Have You Seen Her - wikipedia Have You Seen Her `` Have You Seen Her '' Single by The Chi - Lites from the album ( For God 's Sake ) Give More Power to the People B - side `` Yes I 'm Ready ( If I Do n't Get To Go ) '' Released October 1971 Format 7 '' Recorded 1971 Genre R&B, soul Length 5 : 08 Label Brunswick B 55462 Songwriter ( s ) Barbara Acklin, Eugene Record Producer ( s ) Eugene Record The Chi - Lites singles chronology `` I Want to Pay You Back ( For Loving Me ) '' ( 1971 ) `` Have You Seen Her '' ( 1971 ) `` Oh Girl '' ( 1971 ) `` I Want to Pay You Back ( For Loving Me ) '' ( 1971 ) `` Have You Seen Her '' ( 1971 ) `` Oh Girl '' ( 1971 ) `` Have You Seen Her '' Single by MC Hammer from the album Please Hammer Do n't Hurt ' Em Released March 16, 1990 ( 1990 - 03 - 16 ) Format CD single Recorded Genre Hip hop Label Capitol Songwriter ( s ) Eugene Record Barbara Acklin Producer ( s ) MC Hammer MC Hammer singles chronology `` U Ca n't Touch This '' ( 1989 ) `` Have You Seen Her '' ( 1990 ) `` Pray '' ( 1990 ) `` U Ca n't Touch This '' ( 1989 ) `` Have You Seen Her '' ( 1990 ) `` Pray '' ( 1990 ) `` 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 ( For God 's Sake ) Give More Power to the People. Contents 1 Song 2 Charts 2.1 Weekly charts 2.2 Year - end charts 3 References 4 External links Song 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 ( Running Away with Me ). '' 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. However, much to the dismay of the narrator, the woman does not return, or attempt to communicate with him as he had hoped. The narrator ends the song by 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 for just the singing portions. The song peaked at # 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, and reached the top of the Billboard R&B Singles chart in November 1971. It also reached # 3 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1972. The most significant cover of `` Have You Seen Her '' was recorded by MC Hammer, for his successful 1990 LP, Please Hammer, Do n't Hurt ' Em, which reached # 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and # 8 on the UK Singles Chart. The Barron Knights produced a parody version. Patrick Simmons ( of The Doobie Brothers ) 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 in its original recording by The Chi - Lites was included in the 2001 Clear Channel memorandum list released by Clear Channel Communications after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, probably because at the light of the attacks the song lyrics could sound sensitive to the family of the victims, implying the girl could have died. Charts Weekly charts The Chi - Lites version ( 1971 ) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot 100 U.S. Billboard Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs UK Singles Chart MC Hammer version ( 1990 ) Peak position Finland ( Suomen virallinen lista ) 6 Germany ( Official German Charts ) 10 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 UK Singles Chart 8 Year - end charts Chart ( 1990 ) Position U.S. Billboard Hot 100 47 References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 117. Jump up ^ Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 103. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 357. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ Video on YouTube Jump up ^ Pennanen, Timo ( 2006 ). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 ( in Finnish ) ( 1st ed. ). Helsinki : Tammi. ISBN 978 - 951 - 1 - 21053 - 5. Jump up ^ `` Musicline.de -- MC Hammer Single - Chartverfolgung '' ( in German ). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Jump up ^ `` Billboard Top 100 - 1990 ''. Retrieved 2009 - 09 - 15. External links Official Website Allmusic Preceded by `` Inner City Blues ( Make Me Wanna Holler ) '' by Marvin Gaye Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles number - one single November 20 -- 27, 1971 Succeeded by `` Family Affair '' by Sly & the Family Stone The Chi - Lites Marshall Thompson Tara Thompson Fred Simon Robert `` Squirrel '' Lester Eugene Record Creadel `` Red '' Jones Clarence Johnson Stanley Anderson Willie Kensey Doc Roberson David Scott Danny Johnson Vandy Hampton Frank Reed Anthony Watson Studio albums Give It Away I Like Your Lovin ' ( Do You Like Mine ? ) ( For God 's Sake ) Give More Power to the People A Lonely Man A Letter to Myself Chi - Lites Toby Half a Love Happy Being Lonely Help Wanted Compilation albums Greatest Hits Singles `` The Twelfth of Never '' `` Have You Seen Her '' `` Oh Girl '' Related topics Discography Book : The Chi - Lites MC Hammer Studio albums `` Feel My Power '' ( 1987 ) `` Let 's Get It Started '' ( 1988 ) `` Please Hammer, Do n't Hurt ' Em '' ( 1990 ) `` Too Legit to Quit '' ( 1991 ) `` The Funky Headhunter '' ( 1994 ) `` Inside Out '' ( 1995 ) `` Active Duty '' ( 2001 ) `` Full Blast '' ( 2004 ) `` Look Look Look '' ( 2006 ) Compilations `` Greatest Hits '' ( 1996 ) `` Back 2 Back Hits '' ( 1997 ) `` The Hits '' ( 2000 ) Singles `` Let 's Get It Started '' ( 1987 ) `` Pump It Up '' ( 1988 ) `` Turn This Mutha Out '' ( 1988 ) `` They Put Me in the Mix '' ( 1988 ) `` U Ca n't Touch This '' ( 1990 ) `` Have You Seen Her '' ( 1990 ) `` Pray '' ( 1990 ) `` Here Comes the Hammer '' ( 1990 ) `` Yo ! ! Sweetness '' ( 1991 ) `` 2 Legit 2 Quit '' ( 1991 ) `` Addams Groove '' ( 1991 ) `` Do Not Pass Me By '' ( 1991 ) `` This Is the Way We Roll '' ( 1991 ) `` Pumps and a Bump '' ( 1993 ) `` It 's All Good '' ( 1993 ) `` Do n't Stop '' ( 1994 ) `` Straight to My Feet '' ( 1994 ) Related articles Discography Hammerman Hammertime The Surreal Life ( season 1 ) Capitol Death Row Records Giant Records EMI Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Have_You_Seen_Her&oldid=790566786 '' Categories : 1971 singles 1990 singles The Chi - Lites songs MC Hammer songs Billboard Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs number - one singles Songs written by Eugene Record Songs written by Barbara Acklin Rhythm and blues ballads Brunswick Records singles 1971 songs Torch songs Hidden categories : CS1 Finnish - language sources ( fi ) Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from January 2009 Singlechart usages for Germany Talk Contents About Wikipedia Nederlands Edit links This page was last edited on 14 July 2017, at 15 : 57. 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Question: who sings tell me have you seen her
Answer: The Chi-Lites