The Thing I Like

"The Thing I Like" is a song by American singer Aaliyah and it's featured on both her debut studio album "Age Ain't Nothing But a Number" and the soundtrack for the film A Low Down Dirty Shame. The song was written and produced by R.Kelly and it was released as the album's fifth and final single. Blackground and Jive records released the song on August 3, 1995 in Europe, during this time period this was Aaliyah's second single behind "Down With the Clique" to not be released in the US. In the UK the song performed moderately well peaking within the top 40 at number 33 on the Official chart. Elsewhere in the UK the song performed even better on the Dance and R&B charts peaking within the top 40 at number 15 and 4 respectively.

"The Thing I Like"
Single by Aaliyah
from the album Age Ain't Nothing but a Number
ReleasedAugust 3, 1995
Recorded1993; Chicago Recording Company
(Chicago, Illinois)
Length3:24
Label
Songwriter(s)R. Kelly
Producer(s)R. Kelly
Aaliyah singles chronology
"Down with the Clique"
(1995)		 "The Thing I Like"
(1995)		 "Are You Ready?"
(1996)

Chart performance

"The Thing I Like" was released as the 5th and final single from "Age Ain't Nothing but a Number" and the song was released only in the UK. The song peaked within the top 40 on the UK official charts at number 32 on September 9, 1995.[1] On the UK Official Dance singles chart the song peaked with the top 20 at number 15 on September 3 , 1995.[2] Meanwhile on the Official UK R&B charts the song peaked within the top 5 at number 4 on September 3, 1995 as well.[3]

Charts
Chart (1995) Peak
position
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[4] 86
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[5] 33
UK Dance (Official Charts Company)[6] 15
UK R&B (Official Charts Company)[7] 4

References
  1. "Aaliyah". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  2. "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  3. "Official R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  4. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  5. "Aaliyah: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  6. "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  7. "Official R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
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