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{{short description|American soul/R&B band from Oakland, California}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Tony! Toni! Toné!
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| landscape         = yes
| caption           = Tony! Toni! Toné! photographed in 1988 <br> D'Wayne Wiggins (left), Timothy Christian Riley (top right), and Raphael Saadiq (bottom)
| background        = group_or_band
| origin            = [[Oakland, California|Oakland]], [[California]], U.S.
| genre             = {{flat list|
* [[contemporary R&B|R&B]]<ref name="Wynn"/>
* [[progressive soul]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Himes |first=Geoffrey |author-link=Geoffrey Himes |date=May 16, 1990 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1990/05/16/records/428be2d6-aeac-4263-a825-3b08a82535a2/ |title=Records |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=January 26, 2021}}</ref>
}}
| discography       = [[Tony! Toni! Toné! discography]]
| years_active      = 1986–present
| label             = {{flat list|
* Grass Roots Entertainment
* [[Wing Records|Wing]]
* [[Mercury Records]]
}}
| spinoffs          = {{flat list|
* 3TOB
* [[Black Men United]]
* [[Lucy Pearl]]
}}
| current_members   = * [[Raphael Saadiq]]
* [[Timothy Christian Riley]]
| past_members      = * [[D'Wayne Wiggins]]
* Amar Khalil
*
| website           = {{URL|tonytonitone.com}}
}}

'''Tony! Toni! Toné!''' is an American [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]/[[Soul music|Soul]] band from [[Oakland, California]], popular during the late 1980s to mid-1990s. During the band's heyday, it was composed of [[D'Wayne Wiggins]] on lead [[vocals]] and [[guitar]], his brother [[Raphael Saadiq]] (born Charles Ray Wiggins) on lead vocals and [[bass (instrument)|bass]], and their cousin [[Timothy Christian Riley]] on [[drum]]s, [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], and background vocals.<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/arts/music/dwayne-wiggins-dead.html |title=D'Wayne Wiggins, 64, Dies; One Third of R&B Group Tony! Toni! Toné! |last=Risen |first=Clay |date=March 7, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=March 10, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="associated press">{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/dwayne-wiggins-tony-toni-tone-24cc42e0cd58b15b34bbbe345f574657 |title=D'Wayne Wiggins, founding member of the R&B group Tony! Toni! Tone!, has died at 64 |last=Landrum Jr. |first=Jonathan |date=March 7, 2025 |work=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=March 10, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="billboard">{{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/dwayne-wiggins-dead-tony-toni-tone-member-obituary-1235917491/ |title=D’Wayne Wiggins, Co-Founding Member of Tony! Toni! Toné!, Dead at 64 |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=March 7, 2025 |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=March 11, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="variety">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2025/music/news/dwayne-wiggins-dead-tony-toni-tone-founding-member-1236331390/ |title=D’Wayne Wiggins, Founding Member of Tony! Toni! Toné!, Dies at 64 |last=Horowitz |first=Steven J. |date=March 7, 2025 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=March 11, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> Originally, the band went by "Tony, Toni, Toné" as a joke, until they realized it "had a nice ring to it".<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://watch.muchmusic.com/specials/ota-live/ |title=Specials : OTA Live : Raphael Saadiq (Live Interview) 1/4 |access-date= 2008-12-26 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081218040919/http://watch.muchmusic.com/specials/ota-live/#clip123632 |archive-date= 2008-12-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

After a stint as musicians on [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]'s [[Parade Tour]] in 1986, the trio formed Tony! Toni! Toné! back in their hometown of Oakland that same year.<ref name="nytimes" />  The band first found success performing around the [[San Francisco Bay Area]].<ref name="nytimes" />  They released their debut album ''[[Who? (album)|Who?]]''<ref name="Wynn">{{cite web |last=Wynn |first=Ron |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/tony!-toni!-ton%C3%A9!-mn0000790667 |title=Tony! Toni! Toné! – Music Biography, Credits and Discography|publisher=[[Allmusic]] |access-date=2012-08-19}}</ref> in 1988.  Their debut single, “[[Little Walter (song)|Little Walter]],” reached No. 1 on the [[Billboard R&B chart]]; three more singles from the album reached the Top 10; and the album was certified [[RIAA certification|gold]].<ref name="nytimes" />

