Before You Walk Out of My Life

"Before You Walk out of My Life" is a song by American R&B singer Monica. It was written by Andrea Martin and Soulshock & Karlin, and it was produced by Soulshock & Karlin for Toni Braxton's album Secrets^[1] but ended up on Monica's debut studio album, Miss Thang (1995). The song was released as the album's second single on August 3, 1995, with "Like This and Like That" serving as its double A-side side stateside.

The single became Monica's second number-one hit on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, spending two weeks at number-one on the chart, and reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and number eight on the New Zealand Singles Chart. Additionally, the song was ranked number thirty-eight on the 1996 Billboard year-end chart and certified platinum by the RIAA.^[2]^[3] "Before You Walk Out of My Life," alongside previous single "Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)," made the singer the youngest recording artist to have two consecutive number-one hits on Billboard's R&B chart at the age of fourteen.^[3]

An accompanying music video for the single was directed by Kevin Bray and released in August 1995.^[4]

Formats and tracklistings

These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "Before You Walk Out of My Life".

"Before You Walk out of My Life" (Album Version)
"Before You Walk out of My Life" (Mike Dean Mix)
"Before You Walk out of My Life" (Pete Rock Mix)
"Before You Walk out of My Life" (Tony Rich Remix)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1995)	Peak position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[5]	8
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[6]	22
US Billboard Hot 100^[7]	7
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[8]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1996)	Position
US Billboard Hot 100^[9]	38

References

↑ Video on YouTube
↑ "RIAA - Gold & Platinum Database". Recording Industry Association of America. RIAA.com. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
1 2 Christian, Margena A. (2003-07-28). "Monica: Shares Life's Lessons On New CD After The Storm". Jet. FindArticles.com. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
↑ "Monica Videography". MVDBase.com. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
↑ "Charts.org.nz – Monica – Before You Walk Out of My Life". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
↑ "Monica: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
↑ "Monica – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Monica. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
↑ "Monica – Chart history" Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for Monica. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1996". Retrieved 2009-09-15.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Monica songs

Discography

Miss Thang	"Before You Walk Out of My Life" "Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)" "Let's Straighten It Out" "Like This and Like That" "Why I Love You So Much"

The Boy Is Mine	"Angel of Mine" "Gone Be Fine" "Inside" "Misty Blue" "Right Here Waiting" "Street Symphony" "The Boy Is Mine" "The First Night"

All Eyez on Me	"All Eyez on Me" "Too Hood"

After the Storm	"Get It Off" "Knock Knock" "So Gone" "U Should've Known Better"

The Makings of Me	"A Dozen Roses (You Remind Me)" "Everytime tha Beat Drop" "Hell No (Leave Home)" "Sideline Ho"

Still Standing	"Everything to Me" "Here I Am" "Love All Over Me" "Still Standing"

New Life	"Anything (To Find You)" "It All Belongs to Me" "Until It's Gone" "Without You"

Code Red	"Just Right for Me"

As featured artist	"Always" "Freedom (Theme from Panther)" "Hold On" "I Ain't Trying to Hear It" "I'll Give All My Love to You" "Slow Jam" "Somebody Bigger Than You and I" "Trust" "Wake Up Everybody" "What's Going On (Dupri R&B Mix)"

Other songs	"Ain't Nobody" "For You I Will" "Grown-Up Christmas List" "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" "I've Got to Have It" "Just Another Girl"

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