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Xscape version and samples

*A 1995

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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. *A remix was also made, which sampled former labelmate

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" *R&B artist Anderson Paak sampled the Xscape version for his song "Might Be" from the album ''

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'' in 2014. This song would later be covered by DJ Luke Nasty in 2015, also sampling the Xscape version.

Other versions

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track with vocals from Dawn Tallman, released on Thick Recordings. *

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sampled the original version of the song in 2007 for a song also called "Who Can I Run To?" featuring

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. It was on an album entitled "Diary of a Soulja" that was never released.

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