Back & Forth
~ 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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| 1.20 | Back & Forth | 3:52 | Aaliyah | New Jack, Vol. 1 | Cut Killer | Album |
| HH Mixtapes | |
| 1.3 | Back & Forth | 3:51 | Aaliyah | Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number | Aaliyah | Album |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Jive (Jive Records imprint) | 01241-41533-2 |
| 1.3 | Back & Forth | 3:51 | Aaliyah | Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number | Aaliyah | Album |
| Jive (Jive Records imprint) | J2 1533 |
| 1.1 | Back & Forth (LP version) | 3:53 | Aaliyah | Back & Forth | Aaliyah | Single |
| Blackground Enterprises (label for early Aaliyah releases until 1998, later renamed Blackground Entertainment), Jive (Jive Records imprint) | 01241-42173-2 |
| 1.1 | Back & Forth (LP version) | 3:52 | Aaliyah | Back & Forth | Aaliyah | Single |
| Jive (Jive Records imprint) | JIVE CD 357 |
| 1.1 | Back & Forth (LP version) | 3:51 | Aaliyah | Back & Forth | Aaliyah | Single |
| Jive (Jive Records imprint) | JIVE 357 |
| 1.9 | Back & Forth | 3:48 | Aaliyah | Absolute Dance 5 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Records (Sweden) | EVACD 5019 |
| 1.3 | Back and Forth | 3:51 | Aaliyah | Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number | Aaliyah | Album |
| Jive (Jive Records imprint) | BVCQ-631 |
| 1.18 | Back and Forth | 3:49 | Aaliyah | Mega Dance '94, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | 01.9330.6 |
| 2.9 | Back & Forth (LP version) | 3:46 | Aaliyah | 100% Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | TCD 2726 |
| 1.5 | Back and Forth | 3:43 | Aaliyah | Groovin’: 20 Soulful Summer Grooves | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | 516 968-2 |
| 1.3 | Back & Forth | 3:51 | Aaliyah | Age Ain't Nothing But A Number | Aaliyah | Album |
| Blackground Enterprises (label for early Aaliyah releases until 1998, later renamed Blackground Entertainment), Jive (Jive Records imprint) | 01241-41533-1 |
| 1.3 | Back and Forth | 3:51 | Aaliyah | Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number | Aaliyah | Album | Jive (Jive Records imprint) | CHIP 149 | |
| 2.7 | Back & Forth | 3:42 | Aaliyah | Dance Zone, Level 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | 525 073-2 |
| 1.14 | Back & Forth (LP version) | 3:52 | Aaliyah | Die unendliche Geschichte III | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 4509-97898-2 |
| 1.12 | Back and Forth | 3:51 | Aaliyah | Monster Hits, Volume 5 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| RPM (South African label) | CDRPM1417 |
| 1.9 | Back and Forth | 3:50 | Aaliyah | Studio Brussel: 't Gaat vooruit '94 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Double T Music | DTM 94303-1 |
| 1.11 | Back and Forth | 3:54 | Aaliyah | TM Century: GoldDisc 265 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| TM Century | 265 |
| 1.4 | Back & Forth | 3:51 | Aaliyah | Age Ain't Nothing but a Number | Aaliyah | Single |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | TCD 2789 |
| 2.16 | Back & Forth | 3:49 | Aaliyah | BET’s 15th Anniversary Music Celebration | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 75159 |
| 1.13 | Back and Forth | 3:50 | Aaliyah | Dance Diva’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 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 |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | |
| 1.17 | Back and Forth | 3:43 | Aaliyah | New Soul Rebels | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Global Television | RADCD05 |
| 1.17 | Back and Forth | 3:43 | Aaliyah | New Soul Rebels | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Global Television | RADMC05 |
| 1.13 | Back and Forth | 3:52 | Aaliyah | Pump‐N‐Grind: 17 Smooth Pumpin’ Grooves | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ripe Records | RP1603D |
| 1.8 | Back & Forth | 3:40 | Aaliyah | Street Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD 41 |
| 2.16 | Back and Forth | 3:36 | Aaliyah | The Best Swing... Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD 86 |
| 1.3 | Back and Forth | 3:51 | Aaliyah | Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number | Aaliyah | Album |
| Jive (Jive Records imprint) | Chip 149 |
| 2.11 | Back & Forth | 3:42 | Aaliyah | The Best of Vybin | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Global Television | RADCD 45 |
| 2.15 | Back and Forth | 3:49 | Aaliyah | The Mother of All Swing Albums | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | 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 |
| 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 |
| Arton Records, הד ארצי (Hed Arzi, Israeli label) | 19618 |
| 1.5 | Back & Forth | 3:49 | Aaliyah | Sisters of Swing | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | 535 225-2 |
