I Commit to Love

I Commit to Love
Studio album by Howard Hewett
Released	June 25, 1986
Studio	Various Larrabee Sound Studios (Hollywood, California) Mama Jo's Recording Studios and Americayn Studios (North Hollywood, CA) Le Gonks West, Ground Control Studios, Soundcastle, The Village Studios and Lion Share (Los Angeles, CA) Studio 99 (Thousand Oaks, CA) Nick's Place Recording Studio (West Covina, CA) Steve Ford Studio (Chicago, IL)
Length	49:58
Label	Elektra
Producer	Howard Hewett George Duke Glen J. Barbee Monty Seward Ross Vannelli Stanley Clarke
Howard Hewett chronology
I Commit to Love (1986) Forever and Ever (1988)
Singles from I Commit to Love
"I'm for Real" Released: 1986 "Stay" Released: 1986 "I Commit to Love" Released: 1986 "Say Amen" Released: 1986

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I Commit to Love is the debut solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Howard Hewett. It was released on June 25, 1986 via Elektra Records. The album serves his first release after he departed from the group Shalamar. Recording sessions for this ten-track album took place at nine various recording studios viz. Americayn Studios, Ground Control Studios, Larrabee Sound Studios, Le Gonks West, Mama Jo's, Nick's Place, Soundcastle, Studio 99 and Village Studios. Together with Hewett, George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Glen J. Barbee, Ross Vannelli and Monty Seward worked on the production of the album.

The album spawned four hit singles: "I'm for Real", "Stay", "I Commit to Love" and "Say Amen". Its lead single, "I'm for Real", produced by Hewett and Clarke, reached number 90 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number 2 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. "Stay", the title track "I Commit to Love" and "Say Amen" also made it to the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, peaking at number 8, number 12 and number 54 respectively. The album peaked at number 159 on the US Billboard 200 album chart and at number 14 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.