Aaliyah - Back & Forth [Remastered In 4K] (Official Music Video)

Aaliyah - Back & Forth [Remastered In 4K] (Official Music Video)

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Back & Forth · Aaliyah

Age Ain't Nothing But A Number

℗ 1994 Sony Music Entertainment

Released on: 1994-05-22

Composer, Lyricist, Mixing Engineer, Producer: R.Kelly
Mixing Engineer: Mr. Lee
Composer, Lyricist: George Clinton Jr.
Composer, Lyricist: Garry Shider
Composer, Lyricist: David Spradley
Composer, Lyricist: Philippe Wynn
Composer, Lyricist: Bernard Worrell
Composer, Lyricist: William Collins

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"Back & Forth" is the debut single performed by American singer Aaliyah for her debut studio album, Age Ain't Nothing but a Number (1994). The song was written and produced by R&B singer R. Kelly, and lyrically the song is about a teenager's excitement for partying on the weekend with friends. "Back and Forth" has been described as being a dance/pop/R&B and new jack swing song. Aaliyah sings in a "laid back" style. Blackground and Jive released the song as the album's lead single on April 8, 1994, to generally positive reviews with many critics praising the song's lyrical content and Aaliyah's vocal delivery on the record.

Commercially "Back & Forth" performed well peaking at number five on the US Billboard Hot 100 on the week ending on July 2, 1994. The song was just as successful on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart where it topped the charts on the week ending on May 21, 1994, eventually spending a total of 3 weeks at number one on the chart. The song also topped the Rhythmic top 40 charts on the week ending on July 9, 1994. On June 9, 1994, the song was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Towards the end of 1994 Billboard reported that the song had sold over 700,000 copies.

"Back & Forth" has been described as being a dance, pop and R&B song. Quinn Peterson from Jet labeled the song as new jack swing-oriented. On the song, Aaliyah sings with a "subtle, laid-back vocal" while she talks about partying with her friends during the weekend. According to Billboard, "It doesn't matter that Aaliyah is 15. It's the freakin' weekend, baby, so she's picking up her ladies—presumably in her jeep—and hitting the local party spot".

When asked about the lyrical direction of the song, Aaliyah stated: "It's not a song about love or whatever; it's about going to a party and having fun. I have songs about love, crushes, or whatever, but that song is about dancing. This album is about teens and what they go through." Entertainment Weekly described the song as a "steamy invitation to dance all night" with Aaliyah requesting to "let the funky melody put you in the mood".

Internationally "Back & Forth" performed moderately well peaking within the top 20 at number 16 on the UK's official chart. Also in the UK the song peaked within the top 20 at number 16 on the Official Dance Chart. Elsewhere in Europe the song peaked within the top 40 at number 38 in the Netherlands. The song's accompanying music video was directed by Millicent Shelton in Aaliyah's hometown of Detroit. The actual video location was at Aaliyah's high school and on the day of the video shoot many local teens were recruited to be in multiple scenes of the video.

The accompanying music video for "Back & Forth" was directed by Millicent Shelton and it was filmed on January 16, 1994, which was Aaliyah's 15th birthday and released in February 1994. The video was filmed at Detroit's High School for the Fine and Performing Arts which was the school that Aaliyah attended. Prior to filming the video both Aaliyah and R.Kelly worked on dance moves and the styling for the video. On the day of the video many local teens were recruited to be in multiple scenes of the video. When Aaliyah discussed her experience shooting her first music video she said "That was my first video, but Millicent made me comfortable Between takes, she listened to the music of Tupac, Wu-Tang, and Gang Starr, They all rap on an intellectual level”.

he video opens with a male entering a (school) gym, bouncing a basketball. When the song kicks in, there are cuts of people entering the gym and people playing basketball. Aaliyah enters wearing baggy clothing, a bandana and shades. She sings the song by the gym's entrance. In other parts of the clip she is seen dancing in the middle of the gymnasium with a crowd moving around her, sitting with R. Kelly in the bleachers and performing on a stage to her fans. The original setting was chosen for the music video in Los Angeles, but was relocated to her hometown of Detroit because of an earthquake.

Madonna sampled "Back & Forth" on her song "Inside of Me" from her sixth studio album Bedtime Stories (1994), which was released a few months after "Back & Forth". In October 1994 the song was nominated for Best New R&B/Urban Artist Clip Of The Year at the Billboard Music Video Awards.