| 2.19 | Back & Forth (LP version) | 3:49 | Aaliyah | The Greatest 90s Dance Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | TCD2807 |
| 1.4 | Back and Forth | 3:51 | Aaliyah | this is… SWING | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Beechwood Music | BEBOXCD1 |
| 1.4 | Back & Forth | 3:51 | Aaliyah | this is… SWING | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Beechwood Music | BEBOXCD1 |
| 1.18 | Back and Forth | 3:49 | Aaliyah | Spice Girls Present… The Best Girl Power Album…Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD 123 |
| 1.17 | Back & Forth | 3:49 | Aaliyah | Spice Girls Present… The Best Girl Power Album…Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 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 |
| K‐tel (international budget record label) | 3850-2 |
| 2.11 | Back & Forth | 3:50 | Aaliyah | Funky Divas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Global Television | RADCD77 |
| 1.13 | Back & Forth | 3:52 | Aaliyah | Totally ‘90s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Westwood Promotions | DPSM 5225, DVC11664/ |
| 2.17 | Back & Forth | 3:48 | Aaliyah | Pure Swing: The Very Best Of The Nineties | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 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 |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | TTVCD3008 |
| 2.16 | Back & Forth | 3:49 | Aaliyah | The Box: R&B Hits Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | TTVMC3008 |
| 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 |
| Universal Music Australia (see annotation before using) | UMD 73095 |
| 1.5 | Back & Forth | 3:54 | Aaliyah | Shake the Room | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.3 | Back and Forth | 3:51 | Aaliyah | Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number (Reissue) | Aaliyah | Album |
| Jive (Jive Records imprint) | ZJCI-10060 |
| 1.1 | Back and Forth | 3:50 | Aaliyah | I Care 4 U | Aaliyah | Album + Compilation |
| 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 |
| Blackground Records (fka Blackground Entertainment, renamed since 2000) | 440 060 097-2 |
| 1.1 | Back and Forth | 3:50 | Aaliyah | I Care 4 U | Aaliyah | Album + Compilation |
| Blackground Records (fka Blackground Entertainment, renamed since 2000), Independiente (UK record label) | 5108503000, ISOM 37CDL |
| 1.1 | Back & Forth | 3:50 | Aaliyah | I Care 4 U | Aaliyah | Album + Compilation |
| Blackground Records (fka Blackground Entertainment, renamed since 2000) | |
| 1.1 | Back and Forth | 3:50 | Aaliyah | I Care 4 U | Aaliyah | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.1 | Back and Forth | 3:50 | Aaliyah | I Care 4 U | Aaliyah | Album + Compilation |
| 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 |
| Independiente (UK record label) | ISOM 37CDL |
| 1.1 | Back and Forth | 3:50 | Aaliyah | I Care 4 U | Aaliyah | Album + Compilation |
| avex trax, Blackground Records (fka Blackground Entertainment, renamed since 2000) | AVCD-17267, AVCD-17267B |
| 1.3 | Back & Forth | 3:49 | Aaliyah | Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number | Aaliyah | Album |
| Jive (Jive Records imprint) | |
| 1.3 | Back and Forth | 3:51 | Aaliyah | Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number | Aaliyah | Album |
| Jive (Jive Records imprint) | |
| 1.1 | Back and Forth | 3:50 | Aaliyah | I Care 4 U (Special Fanedition) | Aaliyah | Album + Compilation |
| 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 |
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| 1.14 | Back and Forth | 3:51 | Aaliyah | Kiss Presents R&B Classics (Kiss 100 London - Explicit) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.13 | Back & Forth | 3:49 | Aaliyah | Platinum: The Definitive R&B Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG TV | 82876658582 |
| 1.12 | Back & Forth | 3:52 | Aaliyah | Ultimate Aaliyah | Aaliyah | Album + Compilation |
| Blackground Records (fka Blackground Entertainment, renamed since 2000) | ERE677 |
| 1.12 | Back & Forth | 3:52 | Aaliyah | Ultimate Aaliyah | Aaliyah | Album + Compilation |
| Blackground Records (fka Blackground Entertainment, renamed since 2000) | SMADD895X |
| 2.10 | Back & Forth | 3:49 | Aaliyah | Slow Jamz: Summer R&B Anthems | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 82876691492 |
| 1.12 | Back & Forth | 3:52 | Aaliyah | Ultimate Aaliyah | Aaliyah | Album + Compilation |
| 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 |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 79716 |
| 1.3 | Back and Forth | 3:51 | Aaliyah | Body & Soul: Midnight Seduction | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL BAS/11 |
| 1.15 | Back & Forth | 3:45 | Aaliyah | R & B: The Collection, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 82876709352 |
