Something She Said

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"Something She Said"
Belouis Some Something She Said 1993 single cover.jpg
Single by Belouis Some
from the album Living Your Life
Released30 August 1993
Length4:04
Label Arista
Songwriter Belouis Some
Producers
  • Geoff Dugmore
  • Nigel Butler
Belouis Some singles chronology
"Some Girls"
(1988)		"Something She Said"
(1993)		"Sometimes"
(1993)

"Something She Said" is a song by British singer and songwriter Belouis Some, released on 30 August 1993 as the lead single from his third and final studio album, Living Your Life (1993). It was written by Some and produced by Geoff Dugmore and Nigel Butler. "Something She Said" peaked at number 106 in the UK singles chart.

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Background

After a period of fronting the band The Big Broadcast, Belouis Some returned to his next project as a solo artist, recording the album Living Your Life . [1] "Something She Said" was released as the album's lead single on 30 August 1993. [2] It was Some's first single since "Some Girls" was released in 1988. "Something She Said" failed to reach the top 100 of the UK singles chart, reaching its peak at number 106 in its debut week on the chart. [3] Living Your Life was originally scheduled for release in the UK on 13 September 1993, [1] but the album was subsequently shelved and only given a release in Germany in October 1993. [4] In a 2023 interview, Some called it "a great single" and attributed its commercial failure, alongside that of the album, to Arista Records' and BMG's lack of interest in promoting it. [5]

Music video

The song's accompanying music video was shot in Normandy, France. [6]

Critical reception

Upon its release as a single, The Arbroath Herald awarded "Something She Said" a seven out of ten rating, with the reviewers calling it "a bit of a grower". They continued, "At first hearing, it's a fairly ordinary ballad, with drums and vocal and lots of other ingredients that we'd heard a hundred times before. After two or three hearings, however, the tune began to stick in our minds, and we feel it may be a grower to watch." [7] Jim Whiteford, writing for the Dundee Evening Telegraph , noted the "Beatlish" and John Lennon-styled sound on what he described as "quite good and different for '93". [8] Andrew Hirst of the Huddersfield Daily Examiner remarked, "The 60s psychedelia swagger is punctuated by some incisive guitar work. It all works rather well." [9]

A reviewer for the Sunderland Echo felt that the "funk rock dance track" was "not in the same class as the excellent 'Imagination' which first brought him to the public's attention in the 1980s". [10] John Greenwood of the Halifax Evening Courier was negative in his review, describing it as "bog-standard pop" and asking "Why has this talentless individual been given another chance? Why?" [11]

Track listings

7–inch (UK and Europe) and cassette single (UK) [12] [13]

  1. "Something She Said" – 4:04
  2. "Something She Said" (Ambient Mix) – 8:22

12–inch single (UK) [14]

  1. "Something She Said" (12") – 5:38
  2. "Something She Said" (Dub) – 4:59
  3. "Something She Said" (Ambient Mix) – 8:22
  4. "Something She Said" (Ragga Mix) – 6:39

CD single (UK) [15]

  1. "Something She Said" – 4:04
  2. "Something She Said" (Ambient Mix) – 8:22
  3. "Something She Said" (Dub) – 4:59
  4. "Something She Said" (Ragga Dub) – 6:39
  5. "Something She Said" (12") – 5:38

CD single (Germany) [16]

  1. "Something She Said" (Radio Version) – 3:52
  2. "Something She Said" (Instrumental Version) – 4:25
  3. "Something She Said" (Album Version) – 4:20

Personnel

"Something She Said"

Production

Other

Charts

Chart (1993)Peak
position
UK Singles Chart (OCC) [3] 106

References

  1. 1 2 Lewis, Paul (10 September 1993). "Chart-bound" . South Wales Evening Post . p. 4. Retrieved 27 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Single Releases". Music Week . 28 August 1993. p. 27. ISSN   0265-1548.
  3. 1 2 "Singles - Positions 76 to 200". Charts Plus . Spotlight Publications. 11 September 1993. p. 2.
  4. ↑ "Upcoming Album Releases". Music & Media . Vol. 10, no. 40. 2 October 1993. p. 19. OCLC   29800226.
  5. ↑ Blame, Steve (3 April 2023). "BELOUIS SOME; Beyond His Wildest IMAGINATION to FREDDIE MERCURY'S Queen support". POP The History Makers In-Depth Career Interviews. Retrieved 27 October 2025– via YouTube.
  6. ↑ "Something She Said (Official Music Video)" . Retrieved 27 October 2025– via YouTube.
  7. ↑ "On the Right Track: Single Reviews" . The Arbroath Herald . 3 September 1993. p. 25. Retrieved 27 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ Whiteford, Jim (2 September 1993). "On the Record! - Singles" . Dundee Evening Telegraph . p. 23. Retrieved 27 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ Hirst, Andrew (4 September 1993). "Reviews: Singles" . Huddersfield Daily Examiner . p. 3. Retrieved 27 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ "Sounds Seven: Singles" . Sunderland Echo . 4 September 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 27 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ↑ Greenwood, John (3 September 1993). "Trackdown: Singles" . Halifax Evening Courier. p. 8. Retrieved 27 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ↑ Something She Said (UK and European 7-inch single sleeve). Arista Records. 1993. 74321 164477.
  13. ↑ Something She Said (UK cassette single sleeve). Arista Records. 1993. 74321 164474.
  14. ↑ Something She Said (UK 12-inch single sleeve). Arista Records. 1993. 74321 16447 1.
  15. ↑ Something She Said (UK CD single sleeve). Arista Records. 1993. 74321 16447 2.
  16. ↑ Something She Said (German CD single sleeve). Arista Records. 1993. 74321 15600 2.
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