Honey Love (R. Kelly and Public Announcement song)

"Honey Love" is a song by American R&B singer R. Kelly and his group Public Announcement from Kelly's debut studio album Born into the 90's (1992). It was released as the album's second single on Jive Records in April 1992.^[1]

"Honey Love"
Single by R. Kelly and Public Announcement
from the album Born into the 90's
Released	April 1992
Recorded	1991
Genre	R&B
Length	5:04 (album version) 4:03 (single version)
Label	Jive
Songwriter(s)	R. Kelly
Producer(s)	R. Kelly
R. Kelly and Public Announcement singles chronology
"She's Got That Vibe" (1991) "Honey Love" (1992) "Slow Dance (Hey Mr. DJ)" (1993)

The song became Kelly's first number-one on the Billboard R&B chart where it peaked for two weeks.^[2] It also reached the Top 40 of the pop chart, peaking at number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[3]

The song was also used in the 1993 movie Menace II Society.

Music video

The music video was directed by Lionel C. Martin.^[4] It features a cameo appearance by actress Halle Berry.^[5][6]

Legacy

During the tour in support of Born into the 90's, Kelly came up with the concept for his album 12 Play. In the breakdown of "Honey Love", he addressed the audience and told them about "a dream where I made love to Mary J. Blige", which became the song "12 Play".^[7]

R. Kelly mentions "Honey Love" in a verse of "I Wish": "'Honey Love' goes platinum and y'all ass come around / But y'all don't wanna raise the roof until my shit is going down."^[8]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1992) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[9] 123 UK Dance (Music Week)[10] 56 US Billboard Hot 100[11] 39 US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard)[12] 40 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[13] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1992) Position US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[14] 2

See also

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