Secret Rendezvous (song)

{{short description|1989 single by Karyn White}}

{{For|the song by Cindy Valentine|Secret Rendez-Vous}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Secret Rendezvous

| cover = Secret Rendezvous Karyn White.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Karyn White

| album = Karyn White

| B-side = Tell Me Tomorrow

| released = May 14, 1989

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = New jack swing{{cite magazine|first= Brian |last= Josephs |title= The 25 Best New Jack Swing Songs |date= July 20, 2012 |magazine= Complex |url= http://uk.complex.com/music/2012/07/the-25-best-new-jack-swing-songs/ |accessdate= July 26, 2016}}

| length = 5:38

| label = Warner Bros.

| writer = {{flat list|

• Kenneth Edmonds
• Antonio Reid
• Daryl Simmons

}}

| producer = {{flat list|

• L.A. Reid
• Babyface

}}

| prev_title = Love Saw It

| prev_year = 1989

| next_title = Slow Down

| next_year = 1989

}}

"Secret Rendezvous" is the fourth single from American singer Karyn White's 1988 self-titled debut studio album. The song was written by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Antonio "L.A." Reid and Daryl Simmons, and produced by Reid and Babyface, who were at the peak of their success at the time as a songwriting and production team.

In the United States, it went to number one on the Billboard dance chart.{{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=279}} On other Billboard charts, "Secret Rendezvous" went to number four on the R&B chart and number six on the pop chart.{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=621}} It was White's biggest hit at that time. Overseas, it peaked at number 22 on the UK Singles Chart.