"Someone to Love" | ||||
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Single by Jon B. featuring Babyface | ||||
from the album Bonafide | ||||
Released | April 3, 1995 | |||
Recorded | May 1994 | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Length | 4:33 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Babyface | |||
Producer(s) | Babyface | |||
Jon B. singles chronology | ||||
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Babyface singles chronology | ||||
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"Someone to Love" is a song by Jon B. from his debut album Bonafide. Released as the first single from the album on April 3, 1995, the song is a duet with Babyface that gained wide exposure on the Bad Boys soundtrack.
The song, with a style very much inspired by Babyface, [1] peaked at number 10 on the US Hot 100 chart and at number 7 on the US R&B chart and was also certified gold by the RIAA.
The song received a Grammy Award nomination for the category Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals in 1996. [2] The then 21-year-old Jon B. stated he felt the nomination was "an honor he could not have asked for." [3]
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Bonafide. [4]
Chart (1995–1996) | Peak position |
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Australia ( ARIA) [5] | 50 |
Canada Adult Contemporary ( RPM) [6] | 47 |
New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ) [7] | 17 |
UK Singles ( OCC) [8] | 98 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [9] | 10 |
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard) [10] | 32 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard) [11] | 7 |
US Pop Airplay ( Billboard) [12] | 12 |
Chart (1995) | Position |
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US Billboard Hot 100 [13] | 32 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) [14] | 18 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States ( RIAA) [15] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |