Back & Forth

Name: Back & Forth
Duration: 3 min 50 s

~ Recording by Aaliyah

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
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1.3	Back & Forth	3:51	Aaliyah	Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number	Aaliyah	Album	US1994-05-24	Jive (Jive Records imprint)	J2 1533
1.3	Back & Forth	3:51	Aaliyah	Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number	Aaliyah	Album	US1994-05-24	Jive (Jive Records imprint)	J2 1533
1.3	Back & Forth	3:51	Aaliyah	Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number (BMG club edition)	Aaliyah	Album	US1994-05-24	Jive (Jive Records imprint), Blackground Enterprises (label for early Aaliyah releases until 1998, later renamed Blackground Entertainment)	01241-41533-2, D114701
1.3	Back & Forth	3:51	Aaliyah	Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number	Aaliyah	Album	US1994-05-24	Jive (Jive Records imprint)	01241-41533-2
1.1	Back & Forth (LP version)	3:51	Aaliyah	Back & Forth	Aaliyah	Single	GB1994-06	Jive (Jive Records imprint)	JIVE 357
1.9	Back & Forth	3:48	Aaliyah	Absolute Dance 5	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	SE1994-07-01	EVA Records (Sweden)	EVACD 5019
1.3	Back and Forth	3:51	Aaliyah	Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number	Aaliyah	Album	JP1994-07-21	Jive (Jive Records imprint)	BVCQ-631
1.18	Back and Forth	3:49	Aaliyah	Mega Dance '94, Volume 3	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1994-09-13	Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint)	01.9330.6
1.5	Back and Forth	3:43	Aaliyah	Groovin’: 20 Soulful Summer Grooves	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1994-12-08	PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.)	516 968-2
1.3	Back and Forth	3:51	Aaliyah	Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number	Aaliyah	Album	XE1994 GB1994	Jive (Jive Records imprint)	CHIP 149
2.7	Back & Forth	3:42	Aaliyah	Dance Zone, Level 3	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE1994	PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.)	525 073-2
1.12	Back and Forth	3:51	Aaliyah	Monster Hits, Volume 5	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	ZA1994	RPM (South African label)	CDRPM1417
1.9	Back and Forth	3:50	Aaliyah	Studio Brussel: 't Gaat vooruit '94	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	BE1994	Double T Music	DTM 94303-1
1.11	Back and Forth	3:54	Aaliyah	TM Century: GoldDisc 265	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1994	TM Century	265
1.4	Back & Forth	3:51	Aaliyah	Age Ain't Nothing but a Number	Aaliyah	Single	GB1995-02-01	Jive (Jive Records imprint)	JIVECD 369
1.9	Back & Forth	3:44	Aaliyah	Touch My Soul: The Finest of Black Music, Vol. 3	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1995-04-18	Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past)	74321 26538 2
2.2	Back and Forth	3:48	Aaliyah	Best Swing ’95	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1995	Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations)	TCD 2789
2.16	Back & Forth	3:49	Aaliyah	BET’s 15th Anniversary Music Celebration	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1995	Rhino (reissue label)	R2 75159
1.13	Back and Forth	3:50	Aaliyah	Dance Diva’s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1995	Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint)	0110104
1.6	Back & Forth	3:50	Aaliyah	Groove Station	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	CA1995	Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past)
1.17	Back and Forth	3:43	Aaliyah	New Soul Rebels	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1995	Global Television	RADMC05
1.17	Back and Forth	3:43	Aaliyah	New Soul Rebels	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1995	Global Television	RADCD05
1.13	Back and Forth	3:52	Aaliyah	Pump‐N‐Grind: 17 Smooth Pumpin’ Grooves	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU1995	Ripe Records	RP1603D
1.3	Back and Forth	3:51	Aaliyah	Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number	Aaliyah	Album	AT1996-10-01	Jive (Jive Records imprint)	Chip 149
2.11	Back & Forth	3:42	Aaliyah	The Best of Vybin	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1996-10-07	Global Television	RADCD 45
2.15	Back and Forth	3:49	Aaliyah	The Mother of All Swing Albums	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	IE1996-10-25 GB1996-10-25	MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990), Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations)	TCD 2877, TCD2877
