Before You Walk Out of My Life
"Before You Walk out of My Life" | ||||
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Single by Monica | ||||
from the album Miss Thang | ||||
Released | August 3, 1995 | |||
Format | CD maxi single, cassette single, 7" single | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 4:53 (album version) | |||
Label | Rowdy, Arista | |||
Writer(s) | Andrea Martin, Carsten Schack, Kenneth Karlin | |||
Producer(s) | Soulshock & Karlin | |||
Certification | Platinum (RIAA) | |||
Monica singles chronology | ||||
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"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]
Contents
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 |
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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 |
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US Billboard Hot 100[9] | 38 |
See also
References
- ↑ Video on YouTube
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- ↑ "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.
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External links
- 1995 singles
- Arista Records singles
- Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles
- Monica (singer) songs
- Music videos directed by Kevin Bray (director)
- Pop ballads
- Song recordings produced by Soulshock and Karlin
- Songs written by Soulshock
- Songs written by Andrea Martin (musician)
- Songs written by Kenneth Karlin
- 1995 songs
- Rowdy Records singles