Someday (Flipsyde song)
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"Someday" is the debut hit single by the band Flipsyde
and was also the theme song for NBC
's coverage of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. It was chosen for the games because the lyrics focus on courage and perseverance toward future goals even though success may seem impossible. "Someday" was also chosen because of its hip-hop
theme that might appeal to the younger audience, which would be an addition to the Winter Games.
"Someday" is also featured in the 2008 film, Never Back Down
. It was also used in the commercial for the upcoming season of the TV series Heroes
.
The non-Olympic music video, written and directed by James Cox, depicts the lives of several people whose lives improve after finding a scratch off lottery card telling them to make a wish. The first is a homeless alcoholic who wishes for a job and is instantly working at a hospital saving a patient. A wife with a daughter wishes her army husband would return. After scratching his card, a young man in a wheelchair instantly is able to get up and walk out of the hospital. However, the last person is an old man on a golf course. When he scratches a card, the previous three revert back to their original lives. He smiles mischievously, then drives away in the golf cart.
In an interview with Dubcnn, Piper explains that the song itself is about being optimistic but also about acknowledging the negative surroundings in your environment. In the video, each person's life improves, but under different circumstances. The first three go from a