Slow Jams

1996 single by Quincy Jones featuring Babyface and Tamia with Portrait and Barry White

"Slow Jams"

Single by Quincy Jones featuring Babyface and Tamia with Portrait and Barry White

from the album Q's Jook Joint

Released

1996

Genre

Length

4:28

Label

Qwest

Songwriter(s)

Rod Temperton

Tamia singles chronology

"You Put a Move on My Heart"
(1995)

"Slow Jams"
(1996)

"Missing You"
(1996)

"Slow Jams" is a song by American musician Quincy Jones, taken from his studio album Q's Jook Joint (1995). Written and produced by Rod Temperton, vocals for the song were initially recorded by Babyface, Portrait, Barry White and Coko. A remix version, released in 1996 as the album's second single, replaced the latter's vocals with Tamia. A commercial success, it peaked at number 2 on the New Zealand Singles Chart and reached the top 20 on Billboard's Hot R&B Songs chart. The remix version featuring Tamia earned a nomination for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 39th Grammy Awards in 1997.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[1]	2
US Billboard Hot 100^[2]	68
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[3]	19

Year-end charts

Chart (1996)	Position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[4]	18
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[5]	78

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[6]	Platinum	10,000^*
^* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "Quincy Jones – Slow Jams". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
^ "Quincy Jones Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
^ "Quincy Jones Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
^ "End of Year Charts 1996". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1996". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 3, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
^ "New Zealand single certifications – Q Jones / Babyface / Tamia – Slow Jams". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

Babyface

Studio albums

Lovers (1986)
Tender Lover (1989)
A Closer Look (1991)
For the Cool in You (1993)
The Day (1996)
Face2Face (2001)
Grown & Sexy (2005)
Playlist (2007)
Return of the Tender Lover (2015)
Girls Night Out (2022)

Christmas albums

Christmas with Babyface (1998)

Duet albums

Love, Marriage & Divorce (2014)

Other albums

Babyface Unplugged (1997)
A Collection of His Greatest Hits (2000)
Love Songs (2001)
The Essential Babyface (2003)
The Other Side of Cool (2005)

Singles

"I Love You Babe"
"It's No Crime"
"Tender Lover"
"Whip Appeal"
"My Kinda Girl"
"Love Makes Things Happen"
"Give U My Heart"
"For the Cool in You"
"Never Keeping Secrets"
"And Our Feelings"
"When Can I See You"
"Dream Away"
"This Is for the Lover in You"
"Every Time I Close My Eyes"
"How Come, How Long"
"Talk to Me"
"There She Goes"
"What If"

Featured singles

Tours

Toni Braxton & Babyface Live

Quincy Jones

Albums

Jazz Abroad
This Is How I Feel About Jazz
Go West, Man!
Quincy's Home Again
The Birth of a Band!
The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones
I Dig Dancers
The Quintessence
Big Band Bossa Nova
Quincy Jones Plays Hip Hits
Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini
Golden Boy
Quincy Plays for Pussycats
Quincy's Got a Brand New Bag
Walking In Space
Gula Matari
Smackwater Jack
You've Got It Bad Girl
Body Heat
Mellow Madness
I Heard That!!
Sounds...and Stuff Like That!!
The Dude
Back on the Block
Q's Jook Joint
The Original Jam Sessions 1969
Q: Soul Bossa Nostra

Compilations

From Q with Love

Live albums

Singles

"Soul Bossa Nova"
"Sanford and Son Theme (The Streetbeater)"
"Stuff Like That"
"Ai No Corrida"
"Just Once"
"One Hundred Ways"
"I'll Be Good to You"
"The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)"

Other works

With Michael Jackson	The Wiz Off the Wall E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Thriller Bad
With Frank Sinatra	It Might as Well Be Swing Sinatra at the Sands L.A. Is My Lady
Single collaborations	"It's My Party" with Lesley Gore "We Are the World" with USA for Africa "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" with Artists for Haiti

Films

The Color Purple (1985 film)
Quincy
The Color Purple (2023 film)

v t e Tamia
Awards and nominations Discography Songs
Studio albums	Tamia A Nu Day More Between Friends Beautiful Surprise Love Life Passion Like Fire
Singles	"Imagination" "So Into You" "Loving You Still" "Can't Go for That" "Stranger in My House" "Tell Me Who" "Officially Missing You" "Questions" "Still" "Can't Get Enough" "Me" "Almost" "Beautiful Surprise" "Give Me You" "Sandwich and a Soda" "Stuck with Me" "Love Falls Over Me" "Leave It Smokin' "It's Yours"
Featured singles	"You Put a Move on My Heart" "Slow Jams" "Missing You" "Spend My Life with You" "Into You"

v t e Barry White
Studio albums	I've Got So Much to Give (1973) Stone Gon' (1973) Can't Get Enough (1974) Just Another Way to Say I Love You (1975) Let the Music Play (1976) Is This Whatcha Wont? (1976) Barry White Sings for Someone You Love (1977) The Man (1978) The Message Is Love (1979) I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing (1979) Sheet Music (1980) Barry & Glodean (1981) Beware! (1981) Change (1982) Dedicated (1983) The Right Night & Barry White (1987) The Man Is Back! (1989) Put Me in Your Mix (1991) The Icon Is Love (1994) Staying Power (1999)
Compilations	Barry White's Greatest Hits (1975) The Collection (1988) All-Time Greatest Hits (1994) The Ultimate Collection (2000) White Gold: The Very Best of Barry White (2005)
Singles	"In the Ghetto" "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby" "I've Got So Much to Give" "Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up" "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" "What Am I Gonna Do with You" "You See the Trouble with Me" "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" "Just the Way You Are" "It's Only Love Doing Its Thing" "Louie Louie" "Practice What You Preach" "The Longer We Make Love" (with Lisa Stansfield & Chaka Khan)
Featured singles	"The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)" (with Quincy Jones, Al B. Sure!, James Ingram, & El DeBarge) "Slow Jams" (with Quincy Jones, Babyface, Tamia, & Portrait) "In Your Wildest Dreams" (with Tina Turner)
Related articles	Discography Love Unlimited The Love Unlimited Orchestra