The Isley Brothers - (At Your Best) You Are Love (Official Audio)
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2015
- "(At Your Best) You Are Love" by The Isley Brothers
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Lyrics:
But at your best you are love
You're a positive motivating force within my life
Should you ever feel the need to wonder why
Let me know, let me know
Love, let me know, let me know
#TheIsleyBrothers #AtYourBestYouAreLove #OfficialAudio 
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Aaliyah gave this an angelic cover but this original is a poetry from the heart of a man that's in love.
GOD is L❤🔥VE 🕊️
Isley brothers - confessing your feelings
Aaliyah - reminding them of your feelings
Frank Ocean - a goodbye after them not cherishing your feelings
AMEN
@@lesipapo7876 Qqq
Frank ocean was singing to a dude.
Perfect.
Cerl84 is in her/his feelings because Frank Ocean may/or may not have dedicated his cover to a dude. At Her/his best Cerl84 is a child. If she/he feels the need to wonder whyyy she/he can😩🎙️ *LET ME KNOWW*
"you're a positive motivating force within my life." Awesome, powerful words to speak to any women. Powerful Song.
Yes !!!
Yes!!
Yasss’ Kenneth 🥰
Beautiful lyrics that are no longer placed in R&B songs. So sad. So glad I’ve been able to live thru the beautiful R&B love songs of the 70s, 80s, and 90s too!!
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Ronald Isley's VOICE is one of a kind.
Nobody like it. Probably in history. My personal favorite.....
@@wwtfwowwhatthef3903
Wrong
@@QueenAnitaSoul1 Why? Lol, better question. How?
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Okelly lead dis song
Nothing touches the original. The warmest purest version of this joint 💯
I agree 😊
Ernie, tell me about creating the song.
Ernie Isley: The first time I played it after I had initially written the song was for my brother Rudolph, just voice and guitar. When he heard me say, “You’re a positive motivating force within my life,” he got this quizzical smile on his face, like how? The syllables and the notes - he goes, say that again? Then he sort of nodded his head like, yeah, that’s pretty good.
In my opinion, the 70's were the best era for the Isley Brothers because they were putting out hit songs after hit songs.
70's was tough you had the Isley's, Stevie wonder, EWF, etc
Ok best comment of the day I'm not a you tuber but lawd you said it right all day long when music was real and heartfelt I'm just loving it too chile
@@josiahmitchell8594 Don't forget the O'Jays Commodores
@@andrejamison2723 don’t forget Jackson’s/ Jackson 5
The 70s were the best era for original music period and I'm a millennial.
Aaliyah did very good remaking, really standing on the shoulders of Ronald. Too bad she ain't alive so he & her can duet this song.
true dat..remakes of old soul music are not being sung anymore so today's generation treat them like brand new but we know the real...yeah, some songs can only be felt by their originators...
Ooh they woulda ATE
True
Originally released by the Isley Brothers in 1976 and I'm still loving this song to this day.
Same! One of my all time favorite songs, period!
@@kendallnash28802 REPLIES
@sunnyday8340 I'm still loving this song too!!!! I love!! the Isley brothers music.
Driving to my job at the fire dept. Thinking back to all of my failures and my two sons and crying just so grateful to be where I am from where I started.... I love you Astrid, Eliaz and Elikai
Hang in brother. Sounds like your being the best dad. We all have something to work on. Peace and strength. Pray.
Full disclosure, I listened to the covers first. Having heard the original, damn. The covers are amazing but this is on another level.
It's crazy how there's 4 versions of this song and they're alll completely different vibes
Um, who got the 4th?
@@johnharris4899 As far as I'm aware DJ Screw - My mind went blank
@@johnharris4899 Sinead Harnett
Alex Isley
Can’t forgot Gucci mane - Actavis
Ronald Isley/The Isley brothers arguably have the best catalogue of any living artist.
💯💯
In my opinion there's no argument they do have the best catalog of any singer or group dead or alive
Courtesy of the great Cris Jasper
Lead writer of many of the isley 70's tunes. Along with Ernie and Marvin. They brought new energy when they joined.
