For his album, he performed it in rap form. Smith originally wrote a children's book with the same title and lyrics. Instead of love between a couple, "Just the Two of Us" focuses on the relationship between a father and son. Will Smith released a single in 1997 which samples and incorporates lyrics from the original.Tiro de Gracia sampled "Just the Two of Us" for their song "El Juego Verdadero", off their 1997 Ser humano!! album.Billboard Hot 100 in the fall of that year. In 1992, the New York City R&B vocal trio Around the Way sampled the song in "Really Into You." They reached No.
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Bill Cosby did a parody version, "Just the Slew of Us", as the theme music for his movie Bill Cosby: Himself."Just the Two of Us" (Street mix) (featuring Fat Man Scoop and E."Just the Two of Us" (club mix radio edit).There are also shots of other musicians playing their instruments during the party, a group of elderly men playing cards outside the apartment on the sidewalk, and a couple dancing in another room of the apartment. The single version was used for the audio format of the video. Wheeler watches the party from the fire escape of the next apartment building. The video is set at night, at a party in Kubota's apartment. In 1996, Toshi Kubota and Caron Wheeler shot a music video for the song. The performance was included on his concert DVD "Party Ain't A Party", which was released in May 2012. In 2012, Kubota performed the song with Japanese singer Yuri, who was also a background vocalist during his "Party Ain't A Party Tour". In 2007, Double performed the song on the MTV Japan Icons Special during the performance, Kubota walked onto the stage to complete the song with her.
During the tour, Joi Cardwell, who sang backing vocals during the tour, performed the song as a duet with Kubota. It was included in the setlist during the Oyeees! Tour. The song charted at number 30 on the Oricon Weekly Singles chart and remained on the charts for five weeks. In 1996, he released the song as the second single from the album. In 1995, Kubota re-recorded the song with a more R&B-style beat for his album Sunshine, Moonlight. The song was listed as "Just the 2 of Us", featuring a reggae-style beat. " Just the Two of Us" was covered by Japanese singer Toshinobu Kubota as a duet with Caron Wheeler in 1991, for his album Kubojah: Parallel World I. Single by Toshi Kubota featuring Caron Wheelerįrom the album Kubojah: Parallel World I and Sunshine, Moonlight Toshinobu Kubota version "Just the Two of Us" Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. Sweden Heatseeker ( Sverigetopplistan) Īll-time charts Chart (1958-2017) The song is played at around 96 beats per minute. The main chord progression is D♭ major 7, C7, F minor, E♭ minor 7, A♭7. The tuning of the song is set to around A=444.0 Hz, as opposed to the standard A=440 Hz tuning. The Fender Rhodes electric piano, played in the introduction and throughout, is performed by Richard Tee. Bill Withers included the edited version on the 1981 compilation Bill Withers' Greatest Hits and many subsequent greatest hits collections. The song won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song.
An edited version reached number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100, staying there for three weeks, behind " Morning Train (9 to 5)" by Sheena Easton and " Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes. The song originally appeared on Washington's album Winelight (1980).
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