Someday (Alan Jackson song)
Encyclopedia
"Someday" is the title of a song written by American country music
singer-songwriter
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.
Country music
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singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
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Alan Jackson
Alan Jackson
Alan Eugene Jackson is an American country music singer, known for blending traditional honky tonk and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits. He has recorded 13 studio albums, 3 Greatest Hits albums, 2 Holiday albums, 1 Gospel album and several compilations, all on the Arista...
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
Don't Rock The Jukebox
-Track listing:# "Don't Rock the Jukebox" – 2:52# "That's All I Need to Know" – 3:47# "Dallas" – 2:45# "Midnight in Montgomery" – 3:46...
, the song peaked at number 1 on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, and number 2 on the Canadian RPM
RPM (magazine)
RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...
Country Tracks chart.
Content
The narrator in the song is seeing 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.Peak chart positions
"Someday" debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 31, 1991.Chart (1991) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks | 1 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 2 |