The Saddest Song I Ever Heard

"The Saddest Song I Ever Heard"
Single by For Real
from the album Free
B-side "Free"
Released February 22, 1997
Format CD single, Cassette single, 7" vinyl
Recorded 1996
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)

"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.

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]

  • Latanyia Baldwin, Necia Bray, Josina Elder, Wendi Williams : lead and background vocals
  • Diane Warren : writer
  • Daryl Simmons : producer, keyboards and programming
  • Vance Taylor : piano
  • Ronnie Garrett : bass
  • Thom "TK" Kidd : recording engineer
  • Jon Gass : mixing engineer
  • Mike Alvord, Kevin Lively, Alex Lowe : assistant engineers

Chart positions

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

References

  1. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=fA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA45&dq=%22THE+SADDEST+SONG+i+EVER+HEARD%22#v=onepage&q=%22THE%20SADDEST%20SONG%20i%20EVER%20HEARD%22&f=false
  2. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=YQ8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42&dq=%22THE+SADDEST+SONG+i+EVER+HEARD%22#v=onepage&q=%22THE%20SADDEST%20SONG%20i%20EVER%20HEARD%22&f=false
  3. ↑ https://www.billboard.com/artist/302291/real/chart
  4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSS8z9g06fM
  5. ↑ "Free Credits at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
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