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end of the road

n. 1 A conclusion, termination or ending (of a process). 2 death.

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End of the Road

"End of the Road" is a single recorded by American R&B group Boyz II Men for the Boomerang soundtrack. It was released in 1992 and written and produced by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, L.A. Reid and Daryl Simmons.

The song achieved overwhelming domestic and international success.

In the United States, "End of the Road" spent a then record-breaking 13 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Whitney Houston would later break this record in the same year, with " I Will Always Love You", spending 14 weeks at #1. Boyz II Men would later match and break Houston's record with two of their future releases:

  • " I'll Make Love to You" (1994 – 14 weeks at #1);
  • " One Sweet Day" (Duet with Mariah Carey) (1995-1996 – 16 weeks at #1).

Internationally, "End of the Road" reached #1 in Australia, United Kingdom and the Hot 100 Eurochart, among others.

Due to the success of the single, Boyz II Men's debut album Cooleyhighharmony was re-issued in 1992 and 1993 to include the song.

At the 1993 Grammy Awards, "End of the Road" was nominated for two Grammys, winning both: Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, and Best R&B Song.

"End of the Road" is considered one of the most successful songs of all time. It was the #1 single of 1992 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 Singles of 1992. It is ranked by Billboard as the 6th most successful song of the 1990-1999 decade. It is also ranked at #50 on Billboard's "All-Time Top 100 Songs"

The song has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of over one million units in the United States.

End of the Road (disambiguation)

" End of the Road" is a 1992 number-one hit by Boyz II Men

End of the Road or similar may also refer to:

End of the Road (1970 film)

End of the Road is a 1970 film directed, co-written, and edited by Aram Avakian and adapted from a 1958 novel by John Barth, and stars Stacy Keach, James Earl Jones and Harris Yulin.

The film was given an X rating for an abortion scene, and other frank scenes including one in which a man rapes a chicken. The film won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival.

A nine-page Life Magazine article was published on Aram Avakian and End of the Road on November 7, 1969. Avakian was also interviewed at length in Playboy and Esquire. End of the Road is a ground-breaking early indie picture. Many of the cast and crew went on to distinguished careers.

The film gained a cult following at art movie houses across the U.S., where audiences would speak aloud the lines while they watched the midnight screenings. In 2012 it was released again (DVD) from a brand new original print struck from a pristine negative by Warner Brothers, as part of a series of re-discovered cinematic treasures in their archives. The director Steven Soderbergh rediscovered the film, spearheaded its revival, and made a companion documentary, An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road.

End of the Road (Torchwood)

"End of the Road" is the eighth episode of the fourth series of British science fiction television series Torchwood, and was first broadcast in the United States on Starz on 26 August 2011. In the UK, the episode was broadcast on 1 September 2011, on TV channel BBC One.

End of the Road (Jerry Lee Lewis song)

End of the Road is a song written and performed by musician Jerry Lee Lewis. Recorded in 1956, and released as a single in December of that year on Sun Records, the single was backed with Lewis' cover of the Ray Price song " Crazy Arms". The recording was reissued in 1979 as a 7" 45 single as Sun 14 as part of the Sun Golden Treasure Series. The song was also released in Canada in 1956 as a 45 single on Quality Records.

End of the Road (1944 film)

End of the Road is a 1944 American crime film directed by George Blair and written by Denison Clift, Gertrude Walker and Albert Beich. The film stars Edward Norris, John Abbott, June Storey, Jonathan Hale, Pierre Watkin and Ted Hecht. The film was released on November 10, 1944, by Republic Pictures.

Usage examples of "end of the road".

I've never had the occasion to until this happened, but now that I think of it, it seems to me we have reached the end of the road because Multivac is too good.

The truck continued to the end of the road where the driver idled the engine for a few seconds while he decided which turn-off to take.

And I had never been anywhere apart from the shop at the end of the road on my own.