The Saddest Song I Ever Heard

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"The Saddest Song I Ever Heard"
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Single by For Real
from the album Free
B-side "Free"
ReleasedFebruary 22, 1997
Recorded1996
Genre R&B
Label Arista
Songwriter(s) Diane Warren
Producer(s) Daryl Simmons
For Real singles chronology
"Like I Do"
(1996)
"The Saddest Song I Ever Heard"
(1997)
"Hold Me"
(1997)
Music video
"The Saddest Song I Ever Heard" on YouTube

"The Saddest Song I Ever Heard" is the title of a R&B single by For Real. Written by Diane Warren. [1] [2] "The Saddest Song I Ever Heard" spent eight weeks on the US singles chart. [3] The song would be covered two years later by Australian girl group Cherry. Their version, released with the shortened title "Saddest Song", peaked at #46 in Australia.

Contents

Sony BMG released the video to YouTube in 2007, since the video has received nearly 350,000 views as of October 2009. [4]

Personnel

Information taken from Discogs. [5]

Chart positions

Chart (1997)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 65

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References

  1. "Billboard". 1997-05-24.
  2. "Billboard". 1997-05-31.
  3. https://www.billboard.com/artist/for-real/chart-history/
  4. "- YouTube". YouTube .
  5. "Free Credits at Discogs". Discogs.com . Retrieved 2015-08-02.