"Another Sad Love Song" is the first official single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 from Toni Braxton

Toni Braxton

Toni Michelle Braxton is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Braxton has won six Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, and five Billboard Music Awards and has sold over 60 million records worldwide...

's self-titled debut album, Toni Braxton

Toni Braxton (album)

Toni Braxton is the self-titled debut album by American recording artist Toni Braxton. It was released in the United States on July 13, 1993 by LaFace Records.-Overview:...

(1993). After the success of "Love Shoulda Brought You Home

Love Shoulda Brought You Home

"Love Shoulda Brought You Home" is the first solo single by American R&B singer Toni Braxton. The song was written by Babyface, Daryl Simmons, and Bo Watson, and was featured on the soundtrack to the 1992 romantic comedy film Boomerang. It served as the follow-up to Braxton's duet with Babyface...

", Braxton followed up with this R&B

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 mid-tempo single. The song proved to be a success, giving Braxton her first U.S. Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 top ten hit (number seven) and her first Adult Contemporary

Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks

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 hit (number eight), and narrowly missing the top position of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

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 by peaking at number two, being held from the summit by SWV

SWV

Sisters with Voices, better known as SWV, is an American female R&B trio from New York. Formed in 1990 as a gospel group, SWV became one of the most successful R&B groups of the 1990s. They had a series of hits, including "Weak", "Right Here/Human Nature", "I'm So Into You", and "You're the One"....

's "Right Here/Human Nature"/"Downtown". Internationally, "Another Sad Love Song" reached number fifteen in the United Kingdom, number twenty-three in the Netherlands, and number sixty in Germany.

The music video

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 was released in three different versions. The first version was filmed in 1992 in black-and-white

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 and featured the original music. The second version was filmed in May 1993 and was shown in color with exterior scenes from the first version. The third version was remix

Remix

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ed to appeal to a wider audienced and was primarily shown in Europe. All three versions were successful and stayed in heavy rotation during the summer of 1993.

"Another Sad Love Song" earned Braxton her first-ever Grammy Award

Grammy Award

A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

, under the Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female

Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

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 category in 1994

Grammy Awards of 1994

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.

Track listings

U.S. CD single

1. "Another Sad Love Song" (Remix Radio Edit) – 4:40
2. "Another Sad Love Song" (Extended Remix) – 5:27
3. "Another Sad Love Song" (Smoothed Out Version) – 4:23
4. "Another Sad Love Song" (Remix Instrumental) – 5:01
5. "Another Sad Love Song" (Album Version) – 5:01

U.S. promo CD single

1. "Another Sad Love Song" (Radio Edit) – 4:13
2. "Another Sad Love Song" (Album Version) – 5:01
3. "Another Sad Love Song" (Album Instrumental) – 5:02

UK CD single (1993)

1. "Another Sad Love Song" (Radio Edit) – 4:13
2. "Give U My Heart
   Give U My Heart
   "Give U My Heart" is a song recorded by American R&B singers Babyface and Toni Braxton for the soundtrack to the 1992 film Boomerang. The collaboration was released as a single the same year, reaching number twenty-nine on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs...
   
   " (Album Radio Edit) (Babyface featuring Toni Braxton) – 4:09
3. "Another Sad Love Song" (Smoothed Out Version) – 4:23
4. "Another Sad Love Song" (Album Version) – 5:01

UK CD single (1994)

1. "Another Sad Love Song" (Album Version) – 5:01
2. "Another Sad Love Song" (Remix Radio Edit) – 4:43
3. "Another Sad Love Song" (Extended Remix) – 5:28
4. "Another Sad Love Song" (Smoothed Out Version) – 4:23

German CD single

1. "Another Sad Love Song" (Radio Edit) – 4:13
2. "Another Sad Love Song" (Smoothed Out Version) – 4:23
3. "Another Sad Love Song" (Extended Remix) – 5:28
4. "Another Sad Love Song" (Album Version) – 5:01

UK collectors EP

1. "Another Sad Love Song" (Album Version) – 5:01
2. "Breathe Again
   Breathe Again
   "Breathe Again" is a song by American R&B singer Toni Braxton from her self-titled debut album, Toni Braxton . Written by Babyface and produced by L. A. Reid, Babyface, and Daryl Simmons, the ballad was released as the album's second single, garnering heavy airplay during late 1993 and early 1994,...
   
   " (Live from The Apollo
   Apollo Theater
   The Apollo Theater in New York City is one of the most famous, and older, music halls in the United States, and the most famous club associated almost exclusively with Black performers...
   
   ) – 4:30
3. "Best Friend" (Album Version) – 4:28
4. "Give U My Heart" (Boomerang
   Boomerang (soundtrack)
   -Album:-Singles:"—" denotes releases that did not chart.-Personnel:Information taken from Allmusic.*bass – Kayo, Debra Killings*composing – Jonathan Davis, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Malik Taylor*coordination – Constance Armstrong, Sharliss Ashbury...
   
   Album Version) (Babyface featuring Toni Braxton) – 5:04

Peak positions

Chart (1993)	Peak position
German Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	60
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	7
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	2
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States, established in 1985. It measures the sale of commercially released singles that deal with dance music and remixes...	32
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States...	8
Chart (1994)	Peak position
Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	23
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	15

End of year charts

End of year chart (1993)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	46