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{{Infobox single
| Name = I'll Be Good to You
| Cover = I'll_Be_Good_to_You45.jpg 
| Artist = [[The Brothers Johnson]]
| from Album = [[Look Out for Number 1|Look Out for #1]]
| B-side = "The Devil"
| Released = 1976
| Genre = [[R&B]]
| Length = 3:30 (single edit)
4:44 (album version)
| Label = [[A&M Records|A&M]]
| Writer = George Johnson, , Sonora Sam
| Producer = [[Quincy Jones]]
| Last single = 
| This single = 
| Next single = 
}}
{{Infobox single
| Name = I'll Be Good to You
| Cover = 
| Artist = [[Quincy Jones]] featuring [[Ray Charles]] and [[Chaka Khan]]

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{{Infobox single
| Name           = I'll Be Good to You
| Cover          = I'll_Be_Good_to_You45.jpg 
| Artist         = [[The Brothers Johnson]]
| from Album     = [[Look Out for Number 1|Look Out for #1]]
| B-side         = "The Devil"
| Released       = 1976
| Genre          = [[R&B]]
| Length         = 3:30 (single edit)
4:44 (album version)
| Label          = [[A&M Records|A&M]]
| Writer         = George Johnson, <<link:0>>, Sonora Sam
| Producer       = [[Quincy Jones]]
| Last single    = 
| This single    = 
| Next single    = 
}}
{{Infobox single
| Name           = I'll Be Good to You
| Cover          = 
| Artist         = [[Quincy Jones]] featuring [[Ray Charles]] and [[Chaka Khan]]
| from Album     = [[Back on the Block]]
| B-side         = 
| Released       = September 22, 1989
| Genre          = [[R&B]], [[Dance music|dance]]
| Length         = 4:17 (single edit)
4:54 (album version)
| Label          = [[Qwest Records|Qwest]]/[[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| Writer         = George Johnson, Louis Johnson, Sonora Sam
| Producer       = Quincy Jones
| Last single    = 
| This single    = 
| Next single    = 
}}

"'''I'll Be Good to You'''" is a [[1976 in music|1976]] hit song by [[R&B]] duo [[The Brothers Johnson]]. George Johnson, one of the two Johnson brothers in the band, wrote the song after deciding to commit to a relationship with one woman, instead of dating several at a time. While George was recording a demo for the song, family friend Senora Sam came by and added some lyrics.<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=song|id=t1472703|pure_url=yes}} allmusic]</ref> Brothers Johnson producer and mentor [[Quincy Jones]] heard the song, liked it, and convinced George to sing lead on the finished track. Released from their debut album, ''Look Out for #1'', it was a top-ten hit on the [[Billboard Hot 100|Billboard Hot Singles Charts]], peaking at number three, and a number one song on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' R&B Charts during the summer of 1976.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=80}}</ref> The single was later certified gold by the [[RIAA]].

Thirteen years later in [[1989 in music|1989]], it became a number one R&B hit again, with [[Chaka Khan]] and [[Ray Charles]] doing the vocals on [[Quincy Jones]]' ''[[Back on the Block]]'' album, and went to number eighteen on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=307}}</ref>  It also topped the [[Hot Dance Club Play|American dance chart]] in early 1990.<ref>{{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=139}}</ref> This was Ray Charles first #1 R&B hit in twenty-four years.

==Chart positions==
===The Brothers Johnson version===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Charts
!Peak<br>position
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Soul Singles]]
| style="text-align:center;"|1 
|}

===Quincy Jones featuring Ray Charles and Chaka Khan version===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Charts
!Peak<br>position
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]
| style="text-align:center;"|18
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Black Singles]]
| style="text-align:center;"|1 (2)
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Dance Club Play]]
| style="text-align:center;"|1 
|}

{{s-start}}
{{succession box
  | before = "[[Young Hearts Run Free]]" by [[Candi Staton]]
  | title  = [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Billboard's Hot Soul Singles]] [[List of number-one R&B hits (United States)|number one single]]<br> (The Brothers Johnson version)
  | years  = June 12, 1976
  | after  = "[[Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Lady)]]" by [[Natalie Cole]]
}}
{{s-end}}
{{s-start}}
{{succession box
  | before = "[[Rhythm Nation]]" by [[Janet Jackson]]
  | title  = [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Billboard's Hot Black Singles]] [[List of number-one R&B hits (United States)|number one single]]<br> (Quincy Jones featuring Ray Charles and Chaka Khan version)
  | years  = October 17-24, 1989
  | after  = "[[Make It Like It Was]]" by [[Regina Belle]]
}}
{{s-end}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==See also==
* [[List of number-one R&B singles of 1976 (U.S.)]]
* [[List of number-one R&B singles of 1989 (U.S.)]]
* [[List of number-one dance singles of 1989 (U.S.)]]

[[Category:1976 singles]]
[[Category:1989 singles]]
[[Category:Brothers Johnson songs]]
[[Category:Chaka Khan songs]]
[[Category:Ray Charles songs]]
[[Category:Quincy Jones songs]]
[[Category:Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles]]
[[Category:Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs number-one singles]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Quincy Jones]]

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