"End of the Road"
Artwork for North American retail cassette edition, also used for overseas editions
Single byBoyz II Men
from the albumBoomerang: Original Soundtrack AlbumandCooleyhighharmony (Reissue)
Released	June 30, 1992 (1992-06-30)
Genre	R&B soul
Length	5:48 (album version) 4:13 (single version)
Label	Motown
Songwriters	Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds Antonio "L.A." Reid Daryl Simmons
Producers	Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds Antonio "L.A." Reid
Boyz II Men singles chronology
"Please Don't Go" (1992) "End of the Road" (1992) "In the Still of the Nite (I Remember)" (1992)
Music video
"End of the Road" onYouTube

"End of the Road" is a song by AmericanR&B groupBoyz II Men for theBoomerang soundtrack. It was released in June 1992 byLaFace,Arista andMotown, and is written byBabyface, AntonioL.A. Reid andDaryl Simmons. It is written and composed in thekey ofE-flat major^[1] and is set intime signature of 12/8 with atempo of 75 beats per minute. The song achieved domestic and international success. In the United States, it spent a then record breaking 13 weeks at number one on the USBillboard Hot 100, a record broken later in the year byWhitney Houston's 14-week number one hit "I Will Always Love You"; Boyz II Men would later match Houston's record with "I'll Make Love to You", which spent 14 weeks at number one in 1994, and then reclaim the record with "One Sweet Day" (a duet withMariah Carey), which spent 16 weeks at number one from 1995 to 1996.

"End of the Road" was the number one single of 1992 on theBillboardYear-End Hot 100 Singles of 1992. It was also ranked byBillboard as the sixth most successful song of the decade 1990–1999.^[2] Internationally, it reached number one in Australia, the United Kingdom and on theHot 100 Eurochart, among others. The music video for the song was directed byLionel C. Martin.^[3][4] "End of the Road" has been certified Platinum by theRecording Industry Association of America for shipments of over one million units in the United States.^[5] The song also wonBest R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals^[6] andBest R&B Song^[7] at the1993 Grammy Awards.

"End of the Road" was released on June 30, 1992.^{[citation needed]} It was released as a single from theBoomerangsoundtrack and did not originally appear on Boyz II Men's debut album,Cooleyhighharmony. It was released after all singles from their debut had been released, and was their fifth single overall. However,Cooleyhighharmony was re-issued in 1992 and 1993 to include "End of the Road" due to the success of the single. In 1993 the Spanish version of the song ″Al Final Del Camino″ was released as a single alongside producer Rex Salas.

The single debuted at number 53 on the USBillboard Hot 100 on July 18, 1992, jumping to number 30 the following week. The next week the song reached the top ten at number eight, and reached the top five the week after at number four. The following week, the song peaked at number one, holding the position for 13 consecutive weeks from August 15, 1992 to November 7, 1992. On November 14, the song was finally succeeded by "How Do You Talk to an Angel" bythe Heights. It also spent four weeks atop of theBillboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Larry Flick fromBillboard magazine commented, "Good to hear something new by this wonderfully talented group." He described the song as a "retromindedpop/R&B tune", noting that "those now-recognizable harmonies glide over a swaying,doo-wop melody, making the track the perfect complement to a romantic evening. Has the markings of a major multiformat smash."^[8] British magazineMusic Week wrote, "A superior if stylisedballad, with some classically soulful crooning and a smoothly polished finish, it looks set for major success here too. Cute acapella end adds to appeal."^[9] Jonathan Bernstein fromSpin called it "lugubrious".^[10] In 2024,Forbes magazine ranked "End of the Road" number 38 in their list of "The 50 Best Songs of the 1990s", naming it "a soulful ballad that captured the pain of heartbreak and loss."^[11] In 2025,Billboard ranked it number 16 in their "Top 100 Breakup Songs of All Time" list, writing that the "buttery group vocals nail the "unnatural" post-breakup feeling of being apart from someone who still feels painfully familiar to you."^[12]

The accompanying music video for "End of the Road" was directed by American music video director, film director and VJLionel C. Martin.^[3][4] It was made in both black-and-white and colors, featuring Boyz II Men performing the song while sitting on chairs in a room, standing outside a train station, or walking in a hallway, interspersed with scenes from the movieBoomerang. The video was later made available in remastered HD on the group's officialYouTube channel in 2009, and had generated almost 300 million views in early 2024.^[13]

1993 Grammy Awards^[14]

• Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal –Boyz II Men – "End of the Road" (winner)
• Best R&B Song – Babyface, Daryl Simmons, L.A. Reid – "End of the Road" (winner)

• US 7" single

• Europe/UK/Australia CD

1. "End of the Road" (Pop Edit) – 3:39
2. "End of the Road" (Radio Edit w/ Acapella End) – 4:13
3. "End of the Road" (LP Version) – 5:50
4. "End of the Road" (Instrumental) – 5:16

• Cassette single

The song has been covered by various artists both domestically and internationally including the Korean groupBTS^[78] and thea cappella country groupHome Free.^[79] and a punk rock group,Me First and the Gimme Gimmes on their fourth album,Take a Break.

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• "End of the Road" atDiscogs (list of releases)
• "End of the Road" atDiscogs (Promotional version)
• "End of the Road" atDiscogs (Japanese version)
• "Al Final del Camino" atDiscogs (Spanish version)
• "End of the Road (A Cappella)" atDiscogs (2008 single in UK)
• List of cover versions of "End of the Road" at SecondHandSongs.com

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