Ron Isley is a living legend. 🔥💯🙏🏿
The Great Isley Brothers
having listened to frank version probably 100 times, this is my first time listening to the original. it's like a breath of cool fresh air. his voice is so smooth and the instrumentation is so calming, the e-piano is so nice. I love hearing "let me know"
In Aaliyah version the instrumentals are much better and more refined she took a good song and made it better and l myself could do it even better and one day l will.
@@timesaregettingbadpatrickd6207 How'd she make it better? She sang it exactly like Ron Isley, copied his runs, riffs and everything else. Plus her version didn't have that beautiful acoustic guitar in it that makes the song so flippin beautiful.
@@dawudabdullaah6977 Her voice?😂
@@c-payne8576 it ain't even her "voice" for real. It has a TON of reverb in it and you can hear her breath while she tries to sing. Only an idiot would try to compare aaliyah to Ron Isley.
@@dawudabdullaah6977 Lol oh I get it now
Some songs just don’t need to be remade!!!!! Admire and relish it!!!!
The Isley Brothers are timeless forever one of the world's greatest groups in history
YES!!!!!
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It's truly Impossible to Replicate most of their Music , that's y u hardly ever hear remakes. Aaliyah did a great job.
Yes, she had an old soul, 🕊🕊🕊
This is what you call real music. At your best you are loved
"You may not be in the mood to learn what you think you know"
All I can say is Aaliyah did this song justice like no one else could. Rest in peace
AbSOULutely. I can't picture no one else besides her & Ronald doing this song.
Clearly you haven’t heard of frank ocean…
frank ocean over her any day
Yall really do not need to pit Frank and Aaliyah against each other ..
The original version always the best but Aaliyah fs did a remarkable job
a friend of mine thought aaliyahs version was the original...speechless :(
her parents were probably kids when this classic came out...my favorite group of all time.
+Joe Thomas agree
I was 15 when Aaliyah's version came out. Loved it from the first time.
The radio would say Isley remake but I never got to hear it until 04. Now I love this one as well.
This new generation has a remake now too. Frank Ocean did it---pretty good.
Dirklewinsky1 lord... I'm not even surprised by the stupidity of people anymore. I still love baby girl though.
Erfbgu 2 so you and aaliyah are the same age?
Listen to the music, just original perfection, remembering this music came from their creative minds…not a remake of what others did!
It's about time this song actually gets some recognition!
blooflazh7 aaliyah more recognized for covering this
And NOT as a mere advertising backdrop, but as the gorgeous and timeless work of art that it really is.
shoutsout to frankie oceeaaannnnn!
I know what you mean actually I feel like this song got pushed in the background behind all their other hits but it's very beautiful like everything they made
I know what it is, If Ernie's guitar wasn't in it most people would Overlook it and not really listen to it .they probably felt like if they didn't hear that guitar it wasn't the Isley Brothers. Or it wasn't their best music even though big Ron💪🏿😎 always puts it down on the vocals
The lyrics and message are powerful...no wonder different artist remake it.
The lyrics are crazy good, I can't recall any other song with as much candid relationship insight at this one. It's incredible.
@@alexanderbanman92882 REPLIES
The Isley Brothers the best group ever recorded. Their love songs are Soulful. There message is “LOVE”. Really listen to the Words.
Norma Cranshaw I do all the time
Amen to that 🙏🏽
Im.from spain...and i love this song.....but really do you likes aaliyah too??i miss her as so much....
Isley brothers is the best group ever. Hands down.
Isleys on the best group short list!
Definitely in the top 10.
Agreed
Each to their own but that’s a strong statement...arguably top five
I gotta agree.
Man I’m so thankful for my parents taste in music. I remember being in the backseat groovin to the Isley Brothers. Now as an adult I’ve got their records on my wall. Timeless music.
"Tell me what it is, there's no need to make-believe, look beyond your world, try to find a place for me" ... Chills and goosebumps from head to toe - utterly beautiful.
That is my favorite part too I love that part of the song you are so right on time
@@elaineyoung4148 Yes, I think it's super special lyrically - and those harmonies are in a league of their own.
