Just Charlie is the fifth studio album by American singer Charlie Wilson. It was released by Jive Records on December 3, 2010 in the United States. The album debuted and peaked at number 19 on the US Billboard 200 and at number 2 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, selling 57,286 copies in its first week. Fantasia is the only featured guest on Just Charlie, who appears on a remake of the Roger Troutman song, "I Want to Be Your Man".

Just Charlie
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 3, 2010
Length38:50
LabelJive
Producer
  • Emile Ghantous
  • Wirlie Morris
  • Erik Nelson
  • Gregg Pagani
  • Charlie Wilson
Charlie Wilson chronology
Uncle Charlie
(2009)
Just Charlie
(2010)
Love, Charlie
(2013)
Singles from Just Charlie
  1. "You Are"
    Released: October 12, 2010
  2. "Life of the Party"
    Released: April 15, 2011
  3. "I Want to Be Your Man"
    Released: June 17, 2011

The album also includes the hit single, "You Are", which earned Wilson a career high debut on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart and topped the Billboard Urban Adult Contemporary Chart. "You Are" remained at number one for 13 weeks on the Billboard UAC Chart, climbing to number 16 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, number 7 on the Heatseeker Songs chart, number 19 on the Christian Songs chart, and number 64 on Radio Songs chart.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [1]

AllMusic editor David Jeffries felt that Just Charlie "sticks with the high-quality "grown folks" R&B material that put his previous two albums in the Top Ten of Billboard 200 album chart. Besides whittling the number of special guests down from three to one, casual fans will have problems telling this one from his previous release, but these ten smooth cuts go down easy and give no sign the formula has stopped working [...] Maybe the album naming scheme – Charlie, Last Name Wilson, Uncle Charlie, Just Charlie – could be reconsidered, but otherwise, this is Wilson the way you want him."[1]

Track listing

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Just Charlie track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."My Girl Is a Dime"
  • Carl M. Days Jr.
  • Charlie Wilson
  • Dennis Bettis
  • Mahin Wilson
  • Wirlie Morris
Morris3:48
2."You Are"
  • Days
  • C. Wilson
  • Bettis
  • M. Wilson
  • Morris
Morris4:10
3."I Wanna Be Your Man" (featuring Fantasia)Gregg Pagani3:27
4."Never Got Enough"
  • C. Wilson
  • Emile Ghantous
  • Erik Nelson
  • Frankie Bautista
  • M. Wilson
  • Samuel Salter
  • C. Wilson
  • Ghantous
  • Nelson
4:13
5."Once and Forever"
Pagani3:43
6."Life of the Party"
Pagani3:18
7."I Can't Let Go"
Morris3:49
8."Crying for You"
  • Almarcus T. Dean
  • Days
  • C. Wilson
  • Bettis
  • M. Wilson
  • Morris
Morris3:57
9."Where Would I Be"
  • Dean
  • Days
  • C. Wilson
  • Bettis
  • M. Wilson
  • Morris
Morris3:59
10."Lotto"
  • C. Wilson
  • M. Wilson
  • Morris
Morris3:46
Total length:38:50
iTunes pre-order bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
11."Throw It All Away"C. WilsonC. Wilson3:47

Charts

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Release history

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Release history and formats for Just Charlie
Region Date Format(s) Label Ref
United States December 3, 2010
  • CD
  • digital download
Jive [6]

References

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  1. ^ a b Allmusic review
  2. ^ "Charlie Wilson Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  3. ^ "Charlie Wilson Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  4. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2011". Billboard. 2 January 2013. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  5. ^ "Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2011". Billboard. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". iTunes. Archived from the original on 2015-03-04. Retrieved 2013-06-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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