Someday (The Strokes song)

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"Someday"
The Strokes - Someday - CD single cover.jpg
Single by The Strokes
from the album Is This It
B-side
  • "Alone, Together (Home Recording)"
  • "Is This It (Home Recording)"
ReleasedAugust 5, 2002 (2002-08-05)
Genre
Length3:05
Label
Songwriter(s) Julian Casablancas
Producer(s) Gordon Raphael
The Strokes singles chronology
"Last Nite"
(2001)
"Someday"
(2002)
"12:51"
(2003)
Music video
"Someday" on YouTube

"Someday" is a song by American rock band the Strokes, written by singer Julian Casablancas. It was released on August 5, 2002, as the third and final single from Is This It (2001). It peaked at number 17 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart and at number 27 on the UK Singles Chart. It was ranked at number 53 on Pitchfork magazine's list of the 200 Best Songs of the 2000's. [1] In 2020, Paste and The Independent ranked the song number eight and number three, respectively, on their lists of the 20 greatest Strokes songs. [2] [3]

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Music video

The music video for the song was directed by Roman Coppola and features appearances by Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum (variously the guitarist, bassist, and drummer from Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver) as well as the members of Guided by Voices. [4] The video also features Richard Karn as himself, while the Strokes take on Guided by Voices in a fictional game of Family Feud .

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Someday"3:05
2."Alone, Together (Home Recording)"2:59
3."Is This It (Home Recording)"3:27
4."Soma (Live)"3:29

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2002)Peak
position
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan) [5] 49
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [6] 84
Scotland (OCC) [7] 26
UK Singles (OCC) [8] 27
UK Indie (OCC) [9] 5
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [10] 17

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Portugal (AFP) [11] Gold20,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [12] Gold400,000
United States (RIAA) [13] Platinum1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesAugust 5, 2002 Alternative radio RCA [14]
United KingdomSeptember 23, 2002
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
Rough Trade [15]

Appearances in other media

This song was featured in the 2006 movie Click , [16] starring Adam Sandler, and on the Major League Baseball 2K8 soundtrack. [17] [18]

It was sampled on Rhymefest's song "Devil's Pie", produced by Mark Ronson from the album Blue Collar . [19]

The Australian ISP iiNet frequently uses "Someday" in its advertisements. [20] As of 2018, TUI also use the song.

On January 20, 2017, Julia Jacklin covered the song on Like a Version , a program hosted by Australian radio station Triple J. [21]

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