Someday Never Comes Explained

Someday Never Comes
Type:	single
Artist:	Creedence Clearwater Revival
Album:	Mardi Gras
B-Side:	Tearin' Up the Country
Released:	May 1972
Recorded:	January 1972
Genre:	Roots rock country rock^[1]
Length:	4:01
Label:	Fantasy
Prev Title:	Sweet Hitch-Hiker
Prev Year:	1971

"Someday Never Comes" is a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival from their album Mardi Gras released in 1972 and written by the frontman John Fogerty. The single reached #25 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in June 1972 with Doug Clifford's "Tearin' Up the Country" released as the B-side.^[2] This is the final single released by Creedence Clearwater Revival before they officially broke up in 1972.

Record World said it's "perhaps the strongest cut" on the album with "outstanding lyrics, vocals."^[3]

Song meaning

Fogerty stated in 2013 that the song is about his parents' and his own divorce:

Notes and References

1. Web site: Creedence Clearwater Revival: Pendulum and Mardi Gras 50th Anniversary 180 gram LPs. Gibbs, Tom. Positive Feedback. February 26, 2021. March 30, 2024. ...the album's two singles were both penned by Fogerty; "Sweet Hitch-Hiker"—which hearkened to the glories of CCR past—and "Someday Never Comes," which was a classic bittersweet country rocker..
2. Web site: Creedence Clearwater Revival: Hot 100. Billboard. 2023-04-01.
3. Record World. April 29, 1972. 2023-04-01. Hits of the Week. 1.