Who Can I Run To

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"Who Can I Run To"
Single by Xscape
from the album Off the Hook
Released October 3, 1995
Format CD single, Cassette single, 7" vinyl
Recorded 1995
Genre R&B, Soul
Length 3:34
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Alstin, Roebuck, Simmons
Producer(s) Jermaine Dupri
Certification Gold (RIAA)
Xscape singles chronology
"Feels So Good"
(1995)		 "Who Can I Run To"
(1995)		 "Can't Hang/Do You Want To"
(1996)

"Who Can I Run To" is a 1979 song written by Charles B. Simmons, Frank Alstin, Jr, Richard Roebuck and originally recorded by The Jones Girls. The song was the B-side to "You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else". [1]

Xscape version

  • A 1995 cover version by R&B group, Xscape, spent one week at number one on the U.S. R&B Singles chart and reached number eight on the pop chart.[2]
  • Juvenile sampled the Xscape version of the song in 2007 for a song also called "Who Can I Run To?" featuring Mannie Fresh and Soulja Slim. It was on an album entitled "Diary of a Soulja" that was never released.[3]

Other Versions

  • In 1996, Ricky Dillard and the New Generation Chorale released the album, "Worked It Out." It included a version of "Who Can I Run To?" that answered the question with "I need the Lord." [4]
  • At the end of 2008, this song was reworked into a house music track with vocals from Dawn Tallman, released on Thick Recordings.

Chart positions

Chart (1995) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 8
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[5] 1
UK Singles Charts 31

References

  1. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Jones-Girls-You-Gonna-Make-Me-Love-Somebody-Else/master/138881
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ (http://cmdegreez.blogspot.com/2011/01/juvenile-diary-of-soulja-unreleased.html)
  4. ↑ (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003GGMM2O/ref=dm_ws_sp_ps_dp).
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

See also

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