New Edition

Released: November 9, 2004

Songwriter: Ronnie DeVoe Ron “NEFF-U” Feemster Corte Ellis

Producer: Ron “NEFF-U” Feemster Big Chuck

[Michael Bivins]
Ya know
Done seen a lot of things
Comin' up
The game done changed
So much, man
People ain't the same (people)
The music ain't the same (people)
But New Edition, we're here though
And we ain't gon' never change

[Johnny Gill]
There's a young man comin' up in the game I seen a lot of things
(Seen a lot of things)
Harvest a lot of dreams
But on my road to stardom, I've seen some things I didn't understand
(Understand)
Like how a another man, can down another another man
If he's your brother man, why don't you give him a hand?
And show him how to do it, nooo

[Ralph Tresvant]
We ain't always gotta fight like they say we do (say we do)
But we can come together and make a power move

[Johnny Gill]
Be one with the music, let the harmony speak for itself
We don't need no help, we got our own mission to get
We gotta grow

[Chorus]
All we need is
One Love, One Love
For my sisters and my brothers
Fathers, need to help the single mothers (mothers)
All we need is One Love (All we need is one love)
All we need is
One Love, One Love
For my sisters and my brothers
Fathers, need to help the single mothers (mothers)
All we need is One Love
(All we need is, all we need is, all we need is one love)

[Ronnie DeVoe]
Yeah, there it is
N.E
One world
One Love

New Edition is a Boston-based R&B group that was seen as the inspiration of the boy bands that followed them during the 1980s and 1990s. The group initially consisted of Ralph Tresvant, Bobby Brown, Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, and Ronnie DeVoe. They released their debut album Candy Girl in 1983 after being discovered by producer Maurice Starr. This album yielded the hits “Candy Girl,” “Popcorn Love,” and “Is This the End.” After a financial dispute, New Edition cut ties with Starr and released their second album New Edition in 1984, which features two of their biggest “Cool It Now” and “Mr. Telephone Man.” In November 1985, they released All for Love featuring the hits “Count Me Out” and “A Little Bit of Love (Is All It Takes)” and one month later released Christmas All Over the World.

Before the end of 1985, the group decided to vote Bobby Brown out of the group for his disruptive behavior. After their 1986 doo-wop cover album Under the Blue Moon, lead singer Ralph Tresvant was considering a solo career as the group’s direction was in question. In 1987, Johnny Gill was added to the group and the quintet went on to create their most popular album Heart Break with producers Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis in 1988. This album was released on June 20, 1988—the same day as Bobby Brown’s Don’t Be Cruel—and features two more of their biggest “If It Isn’t Love” and “Can You Stand the Rain.”

In 1990, Ralph Tresvant, Johnny Gill and Bell Biv Devoe all went on to have successful hits. Among these hits was the remix to BBD’s “Word to the Mutha,” which was the first song to feature all six members. After a hiatus, all six members came together in 1996 to create the album Home Again, which hit #1 on the Billboard 200 and was a multi-platinum success. After some friction on the Home Again tour, Bobby Brown decided to depart the group again. In 2004, after leaving their longtime label MCA Records, New Edition signed with Bad Boy Records and released the album One Love but they left Bad Boy a year later due to a lack of promotion. The group continues to tour together and sell out shows after 30 years in the business. The group was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on January 23, 2017—one day ahead of the BET premiere of their 3-night mini-series The New Edition Story.

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