Before You Walk Out of My Life

Before You Walk Out of My Life is the second single from Monica's debut album "Miss Thang."

The single was released on August 3, 1995.

The song was written by Andrea Martin and Soulshock & Karlin (who also produced the song).

It served as a double A-side along with the song "Like This and Like That."

Song Background
The song was originally written for Toni Braxton's sophomore album "Secrets," but it ended up on Monica's debut album.

Chart Performance
"Before You Walk Out of My Life" became Monica's second number-one hit on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles Songs chart, spending two weeks at number-one on the chart.

It also peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and number eight on the New Zealand Singles Chart.

Additionally, the song was ranked number thirty-eight on the 1996 Billboard year-end chart and certified platinum by the RIAA.

The song (along with "Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)" made Monica the youngest recording artist to have two consecutive number-one hit songs on Billboard's R&B chart only at fourteen years old.

Music Video
An accompanying music video for the song was directed by Kevin Bray and released in August of 1995.