| Someday | |
| Cover: | Someday - Glass Tiger.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Glass Tiger |
| Album: | The Thin Red Line |
| B-Side: | Vanishing Tribe |
| Recorded: | 1985–1986 |
| Studio: | Phase One Studios, Sounds Interchange, ESP Studios, Eastern Sound, & McLear Place ; Le Studio, ; & Canada, Distorto Studios |
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| Label: | |
| Producer: | Jim Vallance |
| Chronology: | Glass Tiger |
| Prev Title: | Thin Red Line |
| Prev Year: | 1986 |
| Next Title: | You're What I Look For |
| Next Year: | 1987 |
"Someday" is a song by Canadian pop band Glass Tiger. It was released on 1986 as the third single from their debut studio album The Thin Red Line through Capitol Records in Canada and Manhattan Records worldwide. The song was written by members Alan Frew and Al Connelly and by producer Jim Vallance. "Someday" also won a Juno Award in the category Single of the Year.
Following the success of "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)", "Someday" reached No. 14 on Canada's RPM Top 100 and it was also a success in the U.S., reaching No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100, while reaching lower positions in other countries.
"Someday" is a mid-tempo pop rock ballad written by Alan Frew, Al Connelly and Jim Vallance. The track runs at 100 BPM and is in the key of D major. It runs at three minutes and thirty-seven seconds in the album version.[1]
The music video for "Someday" was directed by Storm Thorgerson, who had also directed the "Thin Red Line" clip previously.[3] The clip shows Alan Frew talking with his "girlfriend" through a telephone call, alternating with scenes of the band performing the song, with two female backing vocalists.
Credits adapted from The Thin Red Line and "Someday" liner notes.[4]
Glass Tiger
Additional musicians
Design
Production
| Chart (1986–1987) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] | 97 |
| Canada (RPM)[6] | 14 |
| Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[7] | 4 |
| Germany (GfK Entertainment charts)[8] | 26 |
| Luxembourg (Radio Luxembourg Singles)[9] | 18 |
| UK Singles Chart[10] | 66 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[11] | 7 |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[12] | 4 |
| US (Cash Box)[13] | 8 |
| US (Radio & Records)[14] | 7 |
| Chart (1987) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100[15] | 69 | |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[16] | 50 |