Tony! Toni! Toné! started producing their own music and found more mainstream success with their second album ''[[The Revival (Tony! Toni! Toné! album)|The Revival]]'' in 1990, fueled by the No.9 ''Billboard'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] hit "[[Feels Good]]”.<ref name="nytimes" /><ref name="associated press" />  ''The Revival'' also included the R&B No.1s "[[It Never Rains (In Southern California)]]" and "[[Whatever You Want (Tony! Toni! Toné! song)|Whatever You Want]]" and was certified platinum.  The group achieved their greatest commercial success with the [[RIAA certification|double platinum]] certified and critically acclaimed{{sfn|Bourgoin|LaBlanc|1994|p=249}} ''[[Sons of Soul]]'' album in 1993, which included the Hot 100 top 10 hits "[[If I Had No Loot]]" and "[[Anniversary (Tony! Toni! Toné! song)|Anniversary]]" and top 40 hit "[[(Lay Your Head on My) Pillow]]".<ref>{{cite web |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sons-of-soul-mw0000619408 |title=Sons of Soul – Tony! Toni! Toné! |publisher=Allmusic |access-date=2012-08-19}}</ref><ref name="riaa">{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=%22Tony!%20Toni!%20Tone!%22|title=US Certifications > Tony! Toni! Toné!|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] |access-date=2013-06-10}}</ref> With the group's reliance on traditional soul and R&B values of songwriting and instrumentation, ''Sons of Soul'' is considered a precursor to the [[neo soul]] movement of the late 1990s.<ref name="Heyliger">{{cite web|last=Heyliger|first=Mike|date=January 19, 2011|url=http://popdose.com/the-popdose-guide-to-raphael-saadiq/|title=The Popdose Guide to Raphael Saadiq|publisher=Popdose|access-date=March 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006223032/http://popdose.com/the-popdose-guide-to-raphael-saadiq/|archive-date=October 6, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>  Tony! Toni! Toné! disbanded after the release of their platinum certified fourth album ''[[House of Music]]'' (1996), which critics cite as their best work.<ref>{{cite web |last=Christgau |first=Robert |url=http://music.msn.com/music/consumerguide/2008/10/|title=Inside Music: Consumer Guide |publisher=[[MSN Music]] |date=October 2008 |access-date=2012-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111209061421/http://music.msn.com/music/consumerguide/2008/10/|archive-date=2011-12-09|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Schruers, Fred|editor1-first=Nathan |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-link=Nathan Brackett |editor2-first=Christian|editor2-last=Hoard |title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]|edition=Completely Revised and Updated 4th |publisher=Simon & Schuster |date=November 1, 2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/818 818] |display-authors=etal}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Amir Khalil of "Tony! Toni! Toné!".jpg|thumb|left|275px|Amar Khalil of Tony! Toni! Toné! performing in [[Louisville, Kentucky]], 2012]]

===1988&ndash;1992: ''Who?'' and ''The Revival''===

Their debut album, ''[[Who? (album)|Who?]]'', produced and co-written by Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy, was released in 1988. The first single  "[[Little Walter (song)|Little Walter]]" went to #1 on the R&B charts. The next three singles, "[[Born Not to Know]]", "Baby Doll" and "For the Love of You" were all Top 10 R&B singles. ''Who?'' spent 44 weeks on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard 200|Top Pop Albums]], peaking at number 69.<ref name="bbWho">[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=tony! toni! toné!|chart=all}} Who? - Tony! Toni! Tone! | Billboard.com]. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. Retrieved on 2011-06-17.{{dead link|date=March 2018}}</ref> On December 5, 1989, the album was certified [[RIAA certification|gold]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA), for shipments of 500,000 copies in the United States.<ref name= RIAA>{{cite web| url= https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=tony+toni&ti=&lab=&genre=&format=&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section| title= Gold & Platinum search results - TONY! TONI! TONE!| website= RIAA.com| publisher= [[Recording Industry Association of America]]| access-date= July 27, 2023}}</ref> As of August 1993, it has sold over 700,000 copies in the US.<ref>{{cite news|date=August 10, 1993|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF8F158A1A2A0A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=13 CLASS ACTS|newspaper=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]|publisher=Star-Telegram Operating|location=Fort Worth|access-date=2012-05-05}}</ref>

