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Ten City (derived from intensity) was a Chicago, Illinois-based R&B and house-music act that enjoyed a number of club hits and Urban radio hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s and was one of the first exponents of deep house. Formerly known as Ragtyme, the group comprised vocalist Byron Stingily, guitarist Herb Lawson and keyboardist Byron Burke and were augmented by producer Marshall Jefferson. The group was signed by Atlantic Records and released the album Foundation in 1989, which became the group's only album to cross over, peaking at No. 49 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Ten City is best known for the singles "Devotion", "Right Back to You" and "That's the Way Love Is," which hit No. 1 on the US dance chart and No. 8 on the UK Top 40 in 1989. Stingily, who left the group and became a successful solo artist, re-recorded the song and brought it back to No. 1 on the US dance chart in 1999.

Below is a list of Ten City songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Atlantic 8963
chart position: RandB #12, UK #8, US dance #1
written by: Herb Lawson (as Herbert Lawson), Byron Burke & Byron Stingily
album: Foundation
comments: [disco, boogie]
Ten City That's the Way Love Is
1989 Atlantic
2 record label: EastWest 096153
chart position: US Dance #2, UK #63
album: No House Big Enough
comments: [dance, house]
Ten City My Peace of Heaven
1992 EastWest
3 record label: Atlantic 8916
chart position: UK #29, US Dance #17
written by: Byron Stingily and Marshall Jefferson
album: Foundation
comments: [dance, house]
Ten City Devotion
1989 Atlantic
4 record label: Atlantic 086574
chart position: US Dance #8
written by: Marshall Jefferson, Byron Stingily, Herb Lawson and Byron Burke
album: Foundation
Ten City Right Back to You
1988 Atlantic
5 record label: Columbia 77132
chart position: UK #45, US dance #20
written by: Byron Burke, Herb Lawson and Byron Stingily
Ten City Fantasy
1993 Columbia
6 record label: Atlantic 86123
chart position: RandB #53, UK #60, US Dance #16
written by: Byron Burke, Herb Lawson and Byron Stingily
album: State of Mind
comments: [dance, garage house]
Ten City Whatever Makes You Happy
1990 Atlantic
7 record label: EastWest 96102
chart position: UK #63, US Dance #17
written by: Byron Stingily, Herb Lawson, Byron Burke and Shwayze
album: No House Big Enough
comments: [dance, garage house] charted as Only Time Will Tell/My Piece of Heaven in UK charts
Ten City Only Time Will Tell
1992 EastWest
8 record label: Atlantic 86409
chart position: RandB #34, UK #60, US Dance #28
written by: Byron Stingily and Guy Vaughn
album: Foundation
Ten City Where Do We Go?
1989 Atlantic
9 record label: Atlantic 8916 (UK)
chart position: UK #80
written by: Marshall Jefferson, Byron Stingily, Herb Lawson and Byron Burke
Ten City One Kiss Will Make It Better
1988 Atlantic
10 record label: Columbia 44 77266
chart position: US dance #21
album: That Was Then, This Is Now
Ten City Goin' Up in Smoke
1994 Columbia




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