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"Aiming At Your Heart" is an uptemo R&B song recorded by the American R&B group The Temptations, produced by Thom Bell, arranged by Bill Neale, written by Joseph Jefferson, Charles Simmons, and Richard Roebuck.

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"Aiming At Your Heart"
UK sleeve cover.
Single by The Temptations
from the album The Temptations
A-side	"Aiming At Your Heart"
B-side	"The Life Of A Cowboy"
Released	1981
Genre	R&B
Length	5:58 (full-length version) 3:33 (single version)
Label	Gordy (Motown) G 7208F Motown (UK) TMGT 1243
Songwriter(s)	J.B. Jefferson, C.B. Simmons, R. Roebuck
Producer(s)	Thom Bell
The Temptations singles chronology
"Silent Night" (1980) "Aiming At Your Heart" (1981) "Oh, What A Night" (1981)

Details

"Aiming At Your Heart" was released as the lead single from the group's 1981 self-titled album, The Temptations.

Chart performance

The single peaked at No. 67 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was more successful on the Hot Soul Singles chart, reaching No. 36.[1]

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

• The Temptations (Otis Williams, Melvin Franklin, Dennis Edwards, Richard Street, Glenn Leonard) – vocals
• Thom Bell – keyboards
• Bobby Eli, Bill Neale – guitars
• Bob Babbitt – bass
• Charles E. Collins – drums
• Larry B. Washington, Edward W. Shea – percussion
• Don Renaldo and His Strings and Horns – strings and horns

Production

• Bill Neale – arrangements, conductor
• Dirk Dalvin – chief engineer
• Bruce Bluestein, Rob Perkins, Rick Fisher – assistant engineer
• Tammara Bell – production coordinator
• Johnny Lee – art direction
• Terry Taylor – design
• Francesco Alexander – photography

References

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