Eddie Murphy's Music Career Was Actually More Successful Than You Thought

May 2024 ยท 1 minute read

Although "Party All the Time" was indeed featured on a YouTube series that focuses on one-hit-wonders, Eddie Murphy is, in the truest sense, not a one-hit-wonder. Four years after he nearly topped the pop charts with a song about a girlfriend who can't stop partying, Murphy was back on the Top 40 in 1989 with "Put Your Mouth on Me," the lead-off track from his sophomore musical album, "So Happy." The song was substantially less successful than "Party All the Time," but it still peaked at a respectable No. 27 in September 1989.

Despite the diminishing returns from his second non-stand-up record, Murphy released yet another musical album in 1993, "Love's Alright." The album is possibly best known for the single "Whatzupwithu," which was a duet with Michael Jackson. Per Vibe, the King of Pop's participation in the song was reportedly his way of returning the favor to Murphy, who made an appearance in the video of Jackson's "Remember the Time." None of that star power, however, was enough to save "Love's Alright" from failure. "If you look at Love's Alright and see who worked on the album, it's actually kind of funny that the record didn't do anything," Murphy told The Baltimore Sun in 1993, as quoted by Vibe.

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