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"Someone to Love"
Single by Jon B. featuring Babyface
from the album Bonafide
ReleasedApril 3, 1995
RecordedMay 1994
Genre R&B
Length4:33
Label
Songwriter(s)Babyface
Producer(s)Babyface
Jon B. singles chronology
"Someone to Love"
(1995) 		" Pretty Girl"
(1995)
Babyface singles chronology
" Dream Away"
(1994) 		"Someone to Love"
(1995) 		" Slow Jams"
(1996)

"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]

  • 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) Peak
position
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 Mainstream Top 40 ( Billboard) [12] 12

Year-end charts

Year-end Chart performance of "Someone to Love"
Chart (1995) Position
US Billboard Hot 100 [13] 32
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) [14] 18

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States ( RIAA) [15] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Vibe". Vibe Vixen. Vibe Media Group: 128. June 2003. ISSN  1070-4701. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  2. ^ "List of Grammy nominees". CNN.
  3. ^ "Jon B: 'That Grammy & Me'". Daily News. New York. 1996-02-25.[ permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Jon B. – Bonafide (CD liner notes) Yab Yum Records/550 Music/Epic BK-66436
  5. ^ " Jon B. feat. Babyface – Someone to Love". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  6. ^ " Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 9013." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
  7. ^ " Jon B. feat. Babyface – Someone to Love". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  8. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  9. ^ "Jon B 2 Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  10. ^ "Jon B 2 Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  11. ^ "Jon B 2 Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  12. ^ "Jon B 2 Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  13. ^ "Billboard Top 100 – 1995". billboardtop100of.com. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  14. ^ "1995 The Year in Music" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 51. December 23, 1995. p. YE-38. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 28, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  15. ^ "American single certifications – Jon B. – Someone to Love". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 18, 2022.


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