Inspired by live instrumentation, [[turntablism]], and classic [[soul music]], Tony! Toni! Toné! recorded and produced their second album, ''[[The Revival (Tony! Toni! Toné! album)|The Revival]]'', mostly themselves and released it on May 8, 1990 to commercial success.{{sfn|Hildebrand|1994|p=235}}<ref name="Gonzales">{{cite journal |last= Gonzales |first= Michael A.|date=February 1997|title=Family Ties|journal=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]|volume=5|issue=1|page=76|location=New York|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qCwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA74|access-date=March 27, 2012}}</ref> ''The Revival'' charted for 64 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Top Pop Albums, peaking at number 34 on the chart and reaching [[RIAA certification|platinum]] status.<ref name="bbRevival">"[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=tony! toni! toné!|chart=all}} The Revival - Tony! Toni! Toné!]". ''Billboard''. Retrieved on June 17, 2011.</ref> The album spawned several #1 R&B hits with "[[It Never Rains (In Southern California)]]", "[[Feels Good]]", "[[The Blues (song)|The Blues]]", and "[[Whatever You Want (Tony! Toni! Tone! song)|Whatever You Want]]" all topping the R&B charts. The album's second [[single (music)|single]] "Feels Good" was released on June 19 and certified [[RIAA certification|gold]] on November 13 after it had shipped 500,000 copies.<ref name= RIAA /> The single topped the R&B chart for two weeks and reached number nine on the ''Billboard'' [[Hot 100]] in the fall of 1990, going on to sell over one million copies. "Feels Good" was the group's first single to breach the Top 10 of the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref name="Hogan1">{{cite web |last= Hogan| first= Ed| url= https://www.allmusic.com/song/feels-good-mt0007403822|title=Feels Good - Tony! Toni! Toné!|publisher=Allmusic|access-date=November 20, 2012}}</ref> In late 1990, the album's fourth single "It Never Rains (In Southern California)" became a number-one R&B hit and also peaked at number 34 on the Hot 100.<ref name="Hogan2">{{cite web| last= Hogan| first= Ed|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/it-never-rains-in-southern-california-mt0007388953|title=It Never Rains in Southern California - Tony! Toni! Toné! |publisher= Allmusic|access-date=November 20, 2012}}</ref>

''The Revival'' broadened the group's exposure to fans beyond their initial R&B audience.{{sfn|Bourgoin|LaBlanc|1994|p=249}} However, they became ambivalent about their newfound mainstream success and their music being labeled "retro" by critics.<ref name="Gonzales"/> In an interview for ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine, lead singer and bassist [[Raphael Saadiq|Raphael Wiggins]] expressed his dissatisfaction with the music industry, saying that "every record company wants to get a group and put 'em in a [[Mercedes-Benz|Benz]] with a car phone and a beeper, show them dressing in three different outfits, put them in a video shot on a beach with lots of swinging bikinis. You won't ever see us on a beach. We're just down-to-earth, funky, like-to-play guys."<ref name="People">{{cite journal |last1=Linden |first1=Amy |last2=Givens |first2=Ron |last3=Tomashoff |first3=Craig |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20110733,00.html |title=Picks and Pans Main: Song |journal=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=July 5, 1993 |volume=40 |issue=1 |access-date=March 27, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120512024422/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20110733,00.html |archive-date=May 12, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Griffin">{{cite news |last=Griffin |first=Gil |date=June 23, 1993 |title=Recordings; 2 Hip-Hop Trios, Back With Brio |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |pages=C.07  |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/72163275.html?dids=72163275:72163275&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+23%2C+1993&author=Gil+Griffin&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Recordings%3B+2+Hip-Hop+Trios%2C+Back+With+Brio&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022082328/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/72163275.html?dids=72163275:72163275&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+23,+1993&author=Gil+Griffin&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Recordings%3B+2+Hip-Hop+Trios,+Back+With+Brio&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 22, 2012 |access-date=March 27, 2012}}</ref> Before considering a follow-up album, the band recorded several songs for film soundtracks, including "Me and You" for ''[[Boyz n the Hood (soundtrack)|Boyz n the Hood]]'' (1991), "House Party (I Don't Know What You Come to Do)" for ''[[House Party 2 (soundtrack)|House Party 2]]'' (1991), and "Waiting on You" for ''[[Poetic Justice (soundtrack)|Poetic Justice]]'' (1993).{{sfn|Bourgoin|LaBlanc|1994|p=249}}

