Song:Sittin' Up In My Room
Album:Absolute R&B
Brandy Norwood made a big splash with her 1994 debut album Brandy. It sold six million copies and spawned three top ten hits. While she was waiting around to record her next album, Brandy got into acting with the sitcom Moesha. But she also recorded songs for movies like Batman, Set It Off and Sittin' Up In My Room for the 1996 film Waiting To Exhale. The film was a hit but the soundtrack was a huge success. It sold seven million copies. This album had five top ten hits including Sittin' Up In My Room. It would turn out to be Brandy's biggest solo hit. Remember This Boy Is Mine was a duet with Monica. The man behind the Waiting To Exhale soundtrack was Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. He wrote and produced everything. After the Whitney Houston single Exhale (Shoop Shoop) topped the charts, Sittin' Up In My Room was the second single. The main sample used is Larry Graham's bass riff from Sly and the Family Stone's Thank You (Falettinme Be Micelf Again). Brandy was excited to work with Babyface and really wanted to impress him with her vocals. But he told her to calm down and just keep her vocals simple. Great advice as the record reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. This song does not appear on a Brandy album. So I guess it's an orphan. Unfortunately the Waiting To Exhale soundtrack is too expensive. And so is the one Brandy comp released by Atlantic. But you can get Sittin' Up In My Room on this various artists CD from the British label Crimson. Brandy returned to Moesha and starred in the 1997 remake of the Rodgers & Hammerstein TV musical Cinderella. Her second album Never Say Never was released in 1998. Here's the video for Sittin' Up In My Room by Brandy.
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