"For You" was written by Lattimore's high-school friend Kenny Lerum.[5] Not expressly penned for Lattimore, Lerum originally wrote "For You" with his wife in mind.[6] Lattimore first sang the song at Lerum's 1993 wedding reception and later asked to record it when preparing a demo tape.[7] During the recording sessions for "For You," Lattimore later flipped that song's bridge, feeling it needed more pizzazz.[6]
"For You" became Lattimore's biggest hit yet. It peaked at number 33 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number six on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart,[9] marking his first and only appearance in the top 40 of the Hot 100 and the top 10 of the R&B chart.[10] A huge success on the adult contemporary section of the R&B charts, it also charted at number-one hit on Billboard's Adult R&B Songs. It held the chart's top spot for 17 weeks that year, and at the time, was the song with the most weeks at number-one in the chart's history, from its 1993 launch.[11] Its record was broken by Maxwell' "Fortunate" in 1999.[11] By August 1998, it had sold more than 391,000 copies domestically.[12]
Music video
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The official music video for the song was directed by Okuwah Garrett.[13]
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