You Can't Deny It

"You Can't Deny It" was released as the album's second North American single on 2 May 1990, by Arista Records. In Japan, the song was released on 21 June 1990. The "You Can't Deny It" single also included the previously unreleased tracks, "Lay Me Down" and "Something's Happenin'."

In September 1990, just before Stansfield's European tour, the double A-side single "This Is the Right Time"/"You Can't Deny It" with US remixes was released in selected European countries.

"You Can't Deny It" became a hit in the United States, reaching number fourteen on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, number one on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart, number two on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart and number 26 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.

In Canada, the song peaked at number fourteen on the RPM Top Singles chart and the RPM Adult Contemporary chart, and number two on the RPM Dance/Urban chart.

In an 2019 retrospective review, Matthew Hocter from Albumism viewed the song as "R&B inspired".[1] Upon the release, Bill Coleman from Billboard stated that here, Stansfield "comes closer to establishing herself as a major star". He noted that "placed on top of a familiar swingbeat, glorious vocals weave effortlessly through lines of retro-fashioned strings and horns."[2] Greg Kot from Chicago Tribune described it as "gliding".[3] Dave Sholin from the Gavin Report felt that there are lots of choice selections on Lisa's debut album, "and here is a sweet example of her brand of whirling, sophisticated soul. No denying she must be considered among the most promising new artists to emerge this year."[4] Greg Sandow from Entertainment Weekly found that Stansfield "might be hurtling right to the top of the charts. Can we listen to her soberly? ”We drive each other crazy", she sings, in a voice like a suffocated flame. ”No two people ever felt this way", she wants her lucky lover to know."[5]

A. Scott Galloway from The Network Forty complimented the song as a "sexy follow-up".[6] Another editor, Gene Sandbloom declared it as "soulful and danceable in all the right places".[7] Amy Linden for Rolling Stone remarked that here, Stansfield "evokes" Deniece Williams but does it her way, "with a hint of Brit reserve and a cool, never cold, aloofness.[8] Steven Daly from Spin said that "All Around the World" was "a sensational piece of selfinvention around the kind of voice that vaporizes all criticism", concluding that "You Can't Deny It" "is again bitin' on Jazzie's groove with a similarly searing vocal. Ahistorical, arculturual, probably amoral—a great single."[9]

A music video was produced to promote the single, directed by Steve Lowe and Jimmy Fletcher. It was later published on Stansfield's official YouTube channel in February 2013, and had generated more than 1 million views as of January 2023.[10]

• List of number-one R&B singles of 1990 (U.S.)