"Don't Be Cruel" is the title track from Bobby Brown's 1988 solo album of the same name. Produced by Babyface and L.A. Reid, the funky new jack swing single peaked at #8 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Meanwhile, the album reached #1 on the Billboard 200, spending six non-consecutive weeks at the top, and became the best-selling album of 1989 in the United States. Don't Be Cruel produced five Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, making it one of the most successful R&B albums of the era.