After both El and sister Bunny left for solo careers in 1986, Randy and his brothers recruited oldest brother Bobby to record the group's fifth release, Bad Boys, but due to the record's limited production on the independent Striped Horse label, the record tanked. Within a year, DeBarge was one of the hottest-selling R&B groups in the world scoring hits such as " All This Love", " Love Me in a Special Way", and " Rhythm of the Night". It was co-led by Randy and El, whose higher vocals carried the rest of the group's releases from then on. After the modest success of the group's funk single, " Stop! Don't Tease Me", the second single, " I Like It" became their first hit reaching number two on the R&B charts and crossing over to number 31. After their 1981 debut, The DeBarges failed to garner any interest, the group decided to write and produce themselves with some help from Berry Gordy's niece Iris, the group released their sophomore release All This Love.
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