Nobody did it like the Isley Brothers. Rest In Peace Aaliyah. 💔🙏🏽
Aaliyah was a 14 year old girl when she sang her version of At Your Best and it's 🔥 the most played version and the best next to the original 🤷🏾♂️💯
And sleeping with r kelly too🌝🤷🏽🤷♀️he was over 21 years old
@@Beachboy-sg4qx she was assaulted. A child that young cannot consent to what a grown man is trying to do to them. Sicko
Frank oceans version is waaaay better than any version out there, but Aaliyah did amazing
@@maxhitikos that's yo opinion cause I disagree Frank can't sing that song LIVE to save his life bro lbda his version is mad studio manufactured cause if you've seen him live you know he can barely sing Thinking Bout You and that's his own song 🤦🏾♂️💯 Aaliyah on the other hand is a 14 year old girl masteringa song from a band of grown men lol I wouldn't compare her version to anybody else's 🙅🏾♂️🅿️
@@shawnjohn7783 bruh frank ocean live legit sounds the same as studio recordings, what u talkin about, voice has no manufacturing or autotune that isnt used for musical effect
This song makes me want to fall in love. To fall in love and show my love to my person. A candle light dinner on the floor of an empty apartment as we take a break from unpacking boxes. That is the vibe I am getting from this and it is so soothing. I love The Isley Brothers.
Never stop falling in love never stop loving and never stop expressing your feelings because Love is Beautiful even though it escapes a lot of us but it's there we just have to look for it so I say to you never stop loving never stop falling in love
The original makes me want to love
Aaliyah's version makes me feel loved
Franks makes me feel like I lost the love of my life 😩
All three are amazing ... currently in my feels
isley's version is the only version that produced life!
You're a positive, motivating force, within my life!!! I'm done, they went in on this💯
THESE BROTHAZ CAINT BE TOUCH WHEN IT COMES TO SLOW JAMS THEY ARE TRULY LEGEND MR CHRISTOPHER JASPER &THA ISLEY BROTHERS MR RONALD ISLEY & O KELLY ISLEY RUDOLPH ISLEY & ERNEST ISLEY & MARVIN ISLEY ENUFF SAID BROTHA SYL DAVIS PEACE
SHO YO RIGHT BROTHER! THE G.O.A.T....OF THE SLOW MELLOW BALLADS✌🏿😎
grown folks music
STILL IS !,...
My Oldest Son was conceived off this Song 🎵. I am a Isley Brothers fan for over 45 years.
I love this confession.
THe SAME HERE!..
WHO IS STILL LISTENING IN 2020. 'LET ME KNOW, LET ME kNOW'.
I am. This is timeless
I am.
ALL WHO STILL HAVE
S
ALL WHO STILL HAVE
SENSE. OF REAL GOOD
MUSIC !......
me, from Switzerland God bless! Jesus is wonderful!
When the Isley Brothers, Frank, and Alliyah versions are all 3 of your favorite songs of all time
same here!!
check christian shelton's version on tiktok it's immaculate
Aaliyah*
Check out Durand Jones and The Indications. Homeboy does a good job at covering it
It's a great song, no matter who songs it unless the person can't sing.
Both versions are great. Both soulful.
DPRD JZ there is three versions
Felix 3000
The original kick both song ass!
@Shawnice Purcell the original makes alliyahs sound like a kids bop song.
Alliyah was too young to understand this grown man music now sit down
@Shawnice Purcell "mOsT kNoWn" look kid idgaf about clout. Six nine is more known than Krs One, doesnt mean hes a better rapper. Now go do your homework kid
@Shawnice Purcell plus you deleted your original comment so dont even try to act like the good guy now
This shit so smooth, can't never go wrong with the Isley Brothers
Facts
True dat
This music is timeless , it will never be done like this ever again , pure music with a clear message ...
I'm way old but when I was 13 and 14, I went to see the Isley Brothers at our Regal theater Days. Their hits were Who's That Lady, Shout and another song we liked. They were all over the stage. Great energy!!!
The Ambience of this song is Dynamic.
Im from spain.....but really do you likes aaliyah too???... i miss her as so much still....
You are very right
This version, Aaliyah’s and Frank Ocean’s are all magical 🥺
No one can sing this like the Isley Bros
There's a whole lot of good things about this song
Love and respect goes to the Isley Brothers
I ALWAYS COME BACK TO THE ISLEY BROTHERS AND THEIR MUSIC
Me too.
A classic STILL - a true test of anything great it lasts...
Im from spain....and i love this song.....but really do you likes Aaliyah too?
