Maxwell Ascension (Dont Ever Wonder)

Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder) / Maxwell
[album version]
Written by Musze, Itaal Shur
Additional Production Assistance
Itaal Shur, Melvin "Wah-Wah Watson" Ragin
Produced by Musze
Mixed by Mike Pela
*1996 album (April 2, 1996)
*1996 single (July 30, 1996) CD - Columbia #78372
*1996 single (July 30, 1996) CD - Columbia #78365
2nd single from the debut studio album
"Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite" (April 2, 1996) Columbia

・Chart history (1996)
Columbia ‎- 78372
(US Billboard Hot 100 #36) September 28, 1996
7 weeks on chart and peak postision 36 on September 28, 1996
postision 36 for 4 weeks
September 28, 1996 - October 19, 1996
18 weeks on the Hot 100 chart
(US Billboard Hot R&B Singles #08) September 14, 1996
chart debut 11 on August 17, 1996
5 weeks on chart peak position 8 on September 14, 1996
peak position 8 for 1 week
29 weeks on the R&B Singles chart

・Chart history (1996)
Columbia ‎- 78365
(US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales #05)
7 weeks on chart and peak postision 5 on September 28, 1996
peak position 5 for 1 week

・Chart history (1997)
Columbia ‎- 664595 2
(UK Singles Chart #28) May 24, 1997
3 weeks on the UK Singles Chart


・Certification
United States (RIAA) Gold, October 08, 1996

・Awrad (Won)
Soul Train Awards 1996
Best R&B/Soul Single - Male



Length
album version 5:46

single version
(US, CD, Single, Card Sleeve, 1996) Columbia ‎-- 38K 78372
1. Ascension Don't Ever Wonder (Uncut) - 5:46
2. Lock You Up In Love Fa Days - 5:27

(UK&Europe, CD, Single, 1997) Columbia ‎-- 664595 2
Maxwell ‎-- Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder) The Encore
1. Uncut - 5:47
2. Encore Live - 7:03
3. ...'Til The Cops Come Knockin' Encore Live - 5:41

(tracks: 2, 3)
Notes
All live versions were taped in Washington D.C.
for BET's Planet Groove on March 12, 1997


(US, CD, Maxi-Single, July 30, 1996) Columbia ‎-- 44K 78365
Maxwell ‎-- Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder) The Tribute
1. Ascension (No One's Gonna Love You, So Don't Ever Wonder)
(The Tribute Cut) - 3:47
2. Ascension (No One's Gonna Love You, So Don't Ever Wonder)
(The Tribute Uncut) - 5:48
3. Ascension (No One's Gonna Love You, So Don't Ever Wonder)
(The Tribute Unsung) - 5:48
4. Ascension (Dub Ever Wonder) - 3:26
5. Ascension (Uncut) - 5:48
6. Lock You Up N' Love Fa Days

(tracks: 1, 2)
Written by Musze, Itaal Shur, James Harris III, Terry Lewis
The Tribute mixes sample from The S.O.S. Band
"No One's Gonna Love You" 1984

(tracks: 4, 5)
Remix - Itaal Shur

(Europe, CD, Maxi-Single, August 9, 1996)
Columbia 663348 2 / EAN 5099766334820
1. Ascension Don't Ever Wonder (The Tribute Cut) - 3:47
2. Ascension No One's Gonna Love You, So Don't Ever Wonder
(The Tribute Uncut) - 5:48
3. Ascension No One's Gonna Love You, So Don't Ever Wonder
(The Tribute Unsung) - 3:33
4. Ascension - Don't Ever Wonder (The Tribute Reunion) - 4:53


Notes
・Musze
Aliases: Maxwell
Gerald Maxwell Rivera, also known as Maxwell
(born May 23, 1973, Brooklyn, New York, United States)
American singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist

・Mike Pela
world-renowned Grammy-winning producer and mixer
including Sade, Maxwell, Savage Garden, Corinne Bailey Rae

・Melvin Ragin
Also known as Wah Wah Watson
Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson
Soul funk guitarist, songwriter, producer