Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)

"Someday"
Single by Elton Britt
A-side	"Weep No More, My Darlin'" [1]
Published	December 29, 1944 (1944-12-29) by Main Street Songs, Inc., New York [2]
Released	January 29, 1945 (1945-1-29) [1]
Recorded	November 22, 1944 (1944-11-22) [3]
Genre	Hillbilly
Length	2:51
Label	Bluebird 33-0521 [1]
Songwriter(s)	Jimmie Hodges [2]

"Someday You'll Want Me to Want You [2] "
Single by Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra
B-side	"And It Still Goes" [4]
Released	August 1949 (1949-8)
Genre	Popular music
Length	3:10
Label	RCA Victor 20-3510 [4]
Songwriter(s)	Jimmie Hodges

"Someday You'll Want Me to Want You" is a popular song published in 1944 by Jimmie Hodges. ^[2] The song became a standard, recorded by many pop and country music singers.

The song features in Series 3 Episode 6 ‘Christening’ of the British comedy The Royle Family.

Lawsuit

In April 1951, Hugh O. Starr, an inventor from Steubenville, Ohio, filed an action in United States District Court, Southern District of New York, against Jimmie Hodges and publisher Duchess Music Corporation. Starr alleged that he wrote the words and music to 'Someday' in 1944, after which the defendants "appropriated, copyrighted, published and sold" his work. He was awarded $15,000 in a settlement ^[5] ($181,700 in 2024 ^[6] ).

Charting versions

• Elton Britt's 1946 version peaked at number 2 on the Most Played Juke Box Folk Records chart. ^[7]
• The recording by Vaughn Monroe was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-3510 (78rpm) and 47–2986. It first reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on July 29, 1949, and lasted eighteen weeks on the chart, spending two weeks at number 1. ^{[8] [9]}
• The recording by The Mills Brothers was released by Decca Records as catalog number 24694. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on August 12, 1949, and lasted 15 weeks on the chart, peaking at number 8. ^[8]
• A version by Jodie Sands barely made the Top 100 chart in 1958, reaching number 95, but did better in the United Kingdom, where it spent 10 weeks on the charts, peaking at number 14. ^[10]
• Ricky Nelson released a version in 1958 which reached number 9 in the UK, ^[11] and number 3 in Norway. ^[12]
• Singer Della Reese released a rendition of the song in 1960, and it peaked at number 56 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, ^[13] and number 31 on Cash Box magazine's best-selling chart.
• American country artist Patsy Cline posthumously released a single version of the song, which reached number 23 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart in 1964.

Other recorded versions

• Eddy Arnold, 1954
• Gene Autry, 1946
• Brook Benton, 1960
• Issy Bonn, 1946
• Tanya Rae Brown, 1999
• Ray Charles, 1962
• Sam Cooke, 1958
• Norrie Cox & His New Orleans Stompers
• Hank Crawford, 1968
• Vic Damone, 1958
• Ken Dodd, 1976
• Ronnie Dove, 1966
• Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters, 1954
• Maureen Evans, 1958
• Connie Francis, 1962
• Don Gibson, 1968
• Jim Hendricks
• Hoosier Hot Shots
• Bunk Johnson
• George Jones, 1965
• Tom Jones, 1966
• Kitty Kallen, 1961
• Steve Kuhn
• Lester Lanin
• Brenda Lee, 1962
• Jerry Lee Lewis, 1987
• Warner Mack, 1962
• Mando & The Chili Peppers
• Dean Martin, 1960
• Emile Martyn Band
• Cher 1971
• Mina, 1972
• Vaughn Monroe, 1949
• Anne Murray, 2002
• Willie Nelson, 1993
• Daniel O'Donnell, 1994
• Les Paul and Mary Ford, 1962
• Gene Pitney, 1965
• The Ravens, 1949
• Jim Reeves, 1959
• Cliff Richard with The Shadows, 1965
• The Rim Rock Ramblers
• Tex Ritter
• Jimmy Roselli, 1971
• Cynthia Sayer, 2000
• Sonny & Cher, 1971
• Red Steagall, 1976
• Nolan Strong & the Diablos, 1961
• Swingville All-Stars
• Justin Tubb, 1957
• Gene Vincent & The Shouts, 1964
• Bobby Vinton, 1966
• Yotam Perel
• The Ames Brothers with Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra, 1959
• Mark Wynter, 1965

References

1. "Bluebird 33-0521 (33-0500 series (10-in. Country songs)) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
2. Library of Congress. Copyright Office. (1945). Catalog of Copyright Entries 1945 Music New Series Vol 40 Pt 3 No 1. United States Copyright Office. U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
3. "Victor matrix D4AB-0437. Someday / Elton Britt ; Skytoppers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
4. "RCA Victor 20-3500 - 4000 78rpm numerical listing discography". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
5. "Writer Sues Charging Song Was Pirated" . The Fresno Bee. April 17, 1951. p. 7. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
6. 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–" . Retrieved February 29, 2024.
7. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 53.
8. Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research.
9. Gilliland, John. (197X). "Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #23 - All Tracks UNT Digital Library". Digital.library.unt.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
10. "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
11. "Ricky Nelson". The Official Charts Company.
12. "Ricky Nelson - Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)". Norwegiancharts.com.
13. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 699.