Someday Never Comes

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"Someday Never Comes"
Someday Never Comes.jpg
German release picture sleeve
Single by Creedence Clearwater Revival
from the album Mardi Gras
B-side "Tearin' Up the Country"
ReleasedMay 1972
RecordedJanuary 1972
Genre
Length4:01
Label Fantasy
Songwriter(s) John Fogerty
Producer(s)
Creedence Clearwater Revival singles chronology
"Sweet Hitch-Hiker"
(1971)		"Someday Never Comes"
(1972)

"Someday Never Comes" is a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival from their album Mardi Gras , released in 1972 and written by the frontman, John Fogerty. The single reached No. 25 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in June 1972, with Doug Clifford's "Tearin' Up the Country" as the B-side. [2] This was the final single released by Creedence Clearwater Revival before their official breakup in 1972.

Record World said it's "perhaps the strongest cut" on the album with "outstanding lyrics, vocals." [3]

Song meaning

In a 2013 statement, Fogerty revealed that the song reflects on his parents' divorce and his own. He explained,

When I wrote this song, my life was pretty chaotic. I knew my marriage was going to break up. My band was falling apart. I was beginning to sense the darkness that was Fantasy Records. This song was inspired by my parents' divorce when I was a young boy and the effect it had on me. At the time, they told me, "Someday, you'll understand." The truth is that you never do, and I found myself facing this as a parent. The irony was painful and inescapable. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Gibbs, Tom (February 26, 2021). "Creedence Clearwater Revival: Pendulum and Mardi Gras 50th Anniversary 180 gram LPs". Positive Feedback. Retrieved March 30, 2024. ...the album's two singles were both penned by Fogerty; "Sweet Hitch-Hiker"—which hearkened to the glories of CCR past—and "Someday Never Comes," which was a classic bittersweet country rocker.
  2. ↑ "Creedence Clearwater Revival: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. April 29, 1972. p. 1. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
  4. ↑ "John Fogerty, Wrote a Song For Everyone". Vanguardrecords.com/. Retrieved December 25, 2015.


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