A Little Faith
  11. I Can Fly
  • Side 1:
  1. If You Asked Me To
  2. I Can’t Complain
  3. Be Yourself
  4. Yo Mister (5:08) 1
  5. I Got It Like That
  • Side 2:
  1. Love 89 (5:09) 2
  2. Still In Love
  3. I’m Scared Of You
  4. Can’t Bring Me Down
  5. Need A Little Faith
  6. I Can Fly


Digital re-release - Expanded Edition (2019)

  1. If You Asked Me To
  2. I Can’t Complain
  3. Be Yourself
  4. Yo Mister (5:08) 1
  5. I Got It Like That
  6. Love 89 (5:09) 2
  7. Still In Love
  8. I’m Scared Of You
  9. Can’t Bring Me Down
  10. Need A Little Faith
  11. I Can Fly
  12. If You Asked Me To (Dub Version)
  13. If You Asked Me To (Instrumental Suite Version)
  14. I Can't Complain (Instrumental
  15. I Can Fly (Extended Version)
  16. Ain't Nuthin' But A Feeling (Radio Edit)
  17. Yo Mister (Extended Version) (6:31) 1
  18. Yo Mister (Radio Edit Version) (5:23) 1
  19. Yo Mister (Instrumental Version) (4:07) 1
  20. Yo Mister (Single Version) (4:06) 1
  21. Yo Mister (Miss Thing’s Club Version) (8:44) 1
  22. Yo Mister (Miss Thing’s Instrumental) (5:50) 1
  23. Yo Mister (Miss Thing’s Radio Version) (5:51) 1


1 Written by Prince
2 Written by Prince and Sheena Easton.



Personnel
Musicians


Production


Thanks
  • SPECIAL THANKS TO: First I would like to thank God for giving me the gift. ZUBI - I LOVE YOU!!!
  • Thanks to all my road family: my band, my singers, my crew, my Paz family, my MCA family (Loui Silas Jr. - Thanks for making me wait! A.D. Washington - Thanks for being there for me!);
  • This album is dedicated to my very ill loved ones. Those who are still here hanging on and those who tried to hang on, had to leave and are now at peace. (Malik Smith - you’ll never be forgotten; Sylvester - you make me feel mighty real.) I know you’ll hear this wherever you are.
  • A very special dedication to my sister Jackie - Because of you "I Can Fly."
  • Dear Daddy I know you’ll like this one!!
  • To all the children: Believe in yourself and let’s advance with faith and courage toward a drug free society.



Releases
LP, CD, Cassettes and Other versions
Country Format Cat. Number Comments Front Back Label 1 Label 2
This section is under construction

Variants, Special Editions and Reissues
Country Format Cat. Number Comments Front Back Label 1 Label 2
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Additional Information
Promotion (at time of release) Trivia
  • A promotional stamp was published in Billboard of 26 August 1989 (Vol. 101 No. 34).
  • A full page press advert was published in Billboard of 9 September 1989 (Vol. 101 No. 36):

US press advert published in Billboard on 9 September 1989

References
1989
Time Waits For No One 		All Albums All Related Artists Albums 1989
Good Feeling
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