===1992&ndash;1995: ''Sons of Soul''===
Having fulfilled their creative intentions with ''The Revival'', Tony! Toni! Toné! wanted to pay homage to their musical influences with ''Sons of Soul''.<ref name="Rule">{{cite news|last=Rule |first=Sheila |date=September 29, 1993 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/29/arts/the-pop-life-381193.html?pagewanted=2 |title=The Pop Life |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=March 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108133517/http://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/29/arts/the-pop-life-381193.html?pagewanted=2 |archive-date=January 8, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Sculley">{{cite news|last=Sculley |first=Alan |date=January 14, 1994 |url=https://www.dailypress.com/1994/01/14/tony-toni-tone-revives-sounds-of-soul/ |title=Tony! Toni! Tone! Revives Sounds of Soul |newspaper=[[Daily Press (Virginia)|Daily Press]] |location=Virginia |access-date=March 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518102313/http://articles.dailypress.com/1994-01-14/features/9401140125_1_raphael-wiggins-soul-wilson-pickett |archive-date=May 18, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> In a 1993 interview for ''[[The New York Times]]'', Wiggins elaborated on their direction for the album, stating "We're paying homage to a lot of older artists who paved the way for us artists like [[the Temptations]], [[Sly and the Family Stone]], [[Earth, Wind and Fire]]. They're the people who inspired us when we were growing up, people like [[Aretha Franklin]], [[James Brown]]. We feel we're the sons of everything and all those people who came before us."<ref name="Rule"/> He also explained the album's title as a declaration of them being descendants of those artists, "not in a grandiose sense, but from the standpoint that we really are the musical offspring of all that's come before us&nbsp;... paying homage to our past, but creating in a contemporary environment."<ref name="Keyboard">{{cite journal|title=Tony! Toni! Tone!|journal=[[Keyboard (magazine)|Keyboard]]|year=1993|volume=19|issue=7|page=16}}</ref>

Tony! Toni! Toné! took a hiatus as a group after the commercial and critical success of ''Sons of Soul''. According to vocalist and bassist [[Raphael Saadiq|Raphael Wiggins]], each member had pursued individual music projects, and "the group was trying to figure out where everybody's time, space and head was at."<ref>{{cite news|ref={{SfnRef|Anon. (a)|1996|p=12}}|author=Anon. [a]|date=November 21, 1996|title=Tony Toni Toné Hits Comeback Trail|newspaper=The Muncie Times|page = 12}}</ref> He, [[D'wayne Wiggins]], and Timothy Christian Riley worked on songwriting and production for other recording artists during the band's hiatus, including [[D'Angelo]], [[En Vogue]], [[Karyn White]], [[Tevin Campbell]], and [[A Tribe Called Quest]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Smith|first=Shawnee|date=October 5, 1996|title=Tony Toni Toné Rebuild Their 'House'&nbsp;– Mercury Set Finds Trio in Cohesive Style|magazine=Billboard |volume=108|issue=40|publisher=Nielsen Business Media|id=0QkEAAAAMBAJ|issn=0006-2510|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0QkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16|access-date=November 20, 2012|via=Google Books|page = 16}}</ref><ref name = jones>{{cite news|ref={{SfnRef|Jones (a)|1996|p=6.D}} |last=Jones|first= Steve [a]|date=November 19, 1996|title=A Retro-Active Dwelling Tony Toni Tone Returns with 'House of Music'|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|publisher=[[Gannett Company]] |access-date=November 20, 2012|page = 6.D|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/16332155.html?dids=16332155:16332155&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+19%2C+1996&author=Steve+Jones&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=A+retro-active+dwelling+Tony+Toni+Tone+returns+with+%27House+of+Music%27&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131184240/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/16332155.html?dids=16332155:16332155&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+19,+1996&author=Steve+Jones&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=A+retro-active+dwelling+Tony+Toni+Tone+returns+with+'House+of+Music'&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> Raphael Wiggins adopted the surname "Saadiq" for his professional name in 1994—"man of his word" in Arabic—and released his solo [[single (music)|single]] "[[Ask of You]]" in 1995.<ref>{{cite web|last=Coker|first=Cheo Hodari|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-01-12-ca-17719-story.html|title=Time to Jam&nbsp;– or Jam?|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=January 12, 1997|access-date=November 20, 2012}}</ref><ref name = jones/> Their work outside the band led to rumors of a break-up during the time between albums.<ref name="jones" /> Tony! Toni! Toné! eventually regrouped and began recording ''House of Music'' in September 1995.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|ref={{SfnRef|Anon. (b)|1996}}|author=Anon. [b]|year=1996|title=House of Music|others=Tony! Toni! Toné!|type=CD booklet|publisher=Mercury Records|id=P 2–34250|location=United States}}</ref>

===1996&ndash;1998: ''House of Music''===
In 1996, the group released their final studio album to date, ''[[House of Music]]''. The album lacked the strong singles of earlier entries, only getting "Thinking Of You" & "Let's Get Down" into the top 10 on the R&B charts, with "Thinking Of You" hitting #22 on the Hot 100, though it eventually reached platinum status.