1.8	Back and Forth	3:49	Aaliyah	Relax Ya Feet and Kick Off Your Pants	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	BE1996	Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	COL 483827-2
1.5	Back & Forth	3:49	Aaliyah	Sexy Funky Cool	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	IL1996	Arton Records, הד ארצי (Hed Arzi, Israeli label)	19618
1.5	Back & Forth	3:49	Aaliyah	Sisters of Swing	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1996	PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.)	535 225-2
1.4	Back & Forth	3:51	Aaliyah	this is… SWING	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU1996	Beechwood Music	BEBOXCD1
1.4	Back and Forth	3:51	Aaliyah	this is… SWING	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1996	Beechwood Music	BEBOXCD1
1.18	Back and Forth	3:49	Aaliyah	Spice Girls Present… The Best Girl Power Album…Ever!	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1997-05-05	Virgin TV	VTDCD 123
1.17	Back & Forth	3:49	Aaliyah	Spice Girls Present… The Best Girl Power Album…Ever!	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1997-08-07	Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)	7243 8 44591 2 3
1.9	Back & Forth	3:52	Aaliyah	90’s Now, Volume 3	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1997-08-26	K‐tel (international budget record label)	3850-2
2.11	Back & Forth	3:50	Aaliyah	Funky Divas	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1997-11-29	Global Television	RADCD77
2.17	Back & Forth	3:48	Aaliyah	Pure Swing: The Very Best Of The Nineties	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1998	Jive (Jive Records imprint), Sony Music TV	0522492
2.16	Back & Forth	3:49	Aaliyah	The Box: R&B Hits Album	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1998	Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations)	TTVMC3008
2.16	Back & Forth	3:49	Aaliyah	The Box: R&B Hits Album	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1998	Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations)	TTVCD3008
2.8	Back and Forth	3:50	Aaliyah	The Ultimate Gold Seal Collection 3 (R&B’s Greatest Hits 1986–1996)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU1998	Universal Music Australia	UMD 73095
1.5	Back & Forth	3:54	Aaliyah	Shake the Room	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2000
1.3	Back and Forth	3:51	Aaliyah	Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number (Reissue)	Aaliyah	Album	JP2002-02-06	Jive (Jive Records imprint)	ZJCI-10060
1.1	Back and Forth	3:50	Aaliyah	I Care 4 U	Aaliyah	Album + Compilation	US2002-12-10	Blackground Records (fka Blackground Entertainment, renamed since 2000)	440 060 082-2
1.1	Back and Forth	3:50	Aaliyah	I Care 4 U	Aaliyah	Album + Compilation	GB2002-12-10	Blackground Records (fka Blackground Entertainment, renamed since 2000), Independiente (UK record label)	5108503000, ISOM 37CDL
1.1	Back and Forth	3:50	Aaliyah	I Care 4 U	Aaliyah	Album + Compilation	US2002-12-10	Blackground Records (fka Blackground Entertainment, renamed since 2000)	440 060 097-2
1.1	Back & Forth	3:50	Aaliyah	I Care 4 U	Aaliyah	Album + Compilation	XW2002-12-10	Blackground Records (fka Blackground Entertainment, renamed since 2000)
1.1	Back and Forth	3:50	Aaliyah	I Care 4 U	Aaliyah	Album + Compilation	US2002
1.1	Back and Forth	3:50	Aaliyah	I Care 4 U	Aaliyah	Album + Compilation	GB2003-02-03	Independiente (UK record label)	ISOM 37CDL
1.1	Back and Forth	3:50	Aaliyah	I Care 4 U	Aaliyah	Album + Compilation	XE2003-02-03	Blackground Records (fka Blackground Entertainment, renamed since 2000), Edel Records (multinational, ERE suffix), Unique Corp	0146092ERE
1.1	Back and Forth	3:50	Aaliyah	I Care 4 U	Aaliyah	Album + Compilation	JP2003-03-26	avex trax, Blackground Records (fka Blackground Entertainment, renamed since 2000)	AVCD-17267, AVCD-17267B
1.3	Back and Forth	3:51	Aaliyah	Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number	Aaliyah	Album	DE2003-09-01	Jive (Jive Records imprint)
1.3	Back & Forth	3:49	Aaliyah	Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number	Aaliyah	Album	AF2003-09-01 AL2003-09-01 (show 197 more) ZW2003-09-01	Jive (Jive Records imprint)
1.1	Back and Forth	3:50	Aaliyah	I Care 4 U (Special Fanedition)	Aaliyah	Album + Compilation	DE2003	Edel Records (multinational, ERE suffix)	0146362ERE
