| "Best of My Love" | ||||
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| Single by the Emotions | ||||
| from the album Rejoice | ||||
| B-side | "A Feeling Is" | |||
| Released | June 9, 1977 | |||
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| Length | 3:42 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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| "Best of My Love" on YouTube | ||||
"Best of My Love" is a song by American band the Emotions from their fourth studio album Rejoice (1977). It was composed by Maurice White and Al McKay of Earth, Wind & Fire, and produced by White and Clarence McDonald.
Released as the album's lead single on June 9, 1977, the song topped both the US Billboard Hot 100 and US Billboard R&B charts. It also reached the top five in the UK and Canada, the top 10 in New Zealand, and the top 20 in Australia.
"Best of My Love" won a Grammy at the 20th Annual Grammy Awards (1977) for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals; it also won an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single.[3][4]
- ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (July 17, 2000). "Bar Wars: Disco". Night Moves - Pop Music in the Late 70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-312-19821-3.
- ^ a b Breihan, Tom (November 18, 2019). "The Number Ones: The Emotions' "Best Of My Love"". Stereogum. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
"Best Of My Love," like so many soul songs before it, is really just a gospel song.
- ^ "Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals - The 20th Annual Grammy Awards (1977)". The Recording Academy. Archived from the original on February 6, 2018. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ^ "American Music Award: Favourite Soul/R&B Single". Rock on the Net. Archived from the original on June 28, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2009.