Someday (Julian Lennon song)

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"Someday"
Someday single.jpg
Single by Julian Lennon
Released8 April 2013
RecordedJune–July 2012
Genre Rock
Length4:36
Songwriter(s) Julian Lennon, Steven Tyler, Mark Spiro
Julian Lennon singles chronology
"All That You've Wanted"
(2012)
"Someday"
(2013)

"Someday" is a song by Julian Lennon, released exclusively on iTunes on 8 April 2013, Lennon's birthday. [1] The track was added to the 2013 re-release of 2011's Everything Changes . [2] The song includes lyrics from The Beatles' "Baby, You're a Rich Man".

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History

Lennon said in early June that he was going to be writing with Steven Tyler. A few days after that statement Lennon said that he was recording "Someday", which was "written the previous Friday". [3] In a Facebook post date July 2012, Lennon said that mixing for the song, and another song "In Between", was completed. [4]

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References

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