''[[House of Music]]'' expanded on Tony! Toni! Toné!'s previous traditional R&B-influenced work by emphasizing live instrumentation and ballads.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Peitier|first=Sidney|year=1997|title=Tony Toni Toné, House of Music|magazine=Upscale: The Successful Black Magazine|publisher=Upscale Communications|volume=10|id=VY8OAQAAMAAJ|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VY8OAQAAMAAJ|access-date=November 20, 2012|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Brown|first=David W.|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1996/12/6/tony-toni-tone-brings-back-unprocessed/|title=Tony Toni Tone Brings Back Unprocessed Spirit of Soul|work=[[The Harvard Crimson]]|date=December 6, 1996|access-date=November 20, 2012}}</ref> In the opinion of ''[[Daily Herald (Arlington Heights)|Daily Herald]]'' writer Dan Kening, the album continued the band's mix of contemporary R&B and old-fashioned soul, deeming it "half a tribute to their '60s and '70s soul music roots and half a masterful blend of modern smooth balladeering and danceable funk."<ref>{{cite news|last= Kening|first=Dan|date=December 20, 1996|title=Tony Toni Tone Finds Right Groove in 'House' Album Reviews|newspaper=[[Daily Herald (Arlington Heights)|Daily Herald]]|publisher=Paddock Publications|page = 6|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ADHB&p_theme=adhb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED027B37708C135&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |access-date=November 20, 2012 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> Released on November 19, 1996, ''House of Music'' reached number 32 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and spent 31 weeks on the chart.{{sfn|Anon. (a)|n.d.}} In its first eight weeks, the album sold 318,502 copies in the US.{{sfn |Goldberg|1997}} Tony! Toni! Toné! inaugurated its release with a [[virtual press conference|satellite press conference]] and in-store performance at a small retail outlet in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]. They also embarked on a tour of [[historically black colleges and universities|historically black college]]s and Black Independent Coalition record shops after "[[Let's Get Down (Tony! Toni! Toné! song)|Let's Get Down]]" had been sent to R&B and [[crossover (music)|crossover]] radio on October 28 as the album's [[lead single]]; its [[music video]] was released to outlets such as [[Black Entertainment Television|BET]], [[The Box (US TV channel)|The Box]], and [[MTV]].{{sfn|Smith|1996|p=20}} Tony! Toni! Toné! performed the song on the sketch comedy show ''[[All That]]''; on the music variety program ''[[Soul Train]]'', they performed "Let's Get Down" and "Annie May".<ref>{{harvnb|Anon. (b)|n.d.}}; {{harvnb |Anon. (c)|n.d.}}.</ref> "Thinking of You" was released as the second single on March 11, 1997, by which time ''House of Music'' had sold 514,000 copies, according to [[Nielsen SoundScan]].{{sfn |Reynolds|1997|p=21}} On August 6, the album was certified [[RIAA certification|Platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA).{{sfn |Anon. (d)|n.d.}}

The single "Me & You" appears on the [[Boyz n the Hood (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] to the motion picture ''[[Boyz n the Hood]]''. Following the release of ''[[Sons of Soul]]'', the group was a part of the R&B supergroup [[Black Men United]], along with [[Silk (group)|Silk]] and [[H-Town (band)|H-Town]]. The song "U Will Know" appeared on the soundtrack for the movie ''[[Jason's Lyric]]''.

=== Reunions ===
In 2003, members of Tony! Toni! Toné!, except for Saadiq, were invited by [[Alicia Keys]] to be guest artists on her album ''[[The Diary of Alicia Keys]]''. The song that resulted from that session was called "[[Diary (Alicia Keys song)|Diary]]". Released as a single in the fall of 2004, it gave them their first Top 10 US hit in eleven years and a nomination for [[Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals]] at the [[47th Grammy Awards|2005 Grammy Awards]].

