It's Gonna Be Alright (Ruby Turner song)

"It's Gonna Be Alright"
Single by Ruby Turner
from the album Paradise
B-side	"Sexy"[1]
Released	1989 (1989)
Genre	R&B
Length	4:28
Label	Jive
Songwriter(s)	Ruby Turner[2]
Producer(s)	Loris Holland Joylon Skinner[3]
Ruby Turner singles chronology
"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" (1989) "It's Gonna Be Alright" (1989) "Paradise" (1990)

"It's Gonna Be Alright" is a song written[2] and performed by Jamaican contemporary R&B singer Ruby Turner, issued as the lead single from her third studio album Paradise. It contains a sample of "Keep On Movin'" by Soul II Soul.[4] The song reached #1 on the Billboard R&B chart on February 17, 1990.[5]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1990)	Peak position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[6]	39
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[7]	5
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[8]	1

UK: 57

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)	Position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[9]	55

Cover versions

• In 1991, the song was covered by Dutch entertainer Daisy Dee on her eponymous debut album.

See also

• List of number-one R&B singles of 1990 (U.S.)

References

1. "Ruby Turner - It's Gonna Be Alright at Discogs". Discogs. Zink Media. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
2. Hogan, Ed. "It's Gonna Be Alright - Ruby Turner | Listen, Appearances, Song Review | AllMusic". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
3. "Ruby Turner - Paradise (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs. Zink Media. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
4. "It's Gonna Be Alright - Ruby Turner | WhoSampled". WhoSampled. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
5. "Ruby Turner | Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
6. "Ruby Turner – It's Gonna Be Alright". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
7. "Ruby Turner Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
8. "Ruby Turner Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
9. "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1990". Billboard. Retrieved 21 January 2021.

External links

• "It's Gonna Be Alright" at AllMusic
• "It's Gonna Be Alright" at Discogs (list of releases)

Preceded by "Real Love" by Skyy

Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks number one single February 17, 1990 (1990-02-17)

Succeeded by "Where Do We Go from Here" by Stacy Lattisaw featuring Johnny Gill