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This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)
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Wikipedia article
"'This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)'" is a HollandDozierHolland song that was a hit for American musical group the Isley Brothers in January 1966 during their brief tenure on Motown's Tamla label. Featuring Ronald Isley on lead vocal, "This Old Heart of Mine" peaked at number twelve on the 'Billboard' Hot 100, and at number six on the 'Billboard' R&B Singles chart.
In the UK, the song originally reached number 47 in April 1966, but it re-charted in late 1968 and reached number three for two weeks in November, making it the group's highest charting UK single.
Written by Motown's main songwriting team HollandDozierHolland alongside Sylvia Moy, "This Old Heart of Mine", produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier, was originally intended for The Supremes (who later recorded their own version for their 1966 album 'The Supremes A' Go-Go'). The single was the group's only major hit while on Motown, whom they left in 1969 to restart their own T-Neck label.
Tammi Terrell also recorded and released the song as a part of her 'Irresistible' album released in January, 1969.
The song was prominently featured in an episode of the hit 1980s show 'Moonlighting' and was one of the tunes included on the show's hit soundtrack.
Personnel
*Lead vocals by Ronald Isley
*Background vocals by O'Kelly Isley Jr. and Rudolph Isley
*Additional background vocals by The Andantes: Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow and Louvain Demps
*Written by HollandDozierHolland and Sylvia Moy
*Produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier
*Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
**Baritone saxophone by Mike Terry
Rod Stewart versions
In 1975, English singer Rod Stewart released a remake of this song that charted in several markets. In 1989, he released another versionthis time a duet of the song with Ronald Isley that reached number two on Canada's 'RPM' Top Singles chart, number 10 on the US 'Billboard' Hot 100, number one on the Adult Contemporary charts of both 'Billboard' and 'RPM'. The later version was produced by Bernard Edwards and Trevor Horn and was released on Warner Records.
Charts
1975 solo version1989 version with Ronald Isley
'Weekly charts'
'Year-end charts'
References
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Category:Tamla Records singles
Category:Riva Records singles
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Category:Songs written by HollandDozierHolland
Category:Songs written by Sylvia Moy
Category:Song recordings produced by Brian Holland
Category:Song recordings produced by Lamont Dozier
Category:Song recordings produced by Tom Dowd
Category:Song recordings produced by Trevor Horn
Category:Song recordings produced by Bernard Edwards
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