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"Who Can I Run To"
Song by The Jones Girls
from the album The Jones Girls
A-side"You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else"
Released1979
GenreR&B, Philadelphia soul, soul
Length3:25
LabelPhiladelphia International
Songwriter(s)Alstin, Roebuck, Simmons
"Who Can I Run To"
Single by Xscape
from the album Off the Hook
ReleasedOctober 3, 1995
GenreR&B, soul
Length3:34
LabelSo So Def
Songwriter(s)Alstin, Roebuck, Simmons
Producer(s)Jermaine Dupri
Xscape singles chronology
"Feels So Good"
(1995) 		"Who Can I Run To"
(1995) 		"Do You Want To/Can't Hang"
(1996)

"Who Can I Run To" is a song written by Charles B. Simmons, Frank Alstin Jr, and Richard Roebuck, first released by the Jones Girls in 1979. The song was the B-side to "You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else". After Xscape took the song to number 1 in 1995, Billboard named the song number 58 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.[1]

Xscape version and samples[edit]

Other versions[edit]

  • In 1995, R&B group Sista sampled the original version on "Good Thang" on their album 4 All the Sistas Around da World.
  • 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."[3]
  • At the end of 2008, this song was reworked into a house music track with vocals from Dawn Tallman, released on Thick Recordings.
  • Juvenile sampled the original 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.[4]

Charts[edit]

Certifications[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[14] Platinum 1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks". Billboard. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  2. ^ "Chart Archive". AllMusic. Retrieved 2007-06-23.
  3. ^ "Amazon.com". Amazon. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Cash Money Degreez". Cmdegreez.com. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Xscape – Who Can I Run To?". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  6. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  7. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  8. ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  9. ^ "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  10. ^ "Xscape Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  11. ^ "Xscape Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  12. ^ "Xscape Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  13. ^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  14. ^ "American single certifications – Xscape – Who Can I Run To". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
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