"Some Kind of Wonderful" | ||||
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Single by Soul Brothers Six | ||||
B-side | "I'll Be Loving You" | |||
Released | May 1967 | |||
Recorded | March 30, 1967 | |||
Studio | Atlantic Studios, New York City | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 2:38 | |||
Label | Atlantic 2406 | |||
Songwriter(s) | John Ellison | |||
Soul Brothers Six singles chronology | ||||
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"(She's) Some Kind of Wonderful" is a song written by Canadian-American musician John Ellison [2] and first recorded by his R&B group, Soul Brothers Six, in 1967, peaking at number 91 on the US Billboard Hot 100. [3]
The best known version is by American rock band Grand Funk Railroad from 1974 which reached number three on the same chart.
"Some Kind of Wonderful" | ||||
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Single by Grand Funk Railroad | ||||
from the album All the Girls in the World Beware!!! | ||||
B-side | "Wild" | |||
Released | December 9, 1974 [4] | |||
Recorded | 1974 at the Swamp [5] | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 3:22 | |||
Label | Capitol 4002 | |||
Songwriter(s) | John Ellison | |||
Producer(s) | Jimmy Ienner [5] | |||
Grand Funk Railroad singles chronology | ||||
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In 1974, American rock band Grand Funk Railroad recorded the song for their album All the Girls in the World Beware!!! ; it reached number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 on February 22, 1975. [6] It also ranked number six on Billboard's Hot 100 year-end chart for 1975 as shown on the December 27, 1975, print edition of Billboard, which contained the Hot 100 for 1975. [7] This is the official list still shown on Billboard magazine website. [8]
Their version of the song appeared in the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on the fictitious radio station K-DST.
Year | Artist | Chart | Peak position |
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1967 | Soul Brothers Six | US Billboard Hot 100 [10] | 91 |
1968 | The Fantastic Johnny C | US Billboard Hot 100 [9] | 87 |
1975 | Grand Funk Railroad | Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) | 6 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [6] | 3 | ||
1994 | Huey Lewis and the News | Canada Adult Contemporary ( RPM ) [11] | 37 |
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40) [12] | 10 | ||
US Billboard Hot 100 [13] | 44 | ||
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [14] | 7 | ||
2002 | Toploader | UK Singles (OCC) [15] | 76 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA) [16] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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