"Object of My Desire" is a song recorded by American group

Starpoint Starpoint was an American R&B and funk band from Maryland that was active from 1978 to 1990 recording 10 albums during that time. It comprised four brothers and two other musicians. The ten albums released did well, some reaching the US R&B Cha ...

from the album ''

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''. The song was released in 1985 by

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. It came in as the 93rd biggest song of 1986 according to the

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. No song that peaked as low as number 25 would crack the year-end until seven years later. The tune was a major hit for the group, becoming their first single to crack the top ten on the

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, reaching number 8, Starpoint- singles placements on R&B chart @Billboard.comRetrieved 1-9-2012. and the

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on the pop charts, peaking at number 25. It also entered the dance charts, peaking at number 12, and number 7 on the Dance "Maxi singles" charts. In the United Kingdom, the song reached number 96 on the

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. In 2005, American DJ Dana Rayne released a dance-oriented cover of the song that charted at number 7 in the United Kingdom in early January. It was featured in the season four premiere of ''

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'' in 2022.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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