"Have You Ever Loved Somebody" is a song by American R&B singer Freddie Jackson, and third single released from his fourth studio album, Just Like the First Time. The song was written by Barry Eastmond and Jolyon Skinner.
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Chart performance
The single was his second release from the album Just Like the First Time issued on Capitol Records. Jackson scored his fifth number-one on the US Hot Black Singles chart, staying at the top spot for two weeks. The song was his third consecutive No. 1 R&B single after "Tasty Love" and "A Little Bit More" from the album.
"Have You Ever Loved Somebody" peaked at number 69 on the US Hot 100 Singles chart, Outside the US, "Have You Ever Loved Somebody" went to number 33 on the UK Singles Chart.
The music video for "Have You Ever Loved Somebody" was directed by Michael Oblowitz in Miami and New York, in 1986.
Track listings and formats
Remix and additional production by Zack Vaz
Personnel
Keyboards, Drum Programming – Barry Eastmond
Background Vocals – Freddie Jackson, Curtis King, Vanessa Thomas
Producer – Barry Eastmond
Assistant Engineer – Rowe Shamir
Synthesizer – Eric Rehl, Barry Eastmond
Lead Vocals – Freddie Jackson
Writer – Barry Eastmond, Jolyon Skinner
Engineer – Ron Banks, Bob Rosa
Charts
Samples
This song was sampled for the Glasses Malone record "Sun Comes Up". Smooth jazz musician Najee covered the song featuring Jackson on his 1998 greatest hits album, The Best of Najee.
Producer Dame Grease also sampled this for the track 'Have You Eva' by DMX (rapper) on his 2012 album Undisputed.
In popular culture
The song appears on the fictional in-game radio station The Vibe 98.8 in the 2008 video game Grand Theft Auto IV .