The Most Popular Song The Year You Were Born

Boyz II Men ruled the early 1990s pop and R&B charts. The Philadelphia four-part vocal group, which blended classic soul with contemporary hip-hop, generated four big hit singles from its debut album "Cooleyhighharmony" — "Motownphilly," "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday," "Uhh Ahh," and "Please Don't Go." But its first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, "End of the Road," was a soundtrack cut, arriving just after the album cycle for "Cooleyhighharmony" ended. 

Producers and songwriters L.A. Reid and Babyface were responsible for populating the soundtrack of the 1992 Eddie Murphy romantic comedy "Boomerang." The duo conceived "End of the Road" with Boyz II Men in mind, although Babyface — a star performer in his own right in the 1990s — nearly snatched it right back. "I sang the demo. When I did, I thought, 'Maybe I can do this song,'" Babyface told "The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits." It was certainly something I was considering, but then I thought Boyz II Men would take it further." 

Boyz II Men recorded the song during a three-hour studio session on an off day in the middle of a concert tour. Upon release in 1992, "End of the Road" set a new record for most weeks in the top spot, with 13. At the end of 1992, Billboard cited "End of the Road" as its biggest song of the year.

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