Who Can I Run To

"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]
• A remix was also made which sampled from Teddy Pendergrass's Love T.K.O.
• 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]
• R&B artist Anderson Paak sampled the Xscape version for his song "Might Be" from the Venice album in 2015.

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. singles "Chart Archive" Check |url= value (help). AllMusic. Retrieved 2007-06-23.
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. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 641.

See also

• R&B number-one hits of 1995 (USA)