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Single by Jocelyn Brown | ||||
from the album Somebody Else's Guy | ||||
B-side | "Remix" | |||
Released | 1984 | |||
Genre | Post-disco [1] | |||
Length | 6:28(Album version) | |||
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"Somebody Else's Guy" is a 1984 song written and popularized by Jocelyn Brown. On the US soul chart, the single peaked at number two and stalled at number 75 on the Hot 100, [2] but in the UK it made the pop top 20. On the disco chart, "Somebody Else's Guy" peaked at number 13. [3] It was the title track of Brown's debut solo album, released the same year.
Chart (1984-1985) | Peak position |
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Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [4] | 22 |
Ireland (IRMA) [5] | 16 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [6] | 31 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [7] | 33 |
UK Singles (OCC) [8] | 13 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [9] | 75 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [10] | 2 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI) [11] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
"Somebody Else's Guy" | ||||
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Single by CeCe Peniston | ||||
from the album The Best Of | ||||
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Recorded | 1996 | |||
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Length | 5:37(Album version) | |||
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Producer(s) | Darren "Nitro" Clowers | |||
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"Classic Old School 12" Mix" | ||||
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1996 Soul Train Performance on YouTube |
In 1996,the song was covered by dance music singer CeCe Peniston for her studio album I'm Movin' On . In 1998,it was released as a single to promote Peniston's greatest hits collection, The Best of CeCe Peniston ,an import compilation issued in 1998 only in Europe and Japan.
Both Brown in 1984, [13] and Peniston in 1998 reached the same chart position on the UK Top 75,peaking at number thirteen.
The single reached a Top 10 position on the UK Chart-Track list,peaking at number six in February.
Alan Jones from Music Week praised the song by calling it "an excellent cover". He also felt that "Tuff Jam deliver two quality mixes,using their swinging groove with disco stabs,strings and Peniston's vocals,giving us an uplifting disco-fuelled club anthem with crossover potential". [14]
Chart (1998) | Peak position |
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Europe (European Hot 100 Singles) [29] | 32 |
Scotland (OCC) [30] | 32 |
UK (GfK Chart-Track) [31] | 6 |
UK Singles (OCC) [32] | 13 |
UK Dance (OCC) [33] | 2 |
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC) [34] | 6 |
Brown (...) is best known for her 1983 anthem "Somebody Else's Guy" which was a great example of quality post-Disco dance music emanating out of New York City.
サムバディ・エルスズ・ガイ" ▪ 発売日 1998年02月25日 ▪ 品番 POCM-1234
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