Knocked Out
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| Single by Paula Abdul | ||||
| from the album Forever Your Girl | ||||
| B-side | "Knocked Out" (Instrumental) "Next to You" | |||
| Released | May 1988 | |||
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| Length | 3:52 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
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| "Knocked Out" on YouTube | ||||
"Knocked Out" is the debut single by American singer and dancer Paula Abdul, released in May 1988 via Virgin Records as the lead single to Abdul's debut studio album, Forever Your Girl (1988). The song was written by Babyface, L.A. Reid and Daryl Simmons, and produced by Babyface and Reid, the only track on Forever Your Girl produced by the duo. Babyface and Simmons provide background vocals along with Pebbles and Yvette Marine. "Knocked Out" was later re-released to US radio in May 1990 following its re-issue in the United Kingdom and Europe.