Can We Talk

"Can We Talk"
"Can We Talk"
Single by Tevin Campbell
from the album I'm Ready
Released	September 21, 1993
Genre	R&B
Length	4:45
Label	Qwest
Songwriters	Babyface; Daryl Simmons;
Producers	Babyface; Simmons;
Tevin Campbell singles chronology
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"Can We Talk" is a song performed by American R&B singer-songwriter Tevin Campbell. It was written and produced by Babyface and Daryl Simmons, and released in September 1993, by Qwest Records, as the lead single from Campbell's second studio album, I'm Ready (1993). The song hit the top ten on the American pop charts, peaking at numbers nine and seven on the US Billboard Hot 100^[2] and the Cash Box Top 100.^[3] It also spent a total of three weeks at number one on the Billboard R&B chart.^[4] It sold 500,000 copies and earned a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).^[5]^[6] The song was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and won the Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single – Male.

ReleasedSeptember 21, 1993^[1]

Length4:45

Quick facts Single by Tevin Campbell, from the album I'm Ready ...

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No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Can We Talk" (Edit)	Babyface Daryl Simmons	Babyface Simmons	4:21
2.	"Look What We'd Have (If You Were Mine)"	Narada Michael Walden Tevin Campbell Tony Lindsay	Walden	4:40

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Can We Talk" (Remix Radio Version)	Babyface Simmons	Babyface Simmons Def Def^[a] Meech Wells^[a]	3:53
2.	"Can We Talk" (Full Remix)	Babyface Simmons	Babyface Simmons Def Def^[a] Wells^[a]	4:55
3.	"Can We Talk" (Let's Talkstramental Mix)	Babyface Simmons	Babyface Simmons Def Def^[a] Wells^[a]	4:26
4.	"Can We Talk" (Backward Beats Mix)	Babyface Simmons	Babyface Simmons Def Def^[a] Wells^[a]	4:21
5.	"Can We Talk" (Album Radio Edit)	Babyface Simmons	Babyface Simmons Def Def^[a] Wells^[a]	4:21

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Can We Talk" (Edit)	Babyface Simmons	Babyface Simmons	4:21
2.	"Strawberry Letter" (Club Mix)	Shuggie Otis	Quincy Jones Quincy D III^[a]	6:28
3.	"Strawberry Letter" (LP Version)	Otis	Jones Quincy D III^[a]	4:07
4.	"Strawberry Letter" (QD III Mix With Rap)	Otis	Jones Quincy D III^[a]	4:12

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[22]	Gold	35,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[23]	Silver	200,000^‡
United States (RIAA)^[1]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone. ^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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