2.5	Back & Forth	3:47	Aaliyah	Essential R&B: The Very Best of R&B: Summer 2004	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2004-06-21
1.14	Back and Forth	3:51	Aaliyah	Kiss Presents R&B Classics (Kiss 100 London - Explicit)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2004-07-19
2.13	Back & Forth	3:49	Aaliyah	Platinum: The Definitive R&B Collection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2004-11-22	BMG TV	82876658582
1.12	Back & Forth	3:52	Aaliyah	Ultimate Aaliyah	Aaliyah	Album + Compilation	GB2005-04-04	Blackground Records (fka Blackground Entertainment, renamed since 2000)	SMADD895X
1.12	Back & Forth	3:52	Aaliyah	Ultimate Aaliyah	Aaliyah	Album + Compilation	US2005-04-04	Blackground Records (fka Blackground Entertainment, renamed since 2000)	ERE677
2.10	Back & Forth	3:49	Aaliyah	Slow Jamz: Summer R&B Anthems	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2005-05-02	Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)	82876691492
1.12	Back & Forth	3:52	Aaliyah	Ultimate Aaliyah	Aaliyah	Album + Compilation	XW2005-05-10	Blackground Records (fka Blackground Entertainment, renamed since 2000)
4.13	Back & Forth	3:50	Aaliyah	Whatever: The ’90s Pop & Culture Box	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2005-07-26	Rhino (reissue label)	R2 79716
1.3	Back and Forth	3:51	Aaliyah	Body & Soul: Midnight Seduction	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-2005	Time–Life Music	TL BAS/11
3.4	Back & Forth	3:50	Aaliyah	R&B Classics	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2006-06-19	BMG TV
1.9	Back & Forth	3:44	Aaliyah	R&B Summertime	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2006-07-03	Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)	82876855402
3.2	Back and Forth	3:49	Aaliyah	Xclusive R&B: 45 Smooth Street Beats	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2006-08-21	XClusive	XCLUTCD401
1.3	Back and Forth	3:51	Aaliyah	Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number	Aaliyah	Album	JP2006-11-22
3.2	Back & Forth	3:40	Aaliyah	90’s Groove: From New Jack to HipHop	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	FR2007-03-26	Warner Music France	505144206015
3.3	Back & Forth	3:50	Aaliyah	Greatest Ever! Smooth: The Definitive Collection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2007-09-04	Union Square Music	GTSTCD019
2.14	Back & Forth	3:52	Aaliyah	100 Hits: Woman	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2007-10-15	100 Hits	DMG 100 010
2.4	Back & Forth	3:55	Aaliyah	Original Summer R’N’B Selection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2007	Original Selection Records	OSEL 024
2.8	Back and Forth	3:44	Aaliyah	R&B Anthems	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2007	Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)
1.3	Back and Forth	3:51	Aaliyah	Midnight Soul: Midnight Seduction	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL2008	Time–Life Music	TL BAS/29
1.16	Back & Forth	3:52	Aaliyah	R&B Lovesongs 2009	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2009-02-02	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	88697456222
1.4	Back and Forth	3:51	Aaliyah	The Masters Series: 90's RnB	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-2009-05-11	Sony CMG (subsidiary of SME UK, add only UK releases)
1.7	Back & Forth	3:49	Aaliyah	Essential R&B: 90s Anthems	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XW2010-08-20	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
1.7	Back & Forth	3:50	Aaliyah	Essential R&B: 90s Anthems	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2010-09-27	Sony CMG (subsidiary of SME UK, add only UK releases)
1.6	Back and Forth	3:50	Aaliyah	All Aaliyah, Vol.1: The Dave Cash Collection	Aaliyah	Album + Compilation	-2011-05-09	The Dave Cash Collection - OMP
1.12	Back and Forth	3:50	Aaliyah	Lay It on Me: The Dave Cash Collection	Aaliyah	Album + Compilation	-2011-05-09
2.1	Back & Forth	3:51	Aaliyah	Pure… R&B	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XW2011-06-17	Sony Music Catalog (a division of Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH, as well as its imprint)
1.12	Back & Forth	3:52	Aaliyah	The Essential R&B	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	CA2012-04-17		88691930492
3.11	Back & Forth	3:49	Aaliyah	Pure… Voices	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AL2012-09-07 DZ2012-09-07 (show 174 more) ZW2012-09-07	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
