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=== 1992β1995: ''It's About Time'' and ''The Remixes'' === ''[[It's About Time (SWV album)|It's About Time]]'', the debut studio album by SWV, was released by [[RCA Records]] on October 27, 1992. It was certified [[RIAA certification|multi-platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] for more than two million copies shipped to store.<ref name=mtv>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/swv/artist.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061026034153/http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/swv/artist.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 26, 2006|title=SWV Biography|publisher=mtv.com|access-date=August 1, 2008}}</ref> SWV's first single, "[[Right Here (SWV song)|Right Here]]", was released in the fall of 1992, reaching No. 13 on the R&B charts. Their second single, "[[I'm So into You]]", peaked at No. 2 on R&B and reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. The third single, "[[Weak (SWV song)|Weak]]", reached No. 1 on both the R&B and Hot 100 charts. "[[Right Here/Human Nature]]", the fourth single and a remix of their first single, "Right Here", featured samples of [[Michael Jackson]]'s hit "[[Human Nature (Michael Jackson song)|Human Nature]]". [[Pharrell Williams]] performed a small rap solo on "Right Here (UK Remix)". "Right Here/Human Nature" peaked at No. 1 on R&B and No. 2 on the Hot 100 and it stayed at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' R&B charts for 7 weeks, making it one of the longest-running singles of 1993. It was followed up with the additional Top10 R&B hits, "Downtown" (No. 2), and "You're Always on My Mind" (No. 8).<ref name=mtv /><ref name="billboard">{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=swv|chart=all}}|title=SWV: Billboard chart history|publisher=billboard.com}}</ref> The album peaked at 8 on the US Billboard 200. Following the success of their first album, SWV appeared on the soundtrack for the 1994 film ''[[Above the Rim]]''. The single, "Anything", became a top ten R&B hit and reached No. 18 on the Hot 100 in the spring of 1994. That same year, SWV released ''[[The Remixes (SWV EP)|The Remixes]]'', which went gold by the end of the year. In the summer of 1995, the trio lent vocal harmonies to [[Blackstreet]]'s Top 40 R&B hit "Tonight's the Night". SWV also recorded the track, "All Night Long", which appeared on the ''[[Waiting to Exhale (soundtrack)|Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album]]'' in late 1995.
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