Someday (CeCe Rogers song)

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"Someday"
Someday (CeCe Rogers song).jpg
Single by CeCe Rogers
B-side"Remix"
Released1987
Genre
Length7:17 (Club Mix)
LabelAtlantic Records
Songwriter(s)Marshall Jefferson
Producer(s)Marshall Jefferson
CeCe Rogers singles chronology
"Someday"
(1987) 		"Forever"
(1989)
Music video
"Someday" on YouTube

"Someday" is a 1987 song by American singer, songwriter and record producer CeCe Rogers. It is well-known for its recognisable piano riff and widely acclaimed for its influence on electronic music culture. Marshall Jefferson wrote the lyrics to "Someday" and recruited Rogers to sing the vocals after seeing him in a show with 'Ce Ce & Company'. Jefferson recorded Rogers' warm up vocal. When Rogers said he was ready to start recording the first take, Jefferson told him they had already finished. It was the greatest vocal performance Jefferson had heard on a dance record, but Rogers wanted to re-record it and he did it. Rogers was signed to Atlantic Records, making "Someday" the first house-music song released by a major label. The track went on to sell millions, a landmark release for house music.

In 1994, Andrew Harrison from Select wrote, "Those who whinge that house lacks emotional depth will choke when they hear its gospel tradition laid bear in CeCe Rogers' 'Someday', a beautiful, sad, soaring, dignified hymn to hopes for human brotherhood."[1]

Track listing[]

12" single, US (1987)
No.TitleLength
1."Someday" (Club Mix)7:17
2."Someday" (Radio Mix)3:49
12" single, US (1987)
No.TitleLength
1."Someday" (Club Mix)7:17
2."Someday" (Some Dub)8:43
3."Someday" (Accainstrumental)6:19

Impact and legacy[]

Mixmag ranked the song number 3 in its 100 Greatest Dance Singles Of All Time list in 1996, adding:

"No single record distils the collectivist, loving spirit of house music like Someday. The conscious lyrics, beautiful singing and Marshall Jefferson's live-sounding production may sound dated, but that adds to its classic status. No surprise that the simple, but potent downward moving chord sequence was used later on every bloody record ever, including Sweet Harmony by Liquid and ripped off on the Farley and Heller version of There But For the Grace of God, while the vocal line was nicked for Some Justice by Urban Shakedown. A true classic record."[2]

DJ Magazine ranked it number 6 in their list of Top 100 Club Tunes in 1998.[3]

The Daily Telegraph ranked "Someday" at number 36 in their Top 50 Dance Songs list in 2015.[4]

Someday (M People song) was covered by UK band M People featuring Heather Small on vocals, for their album Northern Soul and released as a single in April 1992, peaking at #38 on the UK Singles Chart.[5]

The track was heavily sampled by Liquid (musician) for their dance hit Sweet Harmony (Liquid song) which reached #15 on the UK Singles Chart in 1992 and then peaked at #14 when remixed and released in 1995.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Reviews: New Old Albums". Select. 1994-08-01. p. 93. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  2. ^ "The 100 Greatest Dance Singles of All Time". ravehistory.homestead.com. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  3. ^ "DJ Magazine Top 100 Club Tunes (1998)". discogs.com. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  4. ^ "Top 50 dance songs". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  5. ^ https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/someday-ft-heather-small/
  6. ^ https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27433/liquid/
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