Be Careful (Sparkle song)

"Be Careful"
single art cover.
Single by Sparkle featuring R. Kelly
from the album Sparkle
Released March 23, 1998 (1998-03-23)
Format CD, Cassette
Genre
Length 5:17
Label Interscope, Rockland
Songwriter(s) R. Kelly
Producer(s) R. Kelly
Sparkle singles chronology
"Be Careful"
(1998)		 "Time To Move On"
(1999)

"When a Woman's Fed Up"
(1998)		 "Time To Move On"
(1999)
R. Kelly singles chronology
"Gotham City"
(1997) Gotham City1997		 "Be Careful"
(1998) Be Careful1998		 "When a Woman's Fed Up"
(1998) When a Woman's Fed Up1998

"Be Careful" is a 1998 R&B song by American singer Sparkle from her 1998 debut album, Sparkle The song reached number 3 on the Billboard Rhythmic Hot 100 and number 1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Singles chart.

Background/music video

The video, directed by Kelly, also features Kelly who both wrote, produced and composed this song. The single and the video were released before R. Kelly's single "When a Woman's Fed Up", which is the continuation of the story. Five weeks after the song was released it had already been played on the radio more than 40 million times in the US.[1] Due to a Billboard rule the song could not chart on the regular "Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart" in America. The music video is directed by R. Kelly.[2] The video shows a regular African American family in the less fortunate places.

Track listings

European CD-single
  1. "Be Careful" (LP Version) - 5:16
  2. "Be Careful" (Radio Edit No. 1) - 5:18
American 12" Vinyl / CD-single

(A-side)

  1. "Be Careful" (Radio Version 1)
  2. "Be Careful" (Radio Version 2)

(B-side)

  1. "Be Careful" (Album Version)
  2. "Be Careful" (Instrumental)

Charts

Chart Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic[3] 3
U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay[3] 1
Belgium Ultratop Singles Chart[4] 50
Netherlands Hot 100[4] 4
UK Singles Chart[5] 7

References

  1. ↑ Billboard 6 mar 1999, p. 34, at Google Books
  2. ↑ "mvdbase.com - Sparkle - "Be careful"". www.mvdbase.com.
  3. 1 2 "Artist Search for "sparkle"". AllMusic.
  4. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  5. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 518. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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