Someday (Glass Tiger song)

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"Someday"
Someday - Glass Tiger.jpg
Single by Glass Tiger
from the album The Thin Red Line
B-side "Vanishing Tribe"
Released
  • 1986 (1986)
Recorded1985–1986
Studio Phase One Studios, Sounds Interchange, ESP Studios, Eastern Sound, & McLear Place (Toronto, Ontario); Le Studio, (Morin-Heights, Quebec); & Canada, Distorto Studios (Vancouver, British Columbia)
Genre
Length3:34
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Jim Vallance
Glass Tiger singles chronology
"Thin Red Line"
(1986)
"Someday"
(1986)
"You're What I Look For"
(1987)
12" single cover
Someday 12 - Glass Tiger.jpg
7" single
No.TitleLength
1."Someday"3:34
2."Vanishing Tribe"3:59
12" single
No.TitleLength
1."Someday" (Extended Remix)7:19
2."Someday" (Dub Mix)6:26
3."Someday"3:34

Personnel

Credits adapted from The Thin Red Line and "Someday" liner notes. [1]

Glass Tiger

Additional musicians

Design

Production

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [17] Gold50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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