Prove Your Love

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"Prove Your Love"
Prove Your Love.jpg
Single by Taylor Dayne
from the album Tell It to My Heart
B-side"Upon the Journey's End"
Released1988
Recorded1987
Length3:27
LabelArista
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)

"Prove Your Love" is a song recorded by American singer Taylor Dayne for her debut studio album Tell It to My Heart (1988). Written by Seth Swirsky and Arnie Roman, and produced by Ric Wake, the song was released in 1988 as the album's second single, by Arista Records. The single was Dayne's second top 10 hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it peaked at number seven. The single spent eleven weeks in the Top 40. It also appeared on the Dance Club Songs chart, where it became Dayne's first number-one hit on that chart on April 23, 1988.[1] Furthermore, the single was a hit overseas, going to number-one in Switzerland, number four in Germany, and number eight on the UK Singles chart.

Music video[]

Directed by Peter Lippman, the music video features Taylor riding around New York City in a convertible with her guitarist, Tommy Byrnes on their way to her rehearsal space in an almost empty warehouse. While co-hosting Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 early in her career, Taylor stated that Paula Abdul helped with the choreography of the video.

Track listing and formats[]

7" single
  1. "Prove Your Love" — 3:25
  2. "Upon the Journey's End" — 4:03
US 12" maxi
  1. "Prove Your Love" (Extended Remix) — 7:27
  2. "Prove Your Love" (Hot Single Mix) — 3:25
  3. "Prove Your Love" (Edited Remix) — 4:32
  4. "Prove Your Love" (Prove Your Dub/Beats Mix) — 8:30
UK 12" maxi
  1. "Prove Your Love" (Extended Remix) — 7:27
  2. "Prove Your Love" (Prove Your Dub/Beats Mix) — 8:30
  3. "Upon the Journey's End" — 4:03
Alternate UK 12" maxi
  1. "Prove Your Love" (House Mix) — 7:24
  2. "Tell It to My Heart" (House of Hearts Mix) — 8:34
  3. "Upon the Journey's End" — 4:03

Charts[]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (1988–89) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA Charts)[2] 30
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) 11
Denmark (IFPI)[3] 11
Germany (Media Control Charts) 4
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[4] 8
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) 2
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) 8
US Billboard Hot 100 7
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 1

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1988) Position
United States (Billboard)[5][6] 100

References[]

  1. ^ Number-one dance hits of 1988 (USA)
  2. ^ "Australian Charts > Prove Your Love". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-08-05.
  3. ^ Danish Singles Chart 29 April 1988
  4. ^ "Taylor Dayne - Prove Your Love". DutchCharts. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  5. ^ "1988 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. 100 (52): Y-20. December 24, 1988.
  6. ^ "Billboard Top 100 – 1988". Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  • The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition, 1996

External links[]

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