"Someone to You" | ||||
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Single by Banners | ||||
from the album Where the Shadow Ends | ||||
Released | 9 June 2017 | |||
Recorded | 2017 | |||
Genre | Pop rock, Indie rock | |||
Length | 3:39 | |||
Label | ||||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Stephen Kozmeniul | |||
Banners singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Someone to You" on YouTube |
"Someone to You" is a song by English musician Banners, released in June 2017 [1] as the third single from Banners second extended play Empires on Fire and his second album Where the Shadow Ends. The song is a declaration of the willingness to fully commit to a relationship. The declaration is delivered in a spirited melody and is reinforced by gang backing vocals.
Though it did not chart at the time of its release, it later became a viral sleeper hit in 2020 after gaining popularity on the TikTok video sharing app.
"Someone to You" was released in June 2017. [2]
In 2020, it was used in a trailer for a TV show, in a movie, in a T-Mobile commercial and on TikTok. The song's success took Banners by surprise saying at first, he had no idea why the track was getting so many unexpected streams: "I try not to look at my Spotify numbers too much...but every now and then I was just checking it and it was like, 'This is getting more and more popular every week. So I went to the record label...and I was like, 'Can we find out what's going on, please?'" [3]
In January 2021, he performed the song at Live with Kelly and Ryan . [3]
The Spill Magazine called the song "magnetic and warm, capturing the simple pleasures of falling in love, while maintaining the thought-provoking choral components that define the Banners sound." [2]
Mary Chang from There Goes the Fear said "The song is a wonderful foot-stomper, with an incessant, irrepressible beat, and lyrics that beg to be sung along to." [4]
Weekly charts
| Year-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [33] | Platinum | 70,000‡ |
Belgium (BEA) [34] | Platinum | 40,000‡ |
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [35] | 2× Platinum | 120,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada) [36] | Platinum | 80,000‡ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [37] | Gold | 45,000‡ |
France (SNEP) [38] | Gold | 100,000‡ |
Germany (BVMI) [39] | Gold | 200,000‡ |
Italy (FIMI) [40] | Platinum | 100,000‡ |
Netherlands (NVPI) [41] | Platinum | 40,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [42] | Platinum | 30,000‡ |
Poland (ZPAV) [43] | Platinum | 50,000‡ |
Portugal (AFP) [44] | Platinum | 10,000‡ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [45] | Platinum | 60,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [46] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [47] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000‡ |
Streaming | ||
Sweden (GLF) [48] | Platinum | 8,000,000† |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |