 The name New Edition was given to them by Brooke Payne, choreographer and uncle of Ronnie DeVoe who decided the group would be better choreographed with five members so he added Ronnie, but only after proving he was able to make the cut.Maurice Starr wrote and produced the title song seeing New Edition perform at a talent show.He signed them and had them record "Candy Girl" in a small studio in Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1982.