The album also reached #4 on the R&B album chart, while "Straight Up", "Opposites Attract", "Knocked Out", and "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" all reached the top 10 of the R&B tracks chart. After a slow start, the album's third single "Straight Up" helped the album breakout in spring/summer 1989 after its initial summer 1988 release. Forever Your Girl hit number one for the first time on October 7, 1989. After the release of the single "Opposites Attract", the album shot to number one again on February 3, 1990 and stayed there for nine consecutive weeks. By 1998, Billboard Magazine reported that Forever Your Girl was the most successful album released by the Virgin Records label, with all five of its top 20 hits also appearing on the same chart ranking Virgin's singles. Accolades Track listing Personnel Adapted from AllMusic. Paula Abdul – lead vocals Marvin Gunn and Bruce DeShazer AKA Tony Christin - backing vocals Peter Arata – mixing assistant Babyface – keyboards, producer, backing vocals Glen Ballard – drums, producer, programming Russ Bracher – engineer Pattie Brooks – backing vocals Wally Buck – engineer Francis Buckley – engineer, mixing Annette Cisneros – assistant engineer Dave Cochran – guitar, backing vocals Keith "KC" Cohen – mixing, producer Delisa Davis – backing vocals Tami Day – backing vocals Jimmy Demers – backing vocals Eddie M. – saxophone on "I Need You" Al Fleming – assistant engineer Basil Fung – guitar Jon Gass – engineer, mixing Bobby Gonzales – guitar Danny Grigsby – assistant engineer Evelyn Halus – backing vocals Dann Huff – guitar Tim Jaquette – engineer, mixing Jesse Johnson – drums, keyboards, producer Cliff Jones – assistant engineer, engineer Kayo – synthesizer, synthesizer bass Oliver Leiber – arranger, drum programming, guitar, keyboards, producer, programming Jeff Lorber – drum programming, engineer, guest artist, keyboards, producer Yvette Marine – backing vocals Pat McDougal – assistant engineer Lucia Newell – backing vocals Ricky P. – keyboards Pebbles – guest artist, backing vocals L.A. Reid – drums, guest artist, percussion programming, producer Angel Rogers – backing vocals Josh Schneider – assistant engineer Daryl Simmons – backing vocals Bob Somma – guitar St. Paul – arranger, bass, keyboards, Organ, vocoder Kendall Stubbs – engineer Randy Weber – programming, synthesizer Steve Weise – engineer Troy Williams - saxophone on "Forever Your Girl" Wild Pair – vocals, backing vocals Charts Certifications See also