"Send Me a Lover" is a single performed by Taylor Dayne

Taylor Dayne

Taylor Dayne was born Leslie Wunderman on March 7, 1962 before later adopting her current stage name. She is an American pop vocalist, songwriter, and dance artist. Overall, she has had eighteen individual hit songs reach the top ten in Billboard magazine...

, written by Rick Hahn and George Thatcher, and released on September 6, 1993 from her Soul Dancing

Soul Dancing

Soul Dancing is the third album by singer-songwriter, Taylor Dayne. It was released in 1993 on Arista Records. Soul Dancing peaked at #51 on The Billboard 200. Includes hit singles, "Send Me a Lover", "I'll Wait", "Say a Prayer", and her rendition of Barry White's "Can't Get Enough of Your...

album (July 12, 1993). It peaked at number 50 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 and number 19 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks

Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks

The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States...

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Formats and track listings

U.S. CD maxi single

1. "Send Me a Lover" – 4:28
2. "With Every Beat of My Heart" – 4:22
3. "Love Will Lead You Back" – 4:37
4. "If You Were Mine" – 5:01
5. "Someone Like You" – 3:50

Charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart	42
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	50
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	19

Céline Dion version

Dion's version (with heavily revised verses and slightly altered chorus lyrics) was a "leftover" from the recording sessions of the Celine Dion

Celine Dion (album)

Celine Dion is an eponymous album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released on March 31, 1992. It is her second English album and 17th in total...

album in 1992, which remained unreleased until 1994. It was offered for various benefit collections, mostly for women’s causes. First it was released on the Kumbaya Album 1994. All proceeds from this CD went to support AIDS

AIDS

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...

 awareness and services. It also appeared on the In Between Dances (1995) (of which profits were given to research on breast cancer

Breast cancer

Breast cancer is cancer originating from breast tissue, most commonly from the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. Cancers originating from ducts are known as ductal carcinomas; those originating from lobules are known as lobular carcinomas...

), The Power of Peace (1996) (to celebrate the 50 years of CARA), and Women for Women, Vol. 2 (1996) (another album to get funds for the research on breast cancer). It was also included as the B-side of the UK single "Pour que tu m'aimes encore

Pour Que Tu M'aimes Encore

"Pour que tu m'aimes encore" is the first hit single from album D'eux by Céline Dion. It was released on March 13, 1995 in Francophone countries and in September 1995 in other European countries. In Canada it was a radio only release. The song was also released in Japan in October 1996...

" in 1995.

Dion's version was issued in the U.S. in December 1996, as a radio single from the Women for Women, Vol. 2 album, released on September 17, 1996. It peaked at number 23 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks

Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks

The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States...

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Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	23