| "Someone to Love" | ||||
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| Single by Jon B. featuring Babyface | ||||
| from the album Bonafide | ||||
| Released | 1995 | |||
| Recorded | 1994 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 4:33 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Babyface | |||
| Producer(s) | Babyface | |||
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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 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,[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]
- ^ "Vibe". Vibe Vixen. Vibe Media Group: 128. June 2003. ISSN 1070-4701. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
- ^ "List of Grammy nominees". CNN.
- ^ "Jon B: 'That Grammy & Me'". Daily News. New York. 1996-02-25.[permanent dead link]