"Just to See Her" is a 1987 top ten hit song recorded by the American

United States

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 R&B and pop

Pop music

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 singer/songwriter Smokey Robinson

Smokey Robinson

William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson is one of the primary figures associated with Motown, second only to the company's founder, Berry Gordy...

. Released as the first single from his million-selling Motown album, One Heartbeat

One Heartbeat (album)

One Heartbeat is the title of a million-selling 1987 album by R&B and Pop/Rock singer/songwriter Smokey Robinson. The album contains the Billboard Top 10 singles "Just to See Her" and "One Heartbeat"...

, "Just to See Her" peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100

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 chart in June of 1987. It also reached #2 on the R&B chart

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 and hit #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart

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 that year. In the United Kingdom

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, the song peaked at #52 on the UK Singles Chart

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. In addition, Robinson won a Grammy Award

Grammy Award

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 for "Just to See Her" at the 1988 ceremony

Grammy Awards of 1988

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 in the category Best Male R&B Vocal performance

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.

In 2002, saxophonist

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 Greg Vail covered the song off his album E-Motion.