Have You Seen Her


"Have You Seen Her" is a song recorded by the soul vocal group The Chi-Lites and released on Brunswick Records in 1971. Composed by the lead singer Eugene Record and Barbara Acklin, the song was included on the group's 1971 album Give More Power to the People.
The Chi-Lites recorded "Have You Seen Her" in a style owing much to the doo-wop traditions of the late 1950s; after the success of another such song earlier in the year, The Temptations' "Just My Imagination." The song begins and ends with a narrator remarking on how he was once happy with a woman; however, she left him, so he passes the days by partaking in leisurely activities. Much to his dismay, the woman does not return or attempt to communicate with him as he had hoped. The narrator ends the song musing on how foolish he was for believing the woman of his dreams would always be around. Some radio edits have omitted the spoken dialogue. The song peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, and reached the top of the Billboard R&B Singles chart in November 1971. It also reached No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1972, and was a UK hit again in 1975 when reissued as a double A-side with "Oh Girl", this time peaking at No. 5.

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MC Hammer version

The most significant cover of "Have You Seen Her" was recorded by MC Hammer, for his successful 1990 LP, Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em, which reached No. 4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart.

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produced a parody version.
Patrick Simmons recorded a cover version on his 1983 solo album Arcade.
X Factor series 2 contestant Maria Lawson used a sample of the song for her 2006 debut single "Sleepwalking".
In 2013, voice actors Rob Paulsen and John DiMaggio performed a short parody version mocking the Anthony Weiner scandal. They incorrectly attributed the song to The Stylistics.
The song was included in the 2001 list of songs that Clear Channel Communications warned its radio stations that they "might not want to play" after 9/11 - presumably because family members and loved ones of the victims and those missing would find the lyrics unsettling.