Somewhere Other Than the Night

"Somewhere Other Than the Night"
"Somewhere Other Than the Night"
Single by Garth Brooks
from the album The Chase
B-side	"Mr. Right"
Released	October 12, 1992
Genre	Country
Length	3:11
Label	Liberty 57824
Songwriter(s)	Garth Brooks, Kent Blazy
Producer(s)	Allen Reynolds
Garth Brooks singles chronology

"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.

Charts[]

Chart (1992–1993)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[2]	1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	1

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1993)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[4]	36
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	75

References[]

^ Billboard, November 14, 1992
^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1832." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. January 30, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
^ "Garth Brooks Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1993". RPM. December 18, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
^ "Best of 1993: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.

[1] Billboard, November 14, 1992

[sc_Canadacountry_-2] "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1832." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. January 30, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Garth_Brooks-3] "Garth Brooks Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[4] "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1993". RPM. December 18, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.

[5] "Best of 1993: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.

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Garth Brooks	"Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)" "If Tomorrow Never Comes" "Not Counting You" "The Dance"
No Fences	"Friends in Low Places" "Unanswered Prayers" "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House" "The Thunder Rolls" "Wild Horses" (released in 2001)
Ropin' the Wind	"Rodeo" "Shameless" "What She's Doing Now" "Papa Loved Mama" "The River"
The Chase	"We Shall Be Free" "Somewhere Other Than the Night" "Learning to Live Again" "That Summer"
In Pieces	"Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" "American Honky-Tonk Bar Association" "Standing Outside the Fire" "One Night a Day" "Callin' Baton Rouge" "The Red Strokes"
Fresh Horses	"She's Every Woman" "The Fever" "The Beaches of Cheyenne" "The Change" "It's Midnight Cinderella" "That Ol' Wind"
Sevens	"Longneck Bottle" "She's Gonna Make It" "Two Piña Coladas" "You Move Me" "Do What You Gotta Do" (released in 2000)
The Limited Series	"To Make You Feel My Love"
Double Live	"It's Your Song"
Greatest Hits (as Chris Gaines)	"Lost in You"
Scarecrow	"When You Come Back to Me Again" (released in 2000) "Wrapped Up in You" "Squeeze Me In" (with Trisha Yearwood) "Thicker Than Blood" "Why Ain't I Running"
The Lost Sessions	"Good Ride Cowboy" "Love Will Always Win"
The Ultimate Hits	"More Than a Memory" "Workin' for a Livin'" (with Huey Lewis)
Man Against Machine	"People Loving People" "Mom"
Gunslinger	"Baby, Let's Lay Down and Dance" "Ask Me How I Know"
Fun	"All Day Long" "Stronger Than Me" "Dive Bar" (with Blake Shelton)
Guest singles	"Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy (with Chris LeDoux; uncredited) "In Another's Eyes" (with Trisha Yearwood) "Burnin the Roadhouse Down" (with Steve Wariner) "Where Your Road Leads" (with Trisha Yearwood) "Katie Wants a Fast One" (with Steve Wariner)
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