Now this is real music back in the day in high school 10th grade
With his voice he can finesse any woman to do or say anything!!! So crisp and smooth vocals!!!
This is by far the best version of this song,just love it.
frank ocean version is angelic too
@@Juorix it’s the best version for me
All the versions are great. The words of the song is Timeless. Thank you Isley for making the music world a better place 💯
COVID19 Chillin 😎 In 2020 💯✊🏾one #StaySafe #WeAreAllInThisTogether #LoveMatters #KindnessMatters #PrayersMatter
Amen to that, GOD Bless you all 🙏🏽
Absolutely 💜
This is what you call real music. Yes
This song will never get old
Everytime I listen to this song, it's like hearing it for the first time.
'RONALD/ISLEYS" ...'TRY TO FIND A PLACE FOR ME'❤🩹❤🩹❤🩹
We are all of love ❤️ 🙏🏽✨Love , Peace and Light ✨ to every single god being on this earth 🌍.
The 70s was the best era of black American music. It isn’t close. This is me that grew up in the 90s saying this.
The OG sounds the best to me. Aaliyah did an excellent job, though.
Agree, this is the best one 💯
@@louisyon313 yup just like Billy Stewart's "I do love you". Though his original version is the best in my opinion, Barbara Mason and GQ both sound amazing on it
agreed
No doubt!
Alex Isley's rendition is actually quite breathtaking as well y'all should check it out
The Isleys play the most beautiful love songs in this WORLD! The Instruments, Lyrics and the Voices nothing can compare even TODAY! Extreme High Standards.
This sounds just as fresh as it did when i first heard it years ago. And no other singer will ever be able to top what Ron Isley and The Isley Brothers did back then.
Rudolph isley will truly be missed. He was a great singer. And a man of god. He's in a better place. He's with mom and dad okelly and marvin
Pure soulful perfection....!...
One of the beauties of Ron Isley's voice? He does not sing in a falsetto. He is an authentic male soprano. The soprano is his authentic voice. R&B male falsetto singers are abundant, but Ron Isley's soprano is his AUTHENTIC voice, not a falsetto.
I just know he's a bad boy!!
Me & my Bae song he plays it on our date night every time ‘ staying in love ❤️❤️
The isley brothers are in my top 5 favorite r&b groups of all time.
Am I a horrible person if I actually think Aaliyah did a better version of this song? I mean I love both but Aaliyah's voice just sounds so ethereal and other worldly... It makes you feel like what I imagine being high on ecstasy feels like. She has the same chill, relaxed, ethereal vibe on "Rock the Boat" too.
Everyone has a preference so you're not horrible to think that. I prefer this version because the instrumentation is just beautiful. From the acoustic guitar guiding the melody the whole way, the soft electric riffs just fluttering like butterflies over the chorus, Ronald Isley's iconic one and falsetto and then remembering this song was written with their mother in mind - its just so beautiful from top to bottom. In saying that, "ethereal" is so perfect to describe Aaliyah's version. One of the greatest covers I've ever heard.
Nothing can beat the original
Balling my eyes out this song is so lovely it transcends performance.
Driving round the city at midnight in the rain with this on is a vibe 💕😌
It always leads back to the Isley Brothers
My favorite song I love the Isley s since I was 7 years old 1965 ! This song out in 1976 I was just turning 18 years old 💯❤️❤️❤️
This original version is easily the best version of them all.
Aliah's 1994 rendition of this Isley Brothers ballad remains the bomb 30 years here and now!!
A positive motorvating force is what real love is all about.
I love but...im from spain...with a tears from my eyes....love it but remember me my dearest babygirl...Aaliyah miss you as so much forever still rip.....forever i miss you aaliyah
THE ISLEY BROTHERS ARE ONE OF THE GREATEST OLDEST FAMILY MUSICIAL GROUP IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY COVERING OVER SEVEN DECADES, THEIR MUSIC HAS INSPIRED MANY GENERATIONS AND STOOD THE TEST OF TIME !! I REMEMBER THE GROUP WHEN THEIR WAS ONLY THREE MEMBERS (SHOUT) DAYS. THEY HAVE REALLY EVOLVED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS!! KEEP THE MUSIC PLAYING UNTIL THERE BE A HARVEST OF THE WORLD!! RICHARD SHACKELFORD
This version is better, I feel it more
This is the best version with the best memories!!!
