New Inside

New Inside is the third regular studio album by Tiffany, released on October 2, 1990 (see 1990 in music). Tiffany had broken with manager/producer George Tobin soon after her 18th birthday, and signed with manager Dick Scott and producer Maurice Starr. Starr was the producer responsible for putting together the group New Kids on the Block, who had risen to teen popularity by opening for Tiffany in 1988, and who had since eclipsed Tiffany in degree of pop success (she even opened for them in 1989). This album came out on Tiffany's 19th birthday, and she hoped it would revive her faltering career.

New Inside was not a commercial success, and neither the album nor any single released from it made it onto the pop charts, though the title track "New Inside" got a little bit of airplay in some areas and reached some local radio stations' request-based countdowns thanks to the efforts of fans, who were starting to get organized on bulletin board systems and online services. In Japan, the album was a Top 20 success, where it peaked at #17, and staying in the Top 100 for a total of 6 weeks.

New Inside (song)

"New Inside" is a song by American singer Tiffany, released as the lead single from her third studio album New Inside in 1990.

Background

"New Inside" was written by Phillip Damien and Donnie Wahlberg of the New Kids, under the name Dennis Cheese. Damien solely produced the song whilst Cheese was also credited with the rap of the track. The song, like the New Inside album, marked a change of musical direction for Tiffany, as an attempt to move away from pop by embracing a tougher urban contemporary R&B sound. The song failed to enter the American charts, whilst also failing to make an impression elsewhere except Japan where the song peaked at #18, and stayed in the Top 100 for a total of nine weeks. Originally the song debuted at #82 and was last seen on the chart in early December 1990 at #90.

In America, the New Inside album and single was not the commercial success hoped. The title song managed to gain a minor amount of airplay in some areas and reached some local radio stations' request-based countdowns thanks to the efforts of fans, who were starting to get organized on bulletin board systems and online services.