Someone
SWV featuring Puff Daddy
1997
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About SWV
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
SWV entered the recording scene as an R&B vocal trio with the RCA album It's About Time. Early repertoire included I'm So Into You, Weak and Right Here, whose Teddy Riley remix expanded the group's sound. New Beginning followed in 1996, including You're the One and Use Your Heart. Release Some Tension then brought further work with producers including Brian Alexander Morgan and Timbaland, alongside collaborations with hip-hop performers.
Artist background sources
SWV - official group biography
Read trio/RCA debut, early repertoire, Riley remix and second/third-album producer passages. The biography misleadingly separates Human Nature from the Right Here remix; no separate song or version is created. Rankings, awards and current activity are omitted. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-18. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
Someone by SWV featuring Puff Daddy appears at number 88 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1997. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Billboard year-end 1997 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
Other appearances and versions
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Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1997 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
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