"The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)" is a song by Quincy Jones, featuring American R&B singers Al B. Sure!, James Ingram, El DeBarge, and Barry White. It was released as a single from Jones's album, Back on the Block (1989), and peaked at number one on the Billboard Black Singles chart for one week in 1990.[1] It also reached number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 26 on the Adult Contemporary chart, and number 67 on the UK Singles Chart. "The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)" was written by Jones, Rod Temperton, Siedah Garrett and DeBarge and produced by Jones.[2]

Personnel

• El DeBarge – lead vocals, background vocals
• James Ingram – lead vocals
• Al B. Sure! – lead vocals, background vocals
• Barry White – lead vocals
• Siedah Garrett – background vocals
• Bill Summers – hindewhu
• Steve Lukather – guitar
• Greg Phillinganes – Fender Rhodes electric piano
• Larry Williams – keyboards, synth programming
• Neil Stubenhaus – bass guitar
• John Robinson – drums
• Jerry Hey – arranger
• Quincy Jones – arranger
• Rod Temperton – arranger
• Bruce Swedien – recording engineer, mixing, kick & snare drums

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