Prove Your Love

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"Prove Your Love"
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Single by Taylor Dayne
from the album Tell It to My Heart
B-side "Upon the Journey's End"
ReleasedFebruary 8, 1988 (1988-02-08) [1]
Recorded1987
Genre Freestyle [2]
Length3:27
Label Arista
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Ric Wake
Taylor Dayne singles chronology
"Tell It to My Heart"
(1987)
"Prove Your Love"
(1988)
"I'll Always Love You"
(1988)
Music video
"Taylor Dayne - Prove Your Love" on YouTube

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