Someone to Love (Jon B. song)

"Someone to Love"
Single by Jon B. featuring Babyface
from the album Bonafide
Released	1995
Recorded	1994
Genre	R&B
Length	4:33
Label	Yab Yum 550 Music
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 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]

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 Pop Airplay (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.