Can't Hang/Do You Want To

"Can't Hang" / "Do You Want To" is Xscape's fourth single from their second studio album Off the Hook that featured rapper MC Lyte. The song reached number #50 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number #9 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. It was a double A side to Do You Want To.[1]

""Can't Hang" / "Do You Want To""
Single by Xscape featuring MC Lyte
from the album Off the Hook
B-side"Do You Want To"
ReleasedFebruary 1, 1996
Recorded1995
GenreR&B, hip hop (Can't Hang)
R&B, soul (Do You Want To)
Length3:46 (Can't Hang)
4:05 (Radio Edit) (Do You Want To)
LabelSo So Def Recordings
Songwriter(s)Jermaine Dupri, Carl-So-Lowe, Lana Moorer, Kandi Burruss, Tameka Cottle, LaTocha Scott, Tamika Scott
Producer(s)Jermaine Dupri
Xscape singles chronology
"Who Can I Run To"
(1996)
""Can't Hang" / "Do You Want To""
(1996)
"Keep On Keepin' On"
(1996)
MC Lyte singles chronology
"Freedom"
(1994)
"Can't Hang"
(1996)
"Keep On, Keepin' On"
(1996)

The song saw member Kandi taking lead vocals on most of "Can't Hang". Tiny Cottle appears on all verses of "Do You Want To".

Music video

The video was shot in a beauty salon.

"Do You Want To" was the group's final single from the Off The Hook album which achieved moderate to low success was released on January 16, 1996 and the song sees group member "Tiny" taking the lead. The song's music video is the second (the first being Who Can I Run To) that features Tiny's ex fiancé and daughter Zonnique's father known by the nickname Z-Bo.

Weekly charts

Chart (1996) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[2] 50
US Hot Dance Singles Sales (Billboard)[3] 3
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[4] 9
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[5] 22


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References

  1. "Chart Archive". AllMusic. Retrieved 2007-06-23.
  2. "Xscape Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  3. "Xscape Chart History (Dance Singles Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  4. "Xscape Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  5. "Xscape Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved November 22, 2019.


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