"Someone Else's Star" | ||||
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Single by Bryan White | ||||
from the album Bryan White | ||||
B-side | "This Town" [1] | |||
Released | May 22, 1995 | |||
Recorded | 1994 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:21 | |||
Label | Asylum | |||
Songwriter(s) | Skip Ewing, Jim Weatherly | |||
Producer(s) | Billy Joe Walker Jr. Kyle Lehning | |||
Bryan White singles chronology | ||||
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"Someone Else's Star" is a country song co-written by Skip Ewing and Jim Weatherly , and first recorded by American country music singerBryan White who cut the song for his self-titled debut album, and released his version as a single. The third single from this album, it was also his first Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart.
The song's narrator is a male character who laments his inability to find someone with whom he can fall in love. He then assumes that others are getting what he is wishing for because he is "wishing on someone else's star".
White's version of the song debuted at number 60 on the Hot Country Songs chart dated May 27, 1995. It charted for twenty weeks on that chart, and reached Number One on the chart dated September 9, 1995, where it remained for one week, also giving White his first Number One single.
Chart (1995) | Peak position |
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Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] | 5 |
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [3] | 12 |
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] | 1 |
Chart (1995) | Position |
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Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [5] | 83 |
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [6] | 75 |
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