Someone like You (Van Morrison song)
"Someone Like You" is a song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and recorded for his seventeenth studio album, Poetic Champions Compose (1987). It has become a wedding and film classic and the song subsequently furnished the framework for one of Morrison's most popular classics and love ballads, "Have I Told You Lately", released in 1989.[1]
| "Someone Like You" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by Van Morrison | ||||
| from the album Poetic Champions Compose | ||||
| B-side | "Celtic Excavation" | |||
| Released | November 1987 | |||
| Recorded | Summer 1987 | |||
| Studio | The Wool Hall, Beckington | |||
| Genre | Smooth jazz | |||
| Length | 4:06 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Van Morrison | |||
| Producer(s) | Van Morrison | |||
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In 1987, the single charted at number 28 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in the US.[2] In 2019, it peaked at #1 on the Ireland radio airplay chart.[3]
Recording
edit"Someone Like You" was recorded in the summer of 1987 at Wool Hall Studios in Beckington, Somerset with Mick Glossop as engineer.[4]
Other releases
editThe song was released again on two of Morrison's compilation albums in 2007: on the compilation album Van Morrison at the Movies – Soundtrack Hits and as a remastered version on the album Still on Top – The Greatest Hits.
Films featuring "Someone Like You"
edit- Only the Lonely (1991)
- Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
- French Kiss (1995)
- One Fine Day (1996)
- Someone Like You (2001)
- Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
- American Sniper (2014)
Personnel
edit- Van Morrison – vocals, guitar
- Neil Drinkwater – piano
- Steve Pearce – bass guitar
- Roy Jones – drums, percussion
- Fiachra Trench – string arrangement
Cover versions
edit"Someone Like You" is a popularly performed cover song, with the best-known versions by Dina Carroll,[5] Vanessa L. Williams,[6] Shawn Colvin[7] and John Waite.[8]
References
edit- ^ Hage. The Words and Music of Van Morrison. p. 109
- ^ Van Morrison chart history at Billboard.com
- ^ "Someone Like You".
- ^ Heylin, Can You Feel the Silence?, p. 525
- ^ "Dina Carroll: Someone Like You". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
- ^ "Vanessa L. Williams, Next Album Review". Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
- ^ "One Fine Day (Original Soundtrack)". allmusic.com. Retrieved 14 November 2009.
- ^ "allmusic (((John Waite - Songs - All Songs)))". allmusic.com. Retrieved 14 November 2009.
Notes
edit- Hage, Erik (2009). The Words and Music of Van Morrison, Praeger Publishers ISBN 978-0-313-35862-3
- Heylin, Clinton (2003). Can You Feel the Silence? Van Morrison: A New Biography, Chicago Review Press ISBN 1-55652-542-7