Somewhere Other Than the Night explained

Somewhere Other Than the Night
Cover:Garth Brooks - somewhere other than the night.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Garth Brooks
Album:The Chase
B-Side:Mr. Right
Released:October 12, 1992
Studio:Jack's Tracks (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre:Country
Length:3:11
Label:Liberty 57824
Producer:Allen Reynolds
Prev Title:We Shall Be Free
Prev Year:1992
Next Title:Learning to Live Again
Next Year:1993

"Somewhere Other Than the Night" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Garth Brooks that reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart, returning him to the top ten after his previous single "We Shall Be Free" became his first release to stall outside it. It was released in October 1992 as the second single from his album The Chase and his fifteenth overall. The song was written by Brooks and Kent Blazy.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it "a ballad to behold." She goes on to say that Brooks "powerfully and dramatically delivers a glimpse into one relationship and sets it out as an example."[1]

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 69 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated October 17, 1992. It charted for 20 weeks, and reached number one on the chart dated January 16, 1993, where it remained for one week, giving Brooks his tenth Billboard Number One on that chart.

Year-end charts

Chart (1993)Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] 36
US Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 75

Notes and References

  1. Billboard, November 14, 1992
  2. Web site: RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1993. RPM. December 18, 1993. August 5, 2013.
  3. Best of 1993: Country Songs . . . 1993. August 5, 2013.