Someone to Love (Jon B. song)
# Someone to Love (Jon B. song)

"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, 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. – 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) | 50 |
| Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM) | 47 |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) | 17 |
| UK Singles (OCC) | 98 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 10 |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) | 32 |
| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) | 7 |
| US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard) | 12 |

### Year-end charts

Year-end Chart performance of "Someone to Love" :

| Chart (1995) | Position |
| - | - |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 32 |
| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) | 18 |

## Certifications

| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| - | - | - |
| United States (RIAA) | Gold | $500,000^^$ |
| $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |||
