| "Two Occasions" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Single bythe Deele | ||||
| from the albumEyes of a Stranger | ||||
| Released | December 23, 1987 | |||
| Recorded | 1987 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 4:17 | |||
| Label | Solar | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds,Darnell "Dee" Bristol,Sid Johnson | |||
| Producer(s) | L.A. Reid,Babyface | |||
| The Deele singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Music video | ||||
| "Two Occasions" onYouTube | ||||
"Two Occasions" is anR&B song written byBabyface,Darnell Bristol andSid Johnson (who was the former manager for Babyface's early group, Manchild).[1] It was produced by Babyface andL.A. Reid forthe Deele's third studio albumEyes of a Stranger (1987). Theballad was released as the album's secondsingle in December 1987.[2] It is the only song on the album that features Babyface on lead vocals,[3] which alternate between him, Bristol and Carlos "Satin" Greene throughout the course of the song. It has since been remade into a live version with added vocals from Babyface with all original vocals from the Deele intact; this version appeared on the 12-inch maxi single and also three years later on his album,A Closer Look.[4]
Craig Lytle, in his review of the album forAllMusic, called "Two Occasions" a "quiet-storm classic" with "superb arrangement and production", declaring the song "worthy of a number-one ranking."[3] In 1989, the song won aBMI Pop Award.[5]
Although the band's first hit "Body Talk" actually had a higher placement on theR&B chart, "Two Occasions" is widely considered The Deele's most successful single. It peaked at number 10 on the USBillboard Hot 100, number four on theHot Black Singles chart and number 21 on theAdult Contemporary chart.[2]
| Chart (1988) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| USBillboard Hot 100[2] | 10 |
| USHot Black Singles (Billboard)[2] | 4 |
| USAdult Contemporary (Billboard)[2] | 21 |
The song and Babyface were referenced byMariah Carey in her 2005 hit song, "We Belong Together", and sampled in the remix.[6]