Switch II

{{Infobox album

| name = Switch II

| type = Studio

| artist = Switch

| cover = Switch II LP.jpg

| alt =

| released = April 1979

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = R&B

| length =

| label = Gordy

| producer = Jermaine Jackson, Bobby DeBarge, Gregory Williams

| prev_title = Switch

| prev_year = 1978

| next_title = Reaching for Tomorrow

| next_year = 1980

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 =AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}Andrew Hamilton [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r50710/review|pure_url=yes}} review] at AllMusic.

|rev2 = The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul

|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul |date=1998 |publisher=Virgin |page=323}}

}}

Switch II is the second album by the R&B group Switch, released in 1979. Included on the album is one of the band's biggest and most often-sampled hits "I Call Your Name".

Track listing

"You're the One For Me" - (Bobby DeBarge, Elaine Brown, Phillip Ingram) 4:29
"Next To You" - (Greg Williams) 4:11
"Best Beat In Town" - (Bobby DeBarge) 4:48
"Calling On All Girls" - (Hazel Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, Maureen Bailey) 4:34
"Go On Doin' What You Feel" (Jermaine Jackson, Maureen Bailey, Michael Smith) - 5:39
"Fallin'" - (Greg Williams) 5:47
"I Call Your Name" - (Bobby DeBarge, Greg Williams) 7:33

Charts

=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"\| Chart (1979) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
{{album chart\|Billboard200\|37\|artist=Switch\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=April 28, 2021}}
{{album chart\|BillboardRandBHipHop\|8\|artist=Switch\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=April 28, 2021}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"| Chart (1979)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|Billboard200|37|artist=Switch|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 28, 2021}}

{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|8|artist=Switch|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 28, 2021}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"\| Chart (1979) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite web\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1979/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums\|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1979\|work=Billboard\|accessdate=April 28, 2021}} \| 19
scope="col"\| Chart (1980) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite web\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1980/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums\|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1980\|work=Billboard\|accessdate=April 28, 2021}} \| 46

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"| Chart (1979)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1979/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1979|work=Billboard|accessdate=April 28, 2021}}

| 19

scope="col"| Chart (1980)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1980/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1980|work=Billboard|accessdate=April 28, 2021}}

| 46

=Singles=

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rowspan="2"\| Year ! rowspan="2"\| Single ! colspan="3"\| Chart positions{{Cite web\|url={{AllMusic\|class=artist\|id=p5580/charts-awards/billboard-singles\|pure_url=yes}}\|title=Switch US singles chart history\|publisher=allmusic.com\|accessdate=June 17, 2011}}
style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="40"\| US ! width="40"\| US R&B ! width="40"\| US Dance
rowspan="2"\|1979 \| align="left"\| "Best Beat In Town" \| 69 \| 16 \| 65
align="left"\| "I Call Your Name" \| 83 \| 8 \| —

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rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="3"| Chart positions{{Cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5580/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}}|title=Switch US singles chart history|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=June 17, 2011}}

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="40"| US

! width="40"| US
R&B

! width="40"| US
Dance

rowspan="2"|1979

| align="left"| "Best Beat In Town"

| 69

| 16

| 65

align="left"| "I Call Your Name"

| 83

| 8