"Suddenly" is a song by American R&B

Contemporary R&B

Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...

 singer–songwriter Toni Braxton

Toni Braxton

Toni Michelle Braxton is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Braxton has won six Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, and five Billboard Music Awards and has sold over 60 million records worldwide...

, released internationally in February 2006 as the lead single

Lead single

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 from the European edition of her fifth studio album, Libra (2005). Written and produced by Richard Marx

Richard Marx

Richard Noel Marx is an American adult contemporary and pop/rock singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He had a string of hit singles in the late 1980s and 1990s, including "Endless Summer Nights", "Right Here Waiting", "Now and Forever", and "Hazard"...

, it failed to make the charts anywhere. The track features Chris Botti

Chris Botti

Christopher Stephen "Chris" Botti , is an American trumpeter and composer. In 2007, Botti was nominated for two Grammy Awards including Best Pop Instrumental Album. On December 4, 2009, he was nominated for three more Grammy Awards including Best Pop Instrumental Album and Best Long Form Music Video...

 on the trumpet

Trumpet

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, and was originally planned to appear on his 2005 album To Love Again: The Duets. Marx recorded this song as a duet with Braxton for his 2008 studio release Sundown

Sundown (Richard Marx album)

Sundown is the ninth studio album by Richard Marx that was released digitally on October 31, 2008. Sundown was released along with Emotional Remains.-Track listing:#"Have a Little Faith" – 4:45...

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Musicians

• Toni Braxton – vocals
  Singing
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• Richard Marx
  Richard Marx
  Richard Noel Marx is an American adult contemporary and pop/rock singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He had a string of hit singles in the late 1980s and 1990s, including "Endless Summer Nights", "Right Here Waiting", "Now and Forever", and "Hazard"...
  
   – bass
  Bass guitar
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  , keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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  , piano
  Piano
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  , backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
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• Heitor Pereira
  Heitor Pereira
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   – acoustic guitar
  Steel-string acoustic guitar
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• Bruce Gaitsch – guitar solo
  Guitar solo
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• Chris Botti
  Chris Botti
  Christopher Stephen "Chris" Botti , is an American trumpeter and composer. In 2007, Botti was nominated for two Grammy Awards including Best Pop Instrumental Album. On December 4, 2009, he was nominated for three more Grammy Awards including Best Pop Instrumental Album and Best Long Form Music Video...
  
   – trumpet
  Trumpet
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Production

• Richard Marx – producer
  Record producer
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  , arranger
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  , drum programming
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• David Cole – engineer
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• Mat Prock – engineer
• Chip Matthews – engineer, mixing
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• Al Schmidt – engineer
• Brian Gill – assistant engineer