Step by Step (New Kids on the Block song)

"Step by Step" is a 1990 song by New Kids on the Block and is the title track to their 1990 album Step by Step. It was originally recorded by Maurice Starr's other group The Superiors and released as a single in 1987 by Motown Records and was not successful. It was covered by New Kids on the Block and topped the charts in the United States, Spain and Canada, number 2 in the United Kingdom and Greece and number 3 in Norway and New Zealand.

"Step by Step"
Single by New Kids on the Block
from Step by Step"
B-side"Valentine Girl"
ReleasedMay 10, 1990[1]
Recorded1989
GenreDance-pop, disco
Length4:29
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Maurice Starr
Producer(s)Maurice Starr
New Kids on the Block singles chronology
""This One's for the Children"
(1989)
Step by Step ""Valentine Girl"
(1990)

Track listings

  • US[2] and Canada[3] 7-inch single
  1. "Step by Step" - 4:27
  2. "Valentine Girl" - 3:57
  • CD single
  1. "Step by Step" - 4:27
  2. "Valentine Girl" - 3:57
  • Maxi-CD
  1. "Step by Step" (Radio Edit) - 3:59
  2. "Step by Step" (LP Version) - 4:27
  3. "Step by Step" (12" Club Remix) - 5:25

References

  1. Illegal name entered new kids on the block/new-kids-block/chart
  2. Step By Step (US 7-inch Single liner notes). New Kids on the Block. Columbia. 1990. 38-73343. 
  3. Step By Step (Canadian 7-inch Single liner notes). New Kids on the Block. Columbia. 1990. 38-73343.