"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

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