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"This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)"
Single by The Isley Brothers
from the album This Old Heart of Mine
Released	January 12, 1966
Format	7" single
Recorded	Hitsville USA (Studio A); 1965
Genre	Soul/pop
Length	2:46
Label	Tamla 54128
Writer(s)	Holland-Dozier-Holland Sylvia Moy
Producer	Brian Holland Lamont Dozier
The Isley Brothers singles chronology
"Wild As A Tiger" (1965) "This Old Heart of Mine (is Weak for You)" (1966) "Take Some Time Out for Love" (1966)

"This Old Heart Of Mine"
Single by Luv'
Released	1992
Format	CD single
Recorded	1992
Genre	Dance music
Length	4:03
Label	JAM
Producer	Jacques Zwart (a.k.a E. Mergency)
Luv' singles chronology
"The Last Song" (1991) "This Old Heart of Mine" (1992) "Megamix '93" (1993)

"This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)" was a successful hit single for The Isley Brothers in 1966 (see 1966 in music), during their brief tenure on Motown's Tamla label. Written by Motown's main songwriting team Holland-Dozier-Holland alongside Sylvia Moy, "This Old Heart of Mine", produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier, was originally intended for The Supremes (who later recorded their own version for their Supremes A' Go-Go album).

Featuring Ronald Isley on lead vocal, "This Old Heart of Mine" peaked at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100, and at #6 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart. The single was the group's only major hit while on Motown, and then in 1969 the Isleys left Motown to restart their own T-Neck label. During the same year, Tammi Terrell recorded and released the song as a part of her Irresistible album. In 1976, Rod Stewart released a remake of this song that met with some success. Twenty-four years after the original recording, Ronald Isley and Rod Stewart released a Top 10 duet version of the song in 1990 that reached #10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and spent five weeks at #1 on the US adult contemporary chart. The Dutch girl group Luv' recorded a dance cover version of "This Old Heart of Mine" in 1992.

[edit] Credits

• Lead vocals by Ronald Isley
• Background vocals by O'Kelly Isley, Jr. and Rudolph Isley
• Additional background vocals by The Andantes: Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow and Louvain Demps
• Written by Holland-Dozier-Holland and Sylvia Moy
• Produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier
• Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers

[edit] Luv' cover version

"This Old Heart of Mine" is the twenty-fifth single by Dutch girl group Luv', released in 1992 by the Dutch label JAM. It is the last record involving the line-up including Marga Scheide, Carina Lemoine and Diana van Berlo before the reunion of the original trio in 1993.

The 1991 album Sincerely Yours and the singles released from it were far from being hit records, though the female pop formation was frequently invited to perform live at clubs and discos. Because of the lack of commercial success, Luv' and RCA Records/BMG ended their legal relationship. The trio later signed a contract with the Dutch label JAM for the release of one single in 1992, a Dance cover version of "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)" (originally performed by The Isley Brothers. Luv's rendition of this Motown hit failed to top the charts. This attempt to cover a song from the Holland-Dozier-Holland repertoire is not the first one for Scheide, one of Luv's members. In 1983, she recorded as a solo artist a Supremes medley that was aired on Black American radio stations despite its disappointing record sales.

Soon after promoting "This Old Heart of Mine", the group disbanded. One year later, the original formation (José Hoebee, Patty Brard and Marga Scheide) reunited and returned to the Dutch albums and singles charts.