| "At Your Best (You Are Love)" | |
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| Single by The Isley Brothers | |
| from the album Harvest for the World | |
| Released | 1976 |
| Recorded | 1975 |
| Genre | R&B |
| Writer(s) | Isley Brothers & Chris Jasper |
"At Your Best (You Are Love)" is a song by The Isley Brothers, originally a radio hit in 1976. It was originally dedicated to their mother.
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| Single by Aaliyah | |||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Age Ain't Nothing but a Number | |||||||||||||||||||
| Released | August 22, 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Format | CD single, maxi single, vinyl record | ||||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 1993 Chicago Recording Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
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| Genre | R&B, soul | ||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 4:52 (original version) 4:30 (remix version) |
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| Label | Blackground/Jive | ||||||||||||||||||
| Producer | R. Kelly | ||||||||||||||||||
| Certification | Gold (RIAA) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Eighteen years later, the song was revived by American singer Aaliyah for her debut studio album Age Ain't Nothing but a Number. Released as the album's second single, it peaked at number six on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the R&B singles chart, also reaching number 27 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was certified gold single by RIAA on October 25, 1994.[1] In 2010 Canadian rapper Drake sampled Aaliyah's version of the song in his song "Unforgettable".
The song became a hit based on remix versions Aaliyah cut with R. Kelly featured on the song chanting "this is for the steppers" and earlier saying, "1-2, check up, baby, lemme know what's up" before Aaliyah began singing.
The music video was shot back to back with R. Kelly's "Summer Bunnies" and were both smash hits in Fall 1994. The music video was directed by Millicent Shelton.
These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "At Your Best (Your Are Love)".
| Chart (1994) | Peak Position |
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| Dutch Singles Chart | 40 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 11 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart | 39 |
| UK Singles Chart | 27 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 6 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 12 |
| U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 | 6 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop Songs | 40[2] |
| End of year chart (1994) | Position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] | 70 |
In the Philippines, it was covered by two artists: MYMP on their album Versions and Nina from her love songs live album Nina Live!. Drake recently made a song with Young Jeezy called "Unforgettable" using the same beat.
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