"Who Can I Run To" is a song originally recorded by The Jones Girls

The Jones Girls

The Jones Girls were an R&B trio of sisters from Detroit, Michigan. They first recorded for GM Records in 1968, then recorded for Philadelphia International Records with Gamble & Huff.-History:...

 in 1979. A 1995 cover version

Cover version

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 by R&B

Contemporary R&B

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 group, Xscape

Xscape (band)

Xscape, was a female American R&B group that originally started out as a quintet and then became a quartet. The group had a string of hit songs during the 1990s...

, 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 from Teddy Pendergrass

Teddy Pendergrass

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's Love T.K.O.

Love T.K.O.

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Juvenile

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

Mannie Fresh

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 and Soulja Slim

Soulja Slim

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At the end of 2008, this song was reworked into a house music

House music

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

Chart positions

Chart (1995)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	8
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	1
UK Singles Charts	31