Aiming at Your Heart (song)

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"Aiming At Your Heart"
This is sleeve cover to The Temptations' Aiming At Your Heart single.jpg
UK sleeve cover.
Single by The Temptations
from the album The Temptations
A-side "Aiming At Your Heart"
B-side "The Life Of A Cowboy"
Released1981
Genre R&B
Length5:58 (full-length version)
3:33 (single version)
Label Gordy (Motown)
G 7208F
Motown (UK)
TMGT 1243
Songwriter(s) J.B. Jefferson, C.B. Simmons, R. Roebuck
Producer(s) Thom Bell
The Temptationssingles chronology
"Silent Night"
(1980)
"Aiming At Your Heart"
(1981)
"Oh, What A Night"
(1981)

"Aiming At Your Heart" is an uptemo R&B song recorded by the American R&B group The Temptations, produced by Thom Bell, arranged by Bill Neale, written by Joseph Jefferson, Charles Simmons, and Richard Roebuck.

Contents

Details

"Aiming At Your Heart" was released as the lead single from the group's 1981 self-titled album, The Temptations.

Chart performance

The single peaked at No. 67 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was more successful on the Hot Soul Singles chart, reaching No. 36. [1]

Track listing

7-inch vinyl
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Aiming At You Heart"Jefferson, Simmons, Roebuck3:33
2."The Life Of A Cowboy"Jefferson, Roebuck3:34
12-inch vinyl
No.TitleLength
1."Aiming At Your Heart"5:57
2."The Life Of A Cowboy"3:34

Personnel

Musicians

Production

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References

  1. Aiming at Your Heart by The Temptations - Track Info | AllMusic , retrieved 2022-08-14