(At Your Best) You Are Love

"At Your Best (You Are Love)"
Song by The Isley Brothers from the album Harvest for the World
Released 1976
Recorded 1975
Genre R&B
Writer 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.

Personnel

Aaliyah version

"At Your Best (You Are Love)"
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)
Genre R&B, soul
Length 4:52 (original version)
4:30 (remix version)
Label Blackground/Jive
Writer(s) Isley Brothers & Chris Jasper
R. Kelly (Remix)
Producer(s) R. Kelly
Certification Gold (RIAA)
Aaliyah singles chronology
"Back & Forth"
(1994)		 "At Your Best (You Are Love)"
(1994)		 "Age Ain't Nothing but a Number"
(1994)
Age Ain't Nothing but a Number track listing
"Down with the Clique"
(5)		 "At Your Best (You Are Love)"
(6)		 "No One Knows How to Love Me Quite Like You Do"
(7)

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", four years later singer Tamar Braxton sampled this song for her single "Let Me Know" featuring Future.

Remix

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.

Music Video

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. The music video is for the remix not the original and R. Kelly, who produced the songs is in the video.

Personnel

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "At Your Best (Your Are Love)".

CD Single
Vinyl Single
  1. "At Your Best (You Are Love)" (LP mix) – 4:43
  2. "At Your Best (You Are Love)" (Gangsta Child Remix) – 4:30
  3. "At Your Best (You Are Love)" (Stepper's Ball Remix) – 3:05
  4. "Back & Forth" (Ms. Mello Remix) – 3:50

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1994) Peak
Position
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 Mainstream Top 40 40[2]
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 2

End of year charts

End of year chart (1994) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] 70
U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip Hop Chart[4] 23

Other versions

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. Swedish artist El Perro Del Mar covered the song in 2009 as a special Record Store Day release as well. Tamar Braxton sampled the song in her single with Future, "Let Me Know".

In 2015, Frank Ocean released a cover on his Tumblr account.[5]

References

  1. ↑ RIAA Searchable Database
  2. ↑ "Billboard.com".
  3. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1994". Retrieved 2010-08-27.
  4. ↑ http://www.soulsystem.it/yend.asp?date=31/12/1994
  5. ↑ "frank ocean". Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2015-01-17.

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