"Back at One" is a song written and performed by American recording artist Brian McKnight, taken from his fifth studio album of the same name (1999). The single was released on August 9, 1999. An English-Brazilian Portuguese version was released in South America on September 12, 2000, featured Brazilian recording artist Ivete Sangalo.

Chart performance

"Back at One" went on to be one of McKnight's biggest successes, reaching the top ten in New Zealand, Canada and the United States, where it eventually peaked at number two for eight weeks but was kept off of the top spot by " Smooth" by Santana.

Music video

The music video was directed by Francis Lawrence and was nominated for R&B video of the year in the Music Video Production Association Awards.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

All-time charts

Certifications

Release history

Mark Wills version

American

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artist Mark Wills covered "Back at One" on his 2000 album '' Permanently'', also releasing it as that album's first single. Released in October 1999 (two months after McKnight's version), Wills' cover peaked at number two on the ''Billboard'' country singles charts for a week behind " My Best Friend" by Tim McGraw. Despite not reaching the top spot in the US, the song did manage to reach number one on the Canadian ''RPM'' country tracks. In addition to his country chart success, "Back at One" also became his fifth entry on the Hot 100 charts, peaking at number 36 there.

Music video

The music video was directed by Jim Hershleder.

Charts

Year-end charts

Other versions

McKnight also performed the song with Brazilian singer Ivete Sangalo on her album ''Festa'' (en: ''Party''). In 2000, keyboardist Bob Baldwin released a cover of the song from the album ''BobBaldwin.com''. Also in 2000, Jamaican reggae and dancehall singer Sanchez recorded a reggae cover version of the song over the "Fi Wi Rock" rhythm produced by King Jammy which became a popular dancehall hit in Jamaica and the US. Irish boy band Westlife duetted with Lulu in 2002. In 2001, UK music artist Lulu recorded the song for her album Together with a duet with Irish pop band Westlife and performed it live subsequently. Country singer Mark Wills covered the title song for his album Permanently. In 2003, Smooth jazz guitarist and musician Paul Jackson, Jr. covered the song as the closing track from the album ''Still Small Voice''. Another instrumental rendition of this song has been performed by saxophonist Warren Hill, from his album 2005 ''PopJazz''. In 2006, British pop singer Shayne Ward also performed this song on his debut album '' Shayne Ward''. Singer

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References

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