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Release Date
1 January 1984
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Length
10 tracks
Swept Away is a Gold-plus 1984 album released by American singer Diana Ross on the RCA label. This album yielded several US hit singles, the most successful of which was the "Missing You" (#10 Pop, #1 R&B, #4 AC). "Missing You" was produced by Lionel Richie and was a tribute to late soul singer Marvin Gaye, Ross and Richie's former Motown Records label-mate. Other singles included the Daryl Hall and Arthur Baker-produced "Swept Away" (#19 Pop, #3 R&B) and the Julio Iglesias duet, "All of You" (#19 Pop, #38 R&B, #2 AC). All three of these singles were accompanied by popular music videos. The album also included the #13 R&B single, "Telephone", produced by Bernard Edwards.
Swept Away was certified Gold by the end of 1984. It peaked at #26 on Billboard Pop albums chart, making this her last album to reach the Top 40 until I Love You in 2007. The disc had sold close to 900,000 copies at the time of its deletion.(It has been rumored to be certified platinum, making it her second RCA era platinum album). The album also made the top ten in the Netherlands, Sweden and Norway.
"Swept Away" was her best self-produced album while smartly employing the services of top notch producers for the singles, Richard Perry produced the international #1 duet "All of You" with Julio Iglesias, Daryl Hall produced the #1 dance/pop title track, Lionel Richie gave her the biggest hit, the 4-week #1 in "Missing You", her tribute to Marvin Gaye and she was reunited with Bernard Edwards for the final single, "Telephone". Diana humbly handled the remainder of the album with clean, well produced material like "It's Your Move", the 80s ringer Robby Benson co-penned, "Nobody Drives Me Crazy Like You Do" and she closed out the album with an adult contemporary reading on Bob Dylan's "Forever Young". One of the triumphs of those sessions was the hot, "Fight for It" that Diana not only produced but co-wrote.
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