8 8 ▁single ▁by ▁Bah am ian ▁R & B ▁singer – song writer ▁Johnny ▁K emp . ▁The ▁song ▁hit ▁No . ▁ 1 ▁on ▁the ▁U . S . ▁R & B ▁and ▁Dance ▁charts ▁and ▁reached ▁the ▁Top ▁ 1 0 ▁on ▁the ▁Billboard ▁Hot ▁ 1 0 0 . ▁It ▁received ▁a ▁Gram my ▁Award ▁nom ination ▁for ▁Best ▁R & B ▁Song ▁at ▁the ▁ 3 1 st ▁Gram my ▁Awards ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 . ▁ ▁It ▁lost ▁out ▁to ▁An ita ▁Baker ' s ▁" G iving ▁You ▁the ▁Best ▁That ▁I ▁Got ". ▁ ▁The ▁song ▁started ▁as ▁an ▁instrument al ▁track ▁for ▁which ▁Keith ▁S we at ▁brought ▁in ▁K emp ▁to ▁write ▁lyr ics . ▁S we at ▁ultimately ▁passed ▁on ▁the ▁song ▁that ▁was ▁originally ▁written ▁for ▁his ▁ 1 9 8 7 ▁debut ▁Make ▁It ▁Last ▁Fore ver . ▁K emp ▁recorded ▁a ▁demo ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁song , ▁int ending ▁for ▁it ▁to ▁be ▁used ▁by ▁another ▁singer ; ▁his ▁" scr atch ▁vocal " ▁ended ▁up ▁on ▁the ▁final ▁release ▁along ▁with ▁ending ▁the ▁track ▁with ▁K emp ▁and ▁crew ▁celebr ating . ▁ ▁The ▁song ▁was ▁later ▁covered ▁by ▁NS Y NC ▁on ▁their ▁album ▁No ▁Str ings ▁Att ached , ▁which ▁was ▁coinc ident ally ▁produced ▁by ▁the ▁song ' s ▁original ▁producer ▁Ted dy ▁R iley . ▁It ▁was ▁later ▁sample d ▁by ▁Kur upt ▁on ▁the ▁song ▁entitled ▁" At ▁It ▁Again "