Silk Electric is the thirteenth studio album by American
R&B singer
Diana Ross, released on September 10, 1982, by
RCA Records. It was Ross' second of six albums released by the label during the decade. It reached No. 27 on the US
Billboard 200 (No. 5 R&B), No. 33 in the
UK Albums Chart and the Top 20 in Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands. The album cover was designed by
Andy Warhol.
The album contains Ross' US Top 10,
Grammy-nominated single, "
Muscles", which was written and produced by
Michael Jackson. All other tracks were produced by Ross, including the US Top 40 follow-up single "
So Close" featuring prominent background vocal arrangements by
Luther Vandross.
The song "In Your Arms", written by
Linda Creed and
Michael Masser, was covered by
Teddy Pendergrass and
Whitney Houston as "
Hold Me" the following year. The song "I Am Me" was co-written by Ross (and incorrectly listed as co-written by
Cindy Birdsong instead of
Janie Bradford on the Greatest Hits: The RCA Years compilation album). The album was certified Gold in the US and Silver in the UK.
The album was remastered and re-released on September 2, 2014 by Funky Town Grooves as an "Expanded Edition", with bonus material.[4]
Silk Electric is the thirteenth studio album by American
R&B singer
Diana Ross, released on September 10, 1982, by
RCA Records. It was Ross' second of six albums released by the label during the decade. It reached No. 27 on the US
Billboard 200 (No. 5 R&B), No. 33 in the
UK Albums Chart and the Top 20 in Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands. The album cover was designed by
Andy Warhol.
The album contains Ross' US Top 10,
Grammy-nominated single, "
Muscles", which was written and produced by
Michael Jackson. All other tracks were produced by Ross, including the US Top 40 follow-up single "
So Close" featuring prominent background vocal arrangements by
Luther Vandross.
The song "In Your Arms", written by
Linda Creed and
Michael Masser, was covered by
Teddy Pendergrass and
Whitney Houston as "
Hold Me" the following year. The song "I Am Me" was co-written by Ross (and incorrectly listed as co-written by
Cindy Birdsong instead of
Janie Bradford on the Greatest Hits: The RCA Years compilation album). The album was certified Gold in the US and Silver in the UK.
The album was remastered and re-released on September 2, 2014 by Funky Town Grooves as an "Expanded Edition", with bonus material.[4]