Came here because of the Verzuz last night🔥🔥
Same here...although I always check in with them & EWF, when I need some uplifting
Did you see Steve Harvey bobbin' his head?
I went and listsen to all the covers of the song, and me being a bigtime isley brother fan, I will say those cover are good to ok. but none of them can come close to this. I remember when this came out I was in boot camp in the army
Wayne hall
1 year ago
I went and listened to all the covers of the song, and me being a bigtime Isley brother fan, I will say those cover are good, to ok. but none of them can come close to this. I remember when this came out I was in boot camp in the army. correction I was in JR HIGH SCHOOL. I HAD THE TAPE IN (AIT-BOOT COMP FT KNOX 1979)
Am sorry but this is the best version
Well, most OGs usually are.
Yes
TRUE
Fo Sho!!!!!!
Ok we can like different versions
"But at your best, you are loved.... you're a positive motivating force within my life .. should you ever feel the need to wonder why....let me know....." WOW....
(At Your Best) You Are Love
The Isley Brothers
[Intro]
Love, let me know, let me know
Love, let me know, let me know, let me know
[Verse 1]
When I feel what I feel
Sometimes it's hard for me to tell you so
You may not be in the mood
To learn what you think you know
There are times when I find
You wanna keep yourself from me
When I don't have the strength
I'm just a mirror of what I see
[Chorus]
But at your best you are love
You're a positive motivating force within my life
Should you ever feel the need to wonder why
Let me know, let me know
Love, let me know, let me know
[Verse 2]
When you feel what you feel
Oh, how hard for me to understand
So many things have taken place
Before this love affair began
But if you feel, oh, like I feel
Confusion can give way to doubt
For there are times when I fall short of what I say
What I say I'm all about, all about
Chorus]
But at your best you are love
You're a positive motivating force within my life
Should you ever feel the need to wonder why
Let me know, let me know
No, no, no, no
[Bridge]
Tell me what it is (Tell me what it is)
There's no need to make believe
(Make believe, no need to make believe)
Look beyond your world, try to find a place for me
(Try and find, find a place for me)
[Chorus]
'Cause at your best you are love
You're a positive motivating force within my life
And if you ever feel the need to wonder why
Let me know, let me know
[Outro]
Let me know, let me know
Let me know, oh
Love
Oh, baby
Stay at your best, baby, yeah
Please do it for my sake, sweet lady
That's so great and wonderful
Love this song
As usual Ron Isley delivered.
RIP Rudolph Isley Your songs bring out of me!!!❤🤍💙Prayers
Another great isley brothers song. It never gets old. Love it now and always. Great words n meaning. RIP Tony
i'm so sorry for your loss
@@mackaustin6595 thank you
Beyond Beautiful 💜
Love it from Spain... As so much... With so many tears.. Fall down from my eyes.... Remember ING still Aaliyah... Day bh Day still miss Aaliyah rip
Isleys still the best version with all the different instruments❤❤
#Truth ❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥❤❤❤
Wow!!!! I absolutely no idea this was their song!!!
When I was coming home from High School my mother would play this song on an old stereo console. She loved the Isleys. She also liked For the Love of You. She passed on from Bone Cancer on Dec. 22, 2006. She always had good taste in Music. SO SAD! you do not hear PROFFESIONALS and Perfectionists anymore.
Such BRILLIANT Vocals they have done . They Have Blessed Music with their Voices and Ernie's Guitar Playing. I have all of those old Albums . It will always Be A CLASSIC in 2023 and BEYOND. Others may remake this song but they Don't Come Close to The Isley Brothers Original !!!
I am listening to this Song and it still sounds amazing.
I have to go with this version I was born 1991 , it’s simply more soulful and smoother, Ron voice sounds like silk, aaylish version is more like nursery rhyme “twinkle twinkle little star how I wonder what you are.” Lol
U misspelled Aaliyah's name. Respect BabyGirl Please
Slow dancing...
LOVE
❤❤
One of the most romantic songs ever made
This one of the most beautiful songs I ever heard
I agree!
"Confusion can give way to doubt"😂😂😂👌🏿😎😂😂
Rest in Peace Vernon P....I think about you when I hear this song❤💋
wendy, thank you, bcs of you i found this masterpiece