This album yielded several hit singles, the most successful of which, "Missing You", became Ross' final top ten to date on the Billboard Hot 100. It was produced by Lionel Richie and was a tribute to late soul singer Marvin Gaye, Ross and Richie's former Motown Records label-mate. Other singles included the Daryl Hall and Arthur Baker-produced "Swept Away" and the Julio Iglesias duet, "All of You". All three of these singles were accompanied by popular music videos.
The album also included the European single "Touch by Touch" which reached the top 10 in Austria, Belgium and Norway and also charting inside the top 20 in Canada, Sweden and the Netherlands. The US single "Telephone" - produced by Bernard Edwards of Chic - was directed at R&B radio and scored a number 13 hit on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Edwards' Chic partner Nile Rodgers played guitar on the new wave song "It's Your Move".
The album also included cover versions of Fontella Bass' 1960s R&B smash Rescue Me and the Bob Dylan classic Forever Young which she later performed as the finale to her 1987 ABC TV special Diana Ross: Red Hot Rhythm and Blues .
Swept Away was certified Gold by the end of 1984. It peaked at #26 on Billboard Pop albums chart, also reaching #40 in the UK. The album also made the top ten in the Netherlands and Sweden.
Re-release in 2014[]
The album was remastered and re-released as an "Expanded Edition" on September 2, 2014 by Funky Town Grooves, with bonus material on a second CD.[3]
Producers – James Anthony Carmichel and Lionel Richie (Track 1); Diana Ross (Tracks 2, 3, 4, 7, 9 & 10); Arthur Baker and Daryl Hall (Track 5); Bernard Edwards (Track 6); Ramón Arcusa and Richard Perry (Track 8).
