Mastered at CMS Digital (Pasadena, CA).Recorded at Avatar Studios (Malibu, CA) Ground Control Studios and Image Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA) Capitol Studios and Fiddler Studios (Hollywood, CA) Sheika Studios (North Hollywood, CA).Galen Senogles – co-producer (1), engineer.Richard Gibbs – keyboards, synthesizers, programming, arrangements (1, 4, 6).Randy DeBarge – backing vocals, arrangements (2, 3, 5-9).Mark DeBarge – backing vocals, arrangements (2, 3, 5-9).James DeBarge – keyboards, lead and backing vocals, arrangements (2, 3, 5-9).Bobby DeBarge – keyboards, lead and backing vocals, arrangements (2, 3, 5-9).He scored a considerable hit right off the bat with a self-titled debut but struggled with substance abuse and a sporadically active, if occasionally brilliant, recording career. "Every Time I Think of You" (James DeBarge) - 4:29 Greatest Hits While 1986 saw the release of the group's first best-of compilation, Greatest Hits, it also signaled El DeBarge's exit from the group."Take It to the Top" (Mark DeBarge, Lorenzo Pryor) - 3:18." I Got You Babe" (Bobby DeBarge) - 4:38."Say You Do" (James DeBarge, Randy DeBarge) - 4:25."You're Not the Only One" ( Richard Gibbs, Eric Williams) - 3:10."You're a Big Boy" (Alvin Allen, James DeBarge) - 4:31."We're Havin' Fun" (Alvin Allen, Bobby DeBarge, James DeBarge, Mark DeBarge, Randy DeBarge) - 3:33 'these songs sound still hold up and are sampled like crazy today.el debarge is very talented and 's a musical travesty to me.he can blow many of the people in the biz away with his strong vocals.i like it,all this love are classic slow 's a must have.Payne, Lorenzo Pryor, Galen Senogles) - 3:41 " Dance All Night" (Ralph Benatar, Hazel P.Co-producer Curtis Anthony Nolan, Raymond A. The group would later appear on the Punky Brewster show with brother Chico tagging along (Chico, then having a hit with "Talk to Me", opened for his brothers during a tour).īecause of limited promotion from the little label and no other attention brought into the El-less lineup, the album fizzled, and after Bobby and Chico were arrested for drug possession (eventually serving six years in prison), the remaining trio disbanded altogether in 1989. Arranged By Rhythm El DeBarge, Randy DeBarge, Russell Ferrante. With James and Bobby DeBarge now alternating as the lead vocalists, the group released the album in 1987 and released two singles: " Dance All Night", which became the group's last R&B hit, peaking at number 33, and the ballad " I Got You Babe", which fizzled at number 73. They then called on eldest brother Bobby (formerly of the group Switch) to join the lineup and produce their album. When El and Bunny DeBarge left the group, remaining members James, Mark and Randy left Motown Records after a seven-year tenure in 1986 and signed with the local Striped Horse label.
Bad Boys is the fifth studio album released by R&B group DeBarge in 1987, after both El DeBarge and Bunny DeBarge had left the lineup.