Somewhere There's a Someone (song)

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"Somewhere There's a Someone"
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Dutch release picture sleeve
Single by Dean Martin
from the album Somewhere There's a Someone
B-side "That Old Clock on the Wall"
Released February 1966
Genre Pop
Length2:14
Label Reprise
G-0443 [1]
Songwriter Baker Knight
Producer Jimmy Bowen
Dean Martin singles chronology
"I Will"
(1965)		"Somewhere There's a Someone"
(1966)		"Come Running Back"
(1966)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Record World Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Billboard Positive (Hot Pop) [3]

"Somewhere There's a Someone" is a song written by Baker Knight, which was released in 1966 by Dean Martin. [4]

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Release and reception

"Somewhere There's a Someone" was released as a seven-inch single in February 1966 by Reprise Records. [5] It was backed by another country-pop style song, "That Old Clock on the Wall" on the B-side, [3] which was included on Martin's Somewhere There's a Someone album, along with the title track. Both songs were produced by Jimmy Bowen and arranged by Ernie Freeman. [5]

The single was met with a positive critical reception upon its release. Billboard magazine said that the "With the feel and sound of "Everybody Loves Somebody," Martin has a strong contender for a big chart winner." [3] Record World said that it is a "wingalong tune that Dean does to sax accompaniment. Another in his list of amiable numbers.". [2]

Chart performance

Debuting on February 12, 1966, the song spent eight weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 32, [6] while reaching No. 2 on Billboard 's Easy Listening chart, during a longer thirteen-week run on it. [7] On another American music magazine, Cashbox, the single peaked at No. 34 on their Top 100 Singles chart during a seven-week run. [8] In Canada, the song reached No. 44 on the RPM 100, [9] and peaked at No. 9 on RPM's "GMP Guide". [10] On the Canadian CHUM Hit Parade the single reached No. 17. [11]

The song was ranked No. 18 on Billboard's ranking of "Top Easy Listening Singles" of 1966. [12]

Charts

Track listing

7" vinyl single [5]

References

  1. ↑ Popoff, Martin. Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records 1948-1991 , Krause Publications, 2010. p. 763. Accessed September 9, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Record World Record Reviews, Four Stars" (PDF). Record World . Vol. 20, no. 975. February 12, 1966. p. 6. Retrieved December 31, 2025– via worldradiohistory.com.
  3. 1 2 3 Billboard magazine, February 5, 1966: Hot Pop. Predicted to reach the top 60 page 16. Retrieved January 28, 2026 via worldradiohistory.com
  4. ↑ Somewhere There's a Someone By: Dean Martin, MusicVF.com. Accessed September 9, 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 "Somewhere There's a Someone"/"That Old Clock on the Wall" (7" vinyl single) (Media notes). Dean Martin. Reprise Records. February 1966. G-0443.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. 1 2 Dean Martin - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed September 9, 2016.
  7. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2007). Joel Whitburn presents Billboard top adult songs, 1961-2006. Menomonee Falls, Wis. : Record Research Inc. p. 175. ISBN   978-0-89820-169-7.
  8. 1 2 Downey, Pat (1994). Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. p. 219. ISBN   1-56308-316-7.
  9. 1 2 RPM 100", RPM Weekly , Volume 5, No. 5, March 28, 1966. Accessed September 9, 2016.
  10. 1 2 GMP Guide", RPM Weekly , Volume 5, No. 2, March 07, 1966. Accessed September 9, 2016.
  11. 1 2 "CHUM Hit Parade - Week of April 4, 1966". 1050CHUM. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved 2016-09-10. Chart No. 474.
  12. 1 2 Top Easy Listening Singles", Billboard , December 24, 1966. p. 35. Accessed September 9, 2016.
  13. ↑ Billboard Top 40 Easy Listening", Billboard , March 19, 1966. p. 12. Accessed September 9, 2016.
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