Slow Dance (Hey Mr. DJ)

See also: Hey Mr. DJ (disambiguation)

"Slow Dance (Hey Mr. DJ)"
Single by R. Kelly and Public Announcement
from the album Born into the 90's
Released	August 1992
Recorded	1991
Genre	R&B
Length	5:03
Label	Jive
Songwriter(s)	Robert Kelly
Producer(s)	R. Kelly
R. Kelly and Public Announcement singles chronology
"Honey Love" (1992) "Slow Dance (Hey Mr. DJ)" (1992) "Hey Love (Can I Have a Word)" (1992)

Slow Dance (Hey Mr. DJ) is a song by R. Kelly with Public Announcement from the album Born into the 90's (1992). It was released as a single by Jive Records in August 1992.^[1]

The song spent one week at number-one on the Billboard R&B chart and became a minor pop hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number forty-three.^[2][3] This was the second number-one R&B hit for Kelly; the previous being "Honey Love" from the same album.

An accompanying music video was released in August 1992.^[4]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100[5]	43
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[6]	1
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[7]	17

Year-end charts

Chart (1992)	Position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[8]	19

See also

• List of number-one R&B singles of 1992 (U.S.)

References

1. "R&B Singles Sales" (PDF). Billboard: 19. August 15, 1992.
2. "Slow Dance (Hey Mr. DJ) (song by R. Kelly & Public Announcement) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". www.musicvf.com. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 317.
4. "The Clip List" (PDF). Billboard: 41. August 22, 1993.
5. "R. Kelly Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
6. "R. Kelly Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
7. "R. Kelly Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard.
8. "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1992". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 3, 2015. Retrieved November 9, 2021.