"Somebody Loves You Baby (You Know Who It Is)" is a song by American singer

Patti LaBelle Patricia Louise Holte (born May 24, 1944), known professionally as Patti LaBelle, is an American R&B singer, actress and businesswoman. LaBelle is referred to as the " Godmother of Soul". She began her career in the early 1960s as lead singe ...

. It was written and produced by

Bunny Sigler Walter "Bunny" Sigler (March 27, 1941 – October 6, 2017) was an American R&B singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer who did extensive work with the team of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, and was instrumental in creating th ...

and Eugene "Lambchops" Curry for her 1991 studio album, '' Burnin'''. The song reached number two on the US ''Billboard''

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in early 1992. Like her previous single "Feels Like Another", "Somebody Loves You..." was also shot at the Apollo Theater. Rapper Plies later sampled the song for his track, "Somebody (Loves You)" off his second release, ''

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''. The song is featured in series "Happily Divorced" sung by one of the characters.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Gems''. *Patti LaBelle – executive producer, vocals *Eugene "Lambchops" Curry – co-producer, writer *

– producer, writer *Michael Stokes – executive A&R

Charts

References

{{Patti LaBelle 1991 singles Patti LaBelle songs Soul ballads Songs written by Bunny Sigler Pop ballads 1990s ballads