| 1.15 | Back and Forth | 3:39 | Aaliyah | R&B Lovesongs: The Very Best of Love Songs 2006 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | 983 726-2 |
| 3.4 | Back & Forth | 3:50 | Aaliyah | R&B Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG TV | |
| 1.9 | Back & Forth | 3:44 | Aaliyah | R&B Summertime | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 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 |
| XClusive | XCLUTCD401 |
| 1.3 | Back and Forth | 3:51 | Aaliyah | Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number | Aaliyah | Album |
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| 3.2 | Back & Forth | 3:40 | Aaliyah | 90’s Groove: From New Jack to HipHop | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music France | 505144206015 |
| 3.3 | Back & Forth | 3:50 | Aaliyah | Greatest Ever! Smooth: The Definitive Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Union Square Music | GTSTCD019 |
| 2.14 | Back & Forth | 3:52 | Aaliyah | 100 Hits: Woman | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 100 Hits | DMG 100 010 |
| 2.4 | Back & Forth | 3:55 | Aaliyah | Original Summer R’N’B Selection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Original Selection Records | OSEL 024 |
| 2.8 | Back and Forth | 3:44 | Aaliyah | R&B Anthems | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 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 |
| Time–Life Music | TL BAS/29 |
| 1.3 | Back & Forth | 3:50 | Aaliyah | R&B Hits: The Love Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Crimson (UK budget comps; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.) | CRIMCD514 |
| 1.16 | Back & Forth | 3:52 | Aaliyah | R&B Lovesongs 2009 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 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 |
| Sony CMG (subsidiary of SME UK, add only UK releases) | |
| 1.1 | Back & Forth | 3:37 | Aaliyah | Ultimate Hip Hop & R&B: 60 Huge Hip Hop & R&B Flavours | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Club (Demon Music Club, UK) | MCCDULT009 |
| 2.4 | Back & Forth | 3:44 | Aaliyah | Body & Soul: Die grössten Black Music Kuschelballaden | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Catalog (a division of Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH, as well as its imprint) | 88697521742 |
| 1.7 | Back & Forth | 3:49 | Aaliyah | Essential R&B: 90s Anthems | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The Dave Cash Collection - OMP | |
| 1.12 | Back and Forth | 3:50 | Aaliyah | Lay It on Me: The Dave Cash Collection | Aaliyah | Album + Compilation |
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| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.3 | Back & Forth | 3:51 | Aaliyah | Age Ain't Nothing But A Number | Aaliyah | Album |
| Blackground Enterprises (label for early Aaliyah releases until 1998, later renamed Blackground Entertainment), Jive (Jive Records imprint) | JJC-41533-2 |
| 1.1 | Back & Forth (LP Version) | 3:51 | Aaliyah | Back & Forth | Aaliyah | Single |
| Jive (Jive Records imprint) | 74321 22393 2 |
| 1.4 | Back & Forth | 3:51 | Aaliyah | Back & Forth (CHR edits) | Aaliyah | Single |
| Blackground Enterprises (label for early Aaliyah releases until 1998, later renamed Blackground Entertainment), Jive (Jive Records imprint) | JDJ-42233-2 |
| 36.12 | Back and Forth | 3:48 | Aaliyah | The Radio Essential Series | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Promo Only | |
| 1.2 | Back And Forth | ?:?? | Aaliyah | I Care 4 U | Aaliyah | Album + Compilation |
| avex trax | AVCS-10847 |
| 1.14 | Back & Forth | 3:48 | Aaliyah | Summer Nights | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Daily Mail | Summer002 |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.1 | Back & Forth | 3:40 | Aaliyah | Hits & Unreleased : The Ultimate Collection | Aaliyah | Album + Compilation |
| 22 Records | T2 0595-5 |
| 1.1 | Back & Forth | 3:40 | Aaliyah | Hits & Unreleased: The Ultimate Collection | Aaliyah | Album + Compilation |
| 22 Records | T2 0595-5 |
Relationships
| recording engineer and engineer: | Peter Mokran |
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| 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) |
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| recorded at and engineered at: | Chicago Recording Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States |
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| 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 |
| recording of: | Back & Forth |
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Related works
Back & Forth
| lyricist and composer: | R. Kelly |
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| publisher: | R. Kelly Publishing Inc. Rubber Band Music Universal Music–Z Songs Zomba Songs Inc. |
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