"Finally" became Peniston's first (and biggest) hit song, peaking at number five on the US Hot 100 in January 1992 and becoming her only US top-ten hit to date. Prior to that, it was also successful on the US Dance chart, where it spent two weeks at number one in late 1991.
Peniston grew up in Phoenix, Arizona and began writing pop lyrics already at school. The words of "Finally" were purportedly penned during a chemistry class, while thinking about dating in college. In 1989 and 1990 she won the Miss Black Arizona pageant and took the Miss Galaxy pageant a short time later.
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