"Someone to Love" is a song by American R&B singer, songwriter and record producer Jon B. from his debut album, Bonafide (1995). Released as the first single from the album in 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, 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. The then 21-year-old Jon B. stated he felt the nomination was "an honor he could not have asked for."
Personnel and credits Credits adapted from the liner notes of Bonafide.Jon B. – Bonafide (CD liner notes) Yab Yum Records/550 Music/Epic BK-66436
Jon B. – lead vocals, background vocals, keyboard Babyface – lead vocals, background vocals, writer, producer, arranger, piano, drum programming Reggie Hamilton – guitar Randy Walker – MIDI programming Brad Gilderman – recording engineer Jon Gass – mix engineer
Charts
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance of "Someone to Love"Chart (1995–1996)PeakpositionCanada Retail Singles (The Record)25 Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)23 US Cash Box Top 100Cash Box Chart Entries 1990-19965
Year-end charts + Year-end chart performance of "Someone to Love"Chart (1995)Position US Billboard Hot 10032 US Hot R&B Singles (Billboard)18 US Cash Box Top 10030
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