Best of My Love
The Emotions
- Key
- C major
- Camelot
- 8B
- BPM
- 115.5
Key confidence high · relative A minor (8A) · BPM confidence high · half-time 57.8 · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13
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As of 2026-10-11, "Best of My Love" by The Emotions has charted in 3 markets across 2 platforms, peaking at #31 (TN) on the Rotation chart. Measured from the full recording, it reads C major (8B) at 115.5 BPM.
- Markets
- 3
- First seen
- 2026-08-02
- Latest chart date
- 2026-10-11
- Peak
- #31 tn
Started in 1 market, now in 3.
Momentum
This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.
Why it's here
The song won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 20th Annual Grammy Awards and an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single in 1978. [1] It was written and produced with Maurice White and Al McKay of Earth, Wind & Fire. [2] It topped the US Billboard Hot 100 for five non-consecutive weeks and has been certified Platinum in the US and Gold in the UK. [3]
In culture
Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.
- Covered Afro Bluesource
- Written by Al McKaysource
- Sampled by B-Rock & The Bizz, My Baby Daddy (acappella)source
- Sampled by B-Rock & The Bizz, My Baby Daddy (B-Rocks club mix)source
- Sampled by B-Rock & The Bizz, My Baby Daddy (Bassed Out club mix)source
- Sampled by B-Rock & The Bizz, My Baby Daddy (instrumental)source
- Sampled by B-Rock & The Bizz, My Baby Daddy (radio edit)source
- Sampled by B-Rock & The Bizz, My Baby Daddy (acappella)source
- Sampled by B-Rock & The Bizz, My Baby Daddy (B-Rocks club mix)source
- Sampled by B-Rock & The Bizz, My Baby Daddy (Bassed Out club mix)source
- Sampled by B-Rock & The Bizz, My Baby Daddy (instrumental)source
- Sampled by B-Rock & The Bizz, My Baby Daddy (radio edit)source
- Covered C.J. Lewissource
- Covered LISAsource
- Covered Matt Terrysource
- Written by Maurice Whitesource
- Covered Owen Richardssource
- Covered Positive Vibesource
- Covered Sheena Eastonsource
Across markets · earliest pickup first
Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- New Zealandnz · shazam#167#82#167
- Tunisiatn · deezer#31#31—
- United Kingdomgb · shazam · 1 city#44#44—
City pickups
City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.
- gb 1 city · best #44 newcastle upon tyne
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Editions
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Identity
- ISRC
- USSM17700026
- Slug
- the-emotions__best-of-my-love
- Sources
- deezer, shazam
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