3.11	Back & Forth	3:51	Aaliyah	Pure… Voices	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	FR2012-09-10 GB2012-09-10 DE2012-09-28 XE2012-09	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	88725449932
2.3	Back & Forth	3:43	Aaliyah	The Trevor Nelson Collection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2013-01-11	Sony Music TV	88765425432
1.30	Back & Forth	3:51	Aaliyah	R&B: 100 Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XW2013-06-21
2.5	Back & Forth	3:48	Aaliyah	Pure… R&B Party	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE2013-09-27	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	88883750592
1.19	Back & Forth	3:52	Aaliyah	100 Hits: The Ladies	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2013-10-28	100 Hits	DMG 100 118
2.10	Back & Forth	3:49	Aaliyah	30 Stars: R&B	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-2014-04-04	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
1.40	Back & Forth	3:49	Aaliyah, R. Kelly & Mr. Lee	90 Sweet 90s Hits!	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XW2014	Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
2.14	Back & Forth	3:51	Aaliyah	100 Hits: Woman	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2015-02-16	100 Hits	DMG100161
2.5	Back & Forth	3:50	Aaliyah	…Baby One More Time: Back to the 90s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2015-02-23	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	88875064212
2.16	Back & Forth	3:51	Aaliyah	Ultimate R&B	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2015-05-04 DE2015-09-25	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	88875085582
2.7	Back & Forth	3:49	Aaliyah	30 Stars: Chillout	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	FR2016-06-17 DE2016-12-09 XE2016	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	88985332092
2.5	Back & Forth	3:48	Aaliyah	90s XL	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE2017-09-29	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	88985395762
3.7	Back & Forth	3:47	Aaliyah	The Classic R&B Collection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE2017	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	88985440452
5.18	Back & Forth	3:53	Aaliyah	100 Hits: The Best R&B Album	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2018-02-16	Demon Music Group	DMGN 100 211
1.98	Back & Forth	3:53	Aaliyah	100 Hits: The Best R&B Album	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	IE2018-02-16 GB2018-02-16	Demon Music Group
1.11	Back & Forth	3:52	Aaliyah	100 Hits: The Best Nineties Album	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2018-09-21	100 Hits	DMGN100223
Promotion
36.12	Back and Forth	3:48	Aaliyah	The Radio Essential Series	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	CA2000	Promo Only
1.14	Back & Forth	3:48	Aaliyah	Summer Nights	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2005	Daily Mail	Summer002
Bootleg
1.9	Back & Forth	3:51	Aaliyah	The Definitive Collection	Aaliyah	Album + Mixtape/Street	XW2011	[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)	[none]
(unknown)
2.6	Back & Forth	3:49	Aaliyah	The Beat Is Mine	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-2016	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	88875185792

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recording engineer and engineer:	Peter Mokran
producer:	R. Kelly
mixer:	R. Kelly Peter Mokran
other vocals [rap [ad-libs]]:	R. Kelly
vocals:	Aaliyah (American R&B singer)

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Blackground Enterprises (label for early Aaliyah releases until 1998, later renamed Blackground Entertainment) (in 1994) Zomba Recording LLC (in 1994) Blackground Records (fka Blackground Entertainment, renamed since 2000) (in 1996)

recorded at and engineered at:	Chicago Recording Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States
mixed at:	Battery Recording Studios (NYC; not to be confused with the mastering studio located at 321 W 44th Street) in New York, New York, United States

sampled by:	Inside of Me by Madonna (“Queen of Pop”)
music videos:	Back & Forth

part of:	The Downloader’s Music Source Book (number: 25) (order: 25)

recording of:	Back & Forth

Back & Forth

lyricist and composer:	R. Kelly

publisher:	R. Kelly Publishing Inc. Rubber Band Music Universal Music–Z Songs Zomba Songs Inc.

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