"Looking For You" is a gospel song by Kirk Franklin and the lead single from his 2005 album Hero.
The song contains a sample from "Haven't You Heard," which was written by Patrice Rushen, Charles Mims Jr, Sheree Brown, and Freddie Washington.
In film "Looking for You" was part of the soundtrack of the 2007 film Norbit, played during the closing credits.
Awards The song won a Dove Award for Urban Recorded Song of the Year at the 37th GMA Dove Awards.37th Annual GMA Dove Awards Nominations & Winners on About.com; Jones, Kim
Commercial performance "Looking for You" became a crossover hit as it was popular with gospel, R&B, and pop audiences. The song reached number five on the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, number 61 on the Billboard Hot 100, and number one on the Hot Gospel Songs chart in the United States, making it Kirk Franklin's most successful single to date.
Personnel Personnel adapted from Hero liner notes. Shaun Martin – drum programming, keyboards, minimoog Chris Godbey – drum programming, tracking engineer Kirk Franklin – drum programming, keybords Jerome Harmon – keyboard D.J. Ernest "Ernie G" Green – minimoog Dave Pensado – mixing engineer
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2005–2006) Peakposition US Hot Gospel Songs (Billboard) 1 Chart (2019) PeakpositionUK Singles Sales Chart (OCC)87UK Physical Singles Chart (OCC)58
Year-end charts Chart (2006) Position US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) 5
External links "Looking for You" lyrics on Yahoo! Music Music video on Yahoo! Music
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