In 2023, the original lineup announced and engaged in a U.S. reunion tour, marking the band's thirtieth anniversary of their third release, ''Sons of Soul'', and their first tour in twenty-five years; that included their music catalogue and a few songs from Saadiq's solo career and production/songwriting repertoire. Before the tour, the group talked about recording a new album, but as of September 2024, Raphael Saadiq revealed to Rolling Stone Now podcast that plans for another album have been canceled, stating that the band members no longer feel the same about working on an album and he doesn't think there will be another reunion.<ref>{{cite web |author=Jazz Monroe |date=20 June 2023 |title=Tony! Toni! Toné! Reunite for First Tour in 25 Years |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/tony-toni-tone-reunite-for-first-tour-in-25-years/ |access-date=2023-06-20 |publisher=pitchfork.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Mya Abraham |date=20 June 2023 |title=Raphael Saadiq Reunites With Tony! Toni! Toné! For New Tour |url=https://www.vibe.com/music/music-news/raphael-saadiq-reunites-tony-toni-tone-2023-tour-1234766133// |access-date=2023-06-20 |publisher=vibe.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Antwane Folk |date=20 June 2023 |title='Raphael Saadiq Revisits Tony! Toni! Toné!: Just Me and You' Tour Dates Announced |url=https://ratedrnb.com/2023/06/raphael-saadiq-revisits-tony-toni-tone-just-me-and-you-tour-dates-announced/ |access-date=2023-06-20 |publisher=ratedrnb.com}}</ref>

D'Wayne Wiggins died from [[bladder cancer]] on March 7, 2025.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Horowitz |first1=Steven J. |title=D’Wayne Wiggins, Founding Member of Tony! Toni! Toné!, Dies at 64 |url=https://variety.com/2025/music/news/dwayne-wiggins-dead-tony-toni-tone-founding-member-1236331390/ |website=Variety |access-date=7 March 2025 |date=7 March 2025}}</ref>

== Members ==

=== Current members ===

* [[Raphael Saadiq]] (1986–1997, 2019–present)
* [[Timothy Christian Riley]] (1986–present)

=== Former members ===

* [[D'Wayne Wiggins]] (1986–2025; his death)
* Amar Khalil (1998–2018)

=== Session musicians ===

* Elijah Baker (1986–1997)
* Carl Wheeler (1986–1997)
* Antron Haile (1986–1997)
* Jubu Smith

==Other endeavors==
Raphael Saadiq released his first solo effort, the Top 20 ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' hit "Ask of You" for the ''[[Higher Learning]]'' soundtrack, in 1995. Around the same time, Saadiq became a much-sought-after R&B [[record producer|producer]], scoring hits for [[D'Angelo]], [[Beyoncé]], [[Total (band)|Total]], [[The Roots]], and others. Later in the 2000s, he started a solo career, releasing two albums:  ''Instant Vintage'' (2002) and ''Ray Ray'' (2004). He was replaced by Amar Khalil in the band.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Knopper |first=Steve |date=August 6, 2018 |title=The Tonys are back, with that groove intact |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ott-tony-toni-tone-0810-story.html |access-date=December 6, 2022}}</ref> Regarding changing his surname to 'Saadiq' for a solo career, in February 2009 Raphael stated to writer Pete Lewis of ''[[Blues & Soul]]'': "I just wanted to have my own identity".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bluesandsoul.com/feature/409/raphael_saadiq_this_years_vintage/|title=Raphael Saadiq: This year's vintage|website=Bluesandsoul.com}}</ref>

[[Lucy Pearl]] was an R&B [[supergroup (music)|supergroup]] formed in 1999 as the brainchild of Saadiq. The other members of Lucy Pearl were [[Dawn Robinson]] ([[En Vogue]]) and [[Ali Shaheed Muhammad]] ([[A Tribe Called Quest]]). They released their self-titled debut album in 2000. After two singles, "Dance Tonight" and "Don't Mess with My Man", Robinson left and was replaced by [[Joi_(singer)|Joi]]. The new line-up released the track "Without You". The group split up shortly afterwards, releasing no other material.

In 2005, [[D'Wayne Wiggins]] became the bandleader for the ''[[Weekends at the D.L.]]'' television show, hosted by comedian [[D. L. Hughley]], which aired on the [[Comedy Central]] cable network until 2006. Wiggins' solo album ''Eyes Never Lie'' sold approximately 150,000 units.

==Discography==
{{main|Tony! Toni! Toné! discography}}

'''Studio albums'''
* ''[[Who? (album)|Who?]]'' (1988)
* ''[[The Revival (Tony! Toni! Toné! album)|The Revival]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Sons of Soul]]'' (1993)
* ''[[House of Music]]'' (1996)

==See also==
*[[List of number-one dance hits (United States)]]
*[[List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
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* {{Discogs artist|Tony! Toni! Toné!}}
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*{{IMDb name|id=0927775|name=D'wayne P. Wiggins}}

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