En Vogue

Released: November 26, 1991

Songwriter: Chuckii Booker

Producer: Denzil Foster Thomas McElroy

[Intro: En Vogue]
Silent Night

[Verse 1: Maxine Jones]
You know that it's the time of year
When certain things that you see and hear
Remind you of the holidays, oh oh

[Pre-Chorus: Maxine & En Vogue]
When I hear, the bells ring
I think of you, and I start to sing
You hold me tight, all through the night
My peace and calm, is in your arms

[Chorus: En Vogue & (Maxine)]
Silent night
Feels so right, you know it
All is calm (All is calm), all is bright (All is bright)
Silent night

[Verse 2: Maxine Jones & (En Vogue)]
You're the season's joy to me
My holidays aren't the same you see
I long for your warm embrace (Warm embrace)

[Pre-Chorus: Maxine & En Vogue]
But when I hear, the bells ring
I think of you, and I start to sing
You hold me tight, all through the night
My peace and calm, is in your arms

[Chorus: En Vogue & (Maxine)]
Silent night (Silent night)
Feels so right, you know it (Ooh, it feels so right)
All is calm (All is calm), all is bright (All is bright)
Silent night
Silent night (Silent night, baby)
Feels so right, you know it (Ooh, it feels so right)
All is calm (All is calm), all is bright (All is bright)
Silent night
Silent

[Bridge]
Jingle that bell (Yeah!), jingle that bell (Yeah!)
Jingle that bell (Yeah!), jingle that bell (Yeah!)

[Verse 3: Dawn Robinson]
It's the time of the year
When I wanna hold you close my dear
Oh no, no, don't get me wrong
The other times are nice
But there's something about the holiday's cold snow and ice
That gets me in the mood
Maxin' chillin' to the funk style groove
Blessed to the seasons holidays that be
By the E to the N to the V-O-G-U-E

[Pre-Chorus: Maxine & En Vogue]
But when I hear, the bells ring
I think of you, and I, and I start to sing
You hold me tight, all through the night
My peace and calm, is in your arms

[Chorus: En Vogue & (Maxine)]
Silent night (Silent night)
Feels so right, you know it
(Ooh, said it feels, said it feels, said it feels so right, yeah)
All is calm (Hey, yeah), all is bright (Hey, yeah)
Silent night
Silent night (Yeah)
Feels so right, you know it (All is calm and all is bright)
All is calm (All is calm), all is bright (All is bright)
Silent night

[Bridge: En Vogue]
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, silent, silent
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, silent, silent

[Chorus: En Vogue]
Silent night
Feels so right, you know it
All is calm, all is bright
Silent night
Silent night
Feels so right, you know it
All is calm, all is bright
Silent night

Cindy Herron, Terry Ellis, Maxine Jones, and Dawn Robinson are the original members of the R&B girl group En Vogue. The group was put together by producers Thomas McElroy and Denzil Foster after a talent search in Oakland, California in 1989. Their debut album Born to Sing was released in 1990 and featured the #1 R&B hits “You Don’t Have To Worry,” “Lies,” and their platinum debut single “Hold On,” which also peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and won a Billboard and Soul Train Music Award. Their 1992 follow-up album Funky Divas hit #1 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart and peaked at #8 on the Billboard 200 on its way to triple platinum status. The lead single, “My Lovin' (You’re Never Gonna Get It),” helped propel that success as it hit #1 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart and #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album also featured the #1 R&B hit cover of Aretha Franklin’s “Giving Him Something He Can Feel” as well as the Top 10 pop single “Free Your Mind.”

In 1993, they released the EP Runaway Love and made appearances on the TV shows In Living Color, Roc and A Different World. In 1994, they collaborated with Salt-N-Pepa on their Top 3 platinum single “Whatta Man” and in 1996 they contributed to the Set It Off soundtrack with their hit single “Don’t Let Go (Love)” which peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and hit #1 on the R&B Singles chart.

While working on their third album, Dawn Robinson decided to leave the group due to issues with management. The group decided to go on as a trio and released their third platinum album EV3 in 1997 featuring the Top 10 R&B/Top 20 pop hit “Whatever,” which was produced and co-written by Babyface. They went on to release three more albums—Masterpiece Theatre in 2000, The Gift of Christmas in 2002, and Soul Flower in 2004. During that time, Maxine Jones left the group in 2001 and was replaced by Amanda Cole, and Cole was later replaced in 2003 by Rhona Bennett. While the original four members have reunited for performances throughout the years, the current lineup consists of Herron, Ellis, and Bennett, and they released the single “Déjà Vu” in 2016 and released their album Electric Café in 2018.

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Remix To Sing (EP)

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Remix To Sing (EP) (1991)

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