Someone to Love (Jon B. song) explained

Someone to Love
Cover:Jon B. - Someone to Love.png
Type:single
Artist:Jon B. featuring Babyface
Album:Bonafide
Released:April 3, 1995
Recorded:May 1994
Genre:R&B
Length:4:33
Producer:Babyface
Chronology:Jon B.
Next Title:Pretty Girl
Next Year:1995

"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]

Personnel and credits

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Bonafide.[4]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly Chart performance of "Someone to Love"!Chart (1995–1996)!Peak
position

Year-end charts

Year-end Chart performance of "Someone to Love"!Chart (1995)!Position
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 32
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[6] 18

Notes and References

  1. Vibe. Vibe Vixen. June 2003. Vibe Media Group. 1070-4701. 128. 2015-04-08.
  2. News: List of Grammy nominees. CNN .
  3. News: Jon B: 'That Grammy & Me' . New York . Daily News . 1996-02-25 .
  4. Jon B. – Bonafide (CD liner notes) Yab Yum Records/550 Music/Epic BK-66436
  5. Web site: Billboard Top 100 – 1995. billboardtop100of.com. August 27, 2021.
  6. 1995 The Year in Music. Billboard. 107. 51. YE-38. December 23, 1995. August 27, 2021. June 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210628190958/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1995/BB-1995-12-23.pdf. live.