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Prove Your Love

{{Infobox song

| name = Prove Your Love

| cover = Prove Your Love.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Taylor Dayne

| album = Tell It to My Heart

| B-side = Upon the Journey's End

| released = {{Start date|1988|02|08}}{{cite magazine|title=Her New Single Proves Taylor Dayne Is Here To Stay!|magazine=Radio & Records|page=2|date=February 5, 1988|issue=723}}

| recorded = 1987

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Freestyle{{cite web|first= Tom |last= Breihan |title= The Number Ones: Taylor Dayne’s "Love Will Lead You Back|website= Stereogum |date= September 10, 2021 |url= https://www.stereogum.com/2160070/the-number-ones-taylor-daynes-love-will-lead-you-back/columns/the-number-ones/|accessdate= December 2, 2023|quote= Prove Your Love,” a pretty slick Latin-freestyle approximation, did exactly as well as “Tell It To My Heart,” peaking at #7.}}

| length = 3:27

| label = Arista

| writer = {{flat list|

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| producer = Ric Wake

| prev_title = Tell It to My Heart

| prev_year = 1987

| next_title = I'll Always Love You

| next_year = 1988

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|95Xtpbe9kho|"Taylor Dayne - Prove Your Love"}}}}

{{External music video|{{YouTube|M1m-gS6xd6Q|"Taylor Dayne - Prove Your Love (Extended Remix)"}}}}

}}

"Prove Your Love" is a song 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 on February 8, 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.Number-one dance hits of 1988 (USA) Furthermore, the single was a hit overseas, going to number-one in Switzerland, number four in West Germany, and number eight on the UK Singles chart.

Critical reception

Paul Oldfield from Melody Maker wrote, "Taylor Dayne comes up with the most impatient single this week. The awesome outlines of Rufus and Chaka Khan's "Ain't Nobody" have been filled in with designer purposefulnes by Arthur Baker-type chatter and grafted crashes and shunts of guitar. "Prove Your Love" is all appetite, avarice and accountancy, trying to overtake its own expectations. Look for the sell-by-date."{{cite magazine|first=Paul|last=Oldfield|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/50858882402/|title=Singles|work=Melody Maker|date=March 19, 1988|page=36|access-date=October 28, 2023}} Andrew Panos from Number One complimented "Prove Your Love" as "a thumpingly catchy disco tune".{{cite magazine|first=Andrew|last=Panos|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/50236262276/in/album-72157715521570932/|title=Albums|work=Number One|date=March 12, 1988|page=44|access-date=March 12, 2023}}

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

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=Weekly charts=

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|+ Weekly chart performance for "Prove Your Love"

! scope="col"| Chart (1988–1989)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|30|artist=Taylor Dayne|song=Prove Your Love|rowheader=true|access-date=February 28, 2022}}
{{single chart|Austria|11|artist=Taylor Dayne|song=Prove Your Love|rowheader=true|access-date=February 28, 2022}}
{{single chart|Flanders|5|artist=Taylor Dayne|song=Prove Your Love|rowheader=true|access-date=February 28, 2022}}
scope="row"| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100 Singles){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/80s/88/M&M-1988-05-21-OCR-Page-0011.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=5|issue=21|date=May 21, 1988|page=20|oclc=29800226|via=World Radio History}}

| 7

scope="row"| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista){{cite book|last=Pennanen|first=Timo|title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972|language=fi|edition=1st|location=Helsinki|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|year=2006|isbn=978-951-1-21053-5}}

| 7

{{single chart|Ireland2|6|song=Prove Your Love|rowheader=true|access-date=May 8, 2022}}
{{single chart|Dutch40|6|year=1988|week=22|rowheader=true|access-date=February 28, 2022}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|8|artist=Taylor Dayne|song=Prove Your Love|rowheader=true|access-date=February 28, 2022}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|32|artist=Taylor Dayne|song=Prove Your Love|rowheader=true|access-date=February 28, 2022}}
{{single chart|Sweden|10|artist=Taylor Dayne|song=Prove Your Love|rowheader=true|access-date=February 28, 2022}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|2|artist=Taylor Dayne|song=Prove Your Love|rowheader=true|access-date=February 28, 2022}}
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|8|artist=Taylor Dayne|artistid=24667|rowheader=true|access-date=May 8, 2022}}
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|7|artist=Taylor Dayne|rowheader=true|access-date=February 28, 2022}}
{{single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|1|artist=Taylor Dayne|rowheader=true|access-date=February 28, 2022}}
{{single chart|Billboarddancesales|10|artist=Taylor Dayne|rowheader=true|access-date=May 8, 2022}}
scope="row"| US Cash Box Top 100{{cite web|url=https://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19880507.html|title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending May 7, 1988|work=Cash Box|access-date=May 8, 2022}}

| 7

{{single chart|West Germany|4|songid=1775|artist=Taylor Dayne|song=Prove Your Love|rowheader=true|access-date=February 28, 2022}}

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=Year-end charts=

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|+ Year-end chart performance for "Prove Your Love"

! scope="col"| Chart (1988)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1988|title=Jaaroverzichten 1988 – Singles|language=nl|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=February 28, 2022}}

| 40

scope="row"| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100 Singles){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/80s/89/M&M-1989-01-01-OCR-Page-0017.pdf|title=1988 Year End Eurocharts – Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=6|issue=52/1|date=January 1, 1988|page=30|oclc=29800226|via=World Radio History}}

| 75

scope="row"| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1988|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1988|language=nl|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=February 28, 2022}}

| 66

scope="row"| Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1988&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1988|language=nl|publisher=Dutch Charts|access-date=February 28, 2022}}

| 52

scope="row"| US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1988/1988-12-24-Billboard-Page-0080.pdf|title=1988 The Year in Music & Video – Top Pop Singles|magazine=Billboard|volume=100|issue=52|date=December 24, 1988|page=Y-20|issn=0006-2510|via=World Radio History}}

| 100

scope="row"| US Dance Club Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1988/1988-12-24-Billboard-Page-0085.pdf|title=1988 The Year in Music & Video – Top Dance Club Play Singles|magazine=Billboard|volume=100|issue=52|date=December 24, 1988|page=Y-25|issn=0006-2510|via=World Radio History}}

| 14

scope="row"| West Germany (Official German Charts){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1988|title=Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts – 1988|language=de|publisher=GfK Entertainment|access-date=February 28, 2022}}

| 61

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References

{{Reflist}}

  • The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition, 1996

External links

  • {{YouTube|FYiLT3WjwI4|"Prove Your Love"}}

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Category:1988 singles

Category:Taylor Dayne songs

Category:Songs written by Seth Swirsky

Category:Song recordings produced by Ric Wake

Category:Songs written by Arnie Roman

Category:1988 songs

Category:Arista Records singles