Someday (Alan Jackson song)

"Someday"
"Someday"
Single by Alan Jackson
from the album Don't Rock the Jukebox
B-side	"From a Distance"
Released	August 19, 1991
Recorded	August 21, 1990
Genre	Country
Length	3:18
Label	Arista 12335
Songwriter(s)	Alan Jackson; Jim McBride
Producer(s)	Scott Hendricks; Keith Stegall
Alan Jackson singles chronology

"Someday" is a song written by American country music singer Alan Jackson and Jim McBride, and recorded by Jackson. It was released in August 1991 as the second single from Jackson's second album, Don't Rock The Jukebox. The song peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, and number 2 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.

Content[]

The narrator in the song is seeing his relationship with his significant other end because she’s finally moving on. The man was always saying he’d get his act together someday, but someday never came around and she got sick of waiting. At the end of the song the narrator proves he has gotten his act together by fixing up an old car he said he'd get around to "someday" and driving to his ex's work where she drives off with him.

Critical reception[]

Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song an A grade," saying that "one of Jackson’s greatest strengths as a writer is that he’s able to craft lyrics that weave everyday jargon into poetry. The man and woman here talk like real people talk, but the conversation is structured in such a way that it elevates it into art."^[2]

Music video[]

The music video was directed by Mark Lindquist and premiered in mid-1991.

Peak chart positions[]

"Someday" debuted at No. 50 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 31, 1991.

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[3]	2
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	1

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1991)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[5]	51
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	63

References[]

^ The Greatest Hits Collection (CD). Alan Jackson. Arista Records. 1995. 07822 18801.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ CountryUniverse.net Review by Kevin John Coyne
^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7779." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. November 30, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
^ "Alan Jackson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1991". RPM. December 21, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
^ "Best of 1991: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.

External links[]

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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[Hits-1] The Greatest Hits Collection (CD). Alan Jackson. Arista Records. 1995. 07822 18801.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[2] CountryUniverse.net Review by Kevin John Coyne

[sc_Canadacountry_-3] "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7779." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. November 30, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Alan_Jackson-4] "Alan Jackson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[5] "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1991". RPM. December 21, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.

[6] "Best of 1991: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.

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hide v t Alan Jackson singles
Here in the Real World	"Here in the Real World" "Wanted" "Chasin' That Neon Rainbow" "I'd Love You All Over Again"
Don't Rock the Jukebox	"Don't Rock the Jukebox" "Someday" "Dallas" "Midnight in Montgomery" "Love's Got a Hold on You"
A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love)	"She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)" "Tonight I Climbed the Wall" "Chattahoochee" "Mercury Blues" "(Who Says) You Can't Have It All"
Who I Am	"Summertime Blues" "Livin' on Love" "Gone Country" "Song for the Life" "I Don't Even Know Your Name"
The Greatest Hits Collection	"Tall, Tall Trees" "I'll Try" "Home"
Everything I Love	"Little Bitty" "Everything I Love" "Who's Cheatin' Who" "There Goes" "Between the Devil and Me" "A House with No Curtains"
High Mileage	"I'll Go On Loving You" "Right on the Money" "Gone Crazy" "Little Man"
Under the Influence	"Pop a Top" "The Blues Man" "It Must Be Love"
When Somebody Loves You	"www.memory" "When Somebody Loves You" "Where I Come From" "It's Alright to Be a Redneck"
Drive	"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" "Drive (For Daddy Gene)" "Work in Progress" "That'd Be Alright"
Greatest Hits Volume II	"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" (w/ Jimmy Buffett) "Remember When"
What I Do	"Too Much of a Good Thing" "Monday Morning Church" "The Talkin' Song Repair Blues" "USA Today"
Like Red on a Rose	"Like Red on a Rose" "A Woman's Love"
Good Time	"Small Town Southern Man" "Good Time" "Country Boy" "Sissy's Song" "I Still Like Bologna"
Freight Train	"It's Just That Way" "Hard Hat and a Hammer"
34 Number Ones	"Ring of Fire"
Thirty Miles West	"Long Way to Go" "So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore" "You Go Your Way"
Other songs	"Tequila Sunrise" "A Good Year for the Roses" (w/ George Jones) "Redneck Games" (w/ Jeff Foxworthy) "Margaritaville" (w/ Jimmy Buffett) "Murder on Music Row" (w/ George Strait) "Designated Drinker" (w/ George Strait) "Hey, Good Lookin'" (w/ Jimmy Buffett, Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith and George Strait) "You Ain't Just Whistlin' Dixie" (w/ The Bellamy Brothers) "As She's Walking Away" (w/ Zac Brown Band)
See also	Singles discography