Shoot Your Best Shot

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"Shoot Your Best Shot"
Single by Linda Clifford
from the album I'm Yours
B-side "If You Let Me"
Released1980
Genre Pop, post-disco
Length3:48(7" version)
7:48(Album version)
Label RSO
Songwriter(s) Isaac Hayes, Mignon Hayes
Producer(s) Isaac Hayes

"Shoot Your Best Shot" is a 1980 dance single by Linda Clifford. The single was from Clifford's album, I'm Yours and along with the track, "It Don't Hurt No More" reached number one on the US dance chart for four weeks. [1] The single peaked at number forty-three on the Billboard soul singles chart. [2]

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 60.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 123.