This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)

Infobox Single
Name = This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)


Artist = The Isley Brothers
from Album = This Old Heart of Mine
Released = January 12, 1966
Format = 7" single
Recorded = Hitsville USA (Studio A); 1965
Genre = Soul/pop
Length = 2:46
Label = Tamla
54128
Writer = Holland-Dozier-Holland
Sylvia Moy
Producer = Brian Holland
Lamont Dozier
Chart position =
*#11 (US Pop Singles)
**#6 (US R&B Singles)
*#3 (UK Singles Chart)
Last single = "Wild As A Tiger"
(1965)
This single = "This Old Heart of Mine (is Weak for You)"
(1966)
Next single = "Take Some Time Out for Love"
(1966)Infobox Single
Name = This Old Heart Of Mine


Artist = Luv'
Released = 1992
Format = CD single
Recorded = 1992
Genre = Dance music
Length = 4:03
Label = JAM
Producer = Jacques Zwart (a.k.a E. Mergency)
Last single = " The Last Song"
(1991)
This single = "This Old Heart of Mine"
(1992)
Next single = "Megamix '93"
(1993)

"This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)" was a successful hit single for The Isley Brothers in 1966 (see 1966 in music), during their brief tenure on Motown's Tamla label. Written by Motown's main songwriting team Holland-Dozier-Holland alongside Sylvia Moy, "This Old Heart of Mine", produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier, was originally intended for The Supremes (who later recorded their own version for their "Supremes A' Go-Go" album).

Featuring Ronald Isley on lead vocal, "This Old Heart of Mine" peaked at #12 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, and at #6 on the "Billboard" R&B Singles chart. The single was the group's only major hit while on Motown, and in 1969 the Isleys left Motown to restart their own T-Neck label. During the same year, Tammi Terrell recorded and released the song as a part of her "Irresistible" album. In 1976, Rod Stewart released a remake of this song that met with some success. Twenty-four years after the original recording, Ronald Isley and Rod Stewart released a Top 10 duet version of the song in 1990 that reached #10 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 chart and spent five weeks at #1 on the US adult contemporary chart. The Dutch girl group Luv' recorded a dance cover version of "This Old Heart of Mine" in 1992.

Credits

*Lead vocals by Ronald Isley
*Background vocals by O'Kelly Isley, Jr. and Rudolph Isley
*Additional background vocals by The Andantes: Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow and Louvain Demps
*Written by Holland-Dozier-Holland and Sylvia Moy
*Produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier
*Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers

Luv' cover version

This Old Heart of Mine is the twenty-fifth single by the Dutch girl group Luv', released in 1992 by the Dutch label JAM. It is the last record involving the line-up including Marga Scheide, Carina Lemoine and Diana van Berlo before the reunion of the original trio in 1993.

The 1991 album "Sincerely Yours" and the singles released from it were far from being hit records, though the female pop formation was frequently invited to perform live at clubs and discos. Because of the lack of commercial success, Luv' and RCA Records/BMG ended their legal relationship. The trio later signed a contract with the Dutch label JAM for the release of one single in 1992, a Dance cover version of "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)" (originally performed by The Isley Brothers. Luv's rendition of this Motown hit failed to top the charts. This attempt to cover a song from the Holland-Dozier-Holland repertoire is not the first one for Scheide, one of Luv's members. In 1983, she recorded as a solo artist a Supremes medley that was aired on Black American radio stations despite its disappointing record sales.

Soon after promoting "This Old Heart of Mine", the group disbanded. One year later, the original formation (José Hoebee, Patty Brard and Marga Scheide) reunited and returned to the Dutch albums and singles charts.