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"Giving You the Benefit"
Single by Pebbles
from the album Always
ReleasedAugust 11, 1990
StudioElumba Recording (Hollywood, California)
Length
  • 5:41 (LP version)
  • 4:28 (7-inch version)
LabelMCA
Songwriters
Producers
Pebbles singles chronology
"Do Me Right"
(1988) 		"Giving You the Benefit"
(1990) 		"Love Makes Things Happen"
(1990)

"Giving You the Benefit" is a song by American recording artist Pebbles from her second album, Always (1990). Written and produced by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and Antonio "L.A." Reid, the song was released as the lead single from Always on August 11, 1990, by MCA Records. It was her last top-five pop hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number four later that year.

Personnel

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Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1990–1991) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[1] 48
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[2] 32
Canada Dance/Urban (RPM)[3] 4
Canada Retail Singles (The Record)[4] 19
Canada Contemporary Hit Radio (The Record)[4] 13
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[5] 32
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[6] 26
UK Singles (OCC)[7] 73
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 4
US 12-inch Singles Sales (Billboard)[9] 5
US Dance Club Play (Billboard)[10] 10
US Hot Black Singles (Billboard)[11] 1
US Cash Box Top 100[12] 3

Year-end charts

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Chart (1990) Position
Canada Dance/Urban (RPM)[13] 20
US Billboard Hot 100[14] 65
US Hot R&B Singles (Billboard)[15] 21
US Cash Box Top 100[16] 46

Release history

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Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States August 11, 1990
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 MCA [citation needed]
United Kingdom October 1, 1990
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
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October 22, 1990 Limited-edition 12-inch vinyl [18]
Japan October 25, 1990 Mini-CD [19]
Australia November 5, 1990
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Pebbles – Giving You the Benefit". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
  2. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Image 9171". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
  3. ^ "Top RPM Dance/Urban: Image 9168". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
  4. ^ a b Lwin, Nanda (2000). Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide. Music Data Canada. p. 217. ISBN 1-896594-13-1.
  5. ^ "Pebbles – Giving You the Benefit" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
  6. ^ "Pebbles – Giving You the Benefit". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
  7. ^ "Official Singles Chart on 3/11/1990 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
  8. ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. October 27, 1990. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
  9. ^ "Dance Singles Sales". Billboard. October 13, 1990. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
  10. ^ "Dance Club Songs". Billboard. November 10, 1990. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
  11. ^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. October 6, 1990. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
  12. ^ Cash Box Chart Entries 1990-1996
  13. ^ "Top 50 Dance Tracks of 1990". RPM. Retrieved November 26, 2022 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  14. ^ "Billboard Top 100 – 1990". Archived from the original on July 6, 2009. Retrieved September 15, 2009.
  15. ^ "The Year in Music 1990: Top R&B Singles". Billboard. Vol. 102, no. 51. December 22, 1990. p. YE-22.
  16. ^ "Awards: Top 50 Pop Singles" (PDF). Cash Box. Vol. LIV, no. 22. December 29, 1990. p. 9. Retrieved November 24, 2025.
  17. ^ "New Singles". Music Week. September 29, 1990. p. 31.
  18. ^ "New Singles". Music Week. October 20, 1990. p. 37.
  19. ^ "ギビング・ユー・ザ・ベネフィット | ペブルス" [Giving You the Benefit | Pebbles] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
  20. ^ "New Release Summary: Singles". The ARIA Report. No. 43. November 4, 1990. p. 18.
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