The Force Behind the Power


The Force Behind the Power is the eighteenth studio album by American singer Diana Ross, released on September 10, 1991 by Motown Records. The album reached No. 11 on the UK Albums chart.

Singles

The album spun off five hit singles in the UK - most successfully "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" which reached No. 2 on the UK Singles chart. "One Shining Moment" and the album's Stevie Wonder-produced title track reached Nos. 10, and 27 on the UK Singles chart.
If We Hold on Together reached No. 11 on the UK Singles chart and No. 23 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Songs chart, while a cover of Barbra Streisand's "Heart " reached No. 31 on the UK Singles chart.
"No Matter What You Do" - her duet with Al B. Sure! - was a major US R&B hit where it peaked at number 4 on the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart, while "You're Gonna Love It" was also released as a US single, where it rose to No. 24 on the US Dance Club Songs chart.
"If We Hold on Together" was originally recorded for Don Bluth's 1988 animated adventure film The Land Before Time. It rose to prominence after it was released as a single worldwide in the latter part of 1988. It reached #1 on the Japanese International single charts for 12 contiguous weeks making it the biggest selling record by a foreign artist; and in total, sold over 465,000 copies.

Commercial reception

In the UK the album certified platinum for sales exceeding 300,000 copies. It also went Gold in Japan and various European territories. The album was successful enough internationally that Ross' "Here and Now" World Tour lasted nearly two years.

Track listings

US edition
  1. "Change of Heart" – 4:02
  2. "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" – 4:13
  3. "Battlefield" – 3:35
  4. "Blame It on the Sun" – 3:55
  5. "Heavy Weather" – 4:59
  6. "The Force Behind the Power" – 4:45
  7. "Heart " – 4:19
  8. "Waiting in the Wings" – 4:52
  9. "One Shining Moment" – 4:48
  10. "You're Gonna Love It" – 5:11
  11. "If We Hold on Together" – 4:09
International edition
  1. "Change of Heart" – 4:03
  2. "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" – 4:13
  3. "Battlefield" – 3:35
  4. "Blame It on the Sun" – 3:55
  5. "You're Gonna Love It" – 5:11
  6. "Heavy Weather" – 4:59
  7. "The Force Behind the Power" – 4:42
  8. "Heart " – 4:19
  9. "Waiting in the Wings" – 4:52
  10. "You and I" – 4:09
  11. "One Shining Moment" – 4:48
  12. "If We Hold on Together" – 4:13
  13. "No Matter What You Do" – 5:09

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