Not to be confused with the video game console Nintendo Switch 2.

Switch II
Studio album by
Switch
ReleasedApril 1979
GenreR&B
LabelGordy
ProducersJermaine Jackson, Bobby DeBarge, Gregory Williams
Switch chronology
Switch
(1978) 		Switch II
(1979) 		Reaching for Tomorrow
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[1]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and SoulStarStarStar[2]

Switch II is the second album by the R&B group Switch, released in 1979. Included on the album is one of the band's biggest and most often-sampled hits "I Call Your Name".

Track listing

  1. "You're the One for Me" (Bobby DeBarge, Elaine Brown, Phillip Ingram) – 4:29
  2. "Next to You" (Greg Williams) – 4:11
  3. "Best Beat in Town" (Bobby DeBarge) – 4:48
  4. "Calling On All Girls" (Hazel Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, Maureen Bailey) – 4:34
  5. "Go On Doin' What You Feel" (Jermaine Jackson, Maureen Bailey, Michael Smith) – 5:39
  6. "Fallin'" (Greg Williams) – 5:47
  7. "I Call Your Name" (Bobby DeBarge, Greg Williams) – 7:33

Charts

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[7]
US US
R&B 		US
Dance
1979 "Best Beat In Town" 69 16 65
"I Call Your Name" 83 8 —

References

  1. ^ Andrew Hamilton review at AllMusic.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul. Virgin. p. 323.
  3. ^ "Switch Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
  4. ^ "Switch Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
  5. ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1979". Billboard. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
  6. ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1980". Billboard. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
  7. ^ "Switch US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved June 17, 2011.