Well, they sure know how to write funky jams, I'll give 'em that. But this is the only song of theirs that ever became a Billboard hit, peaking at #5 on the charts in 1987. Did these guys just not have another funky hit in them? What happened?
Well, they were still making it big on the R&B charts after their hit. Hell, they even made it big there before their biggest hit, with "(Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop) Goes My Mind" (that's an awkward title to type) going to #1 on the R&B charts in 1986, a year before "Casanova". So undoubtedly, they still had a huge following in the world of R&B after their biggest hit. So what caused them to jump out of the general mainstream eye? Why didn't they notch any more Billboard hits?
I think the problem was they were ahead of their time. This was a few years before Boyz II Men stepped onto the music scene, and these guys were making music just like the Boyz after "Casanova", such as "My Forever Love". Great for R&B at the time (certainly better than what we have now), but not so great for the Hot 100 at the time. People weren't ready for Boyz II Men. But anyway, "Casanova" is also their best song. It's got a groovy beat to go with the singers' melodious voices, and it just pumps that funky beat all the way through. You'll find me bobbing my head to this more so than any of their other songs. So if one of their songs had to be popular, I'm glad it's this one. No Casanova, but good for a little jam or two.
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