Robbed hit of the week 4/13/20 - Xscape's "Do You Want To" / "Can't Hang"...

"Do You Want To"/"Can't Hang" - Xscape
from the album Off The Hook (1995)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #50

This week's "robbed hit" comes from the R&B group Xscape, whose sophomore album Off The Hook had already spun off two top-40 pop hits with "Feels So Good" and the #1 R&B single "Who Can I Run To?". The third single release from the album contained two cuts from the album that were both promoted to radio. "Do You Want To", written by members Tiny Cottle and Tamika Scott, with the former singing lead vocals, was a downtempo ballad imploring a lover to stay the night...

Meanwhile, "Can't Hang", written by the other two bandmates, Kandi Burruss and LaTocha Scott with the former singing lead and featuring a rap interlude from MC Lyte, was a midtempo G-funk-style jam that dares her lover to "get down" based on his rep...

Urban and mainstream stations would play both tracks, but despite the added points, the single stalled at the halfway mark on Billboard's pop Hot 100 chart in March of 1996. Both songs switched off as lead track listed on the charts, with "Can't Hang" peaking at #56 in May. On Billboard's R&B chart, "Do You Want To" was the third top ten hit from Off The Hook at #9, while "Can't Hang" was listed first as high at #16.

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Here's the group performing "Do You Want To" live on TV...

And the quartet in concert doing "Can't Hang"...

Finally, the group doing "Do You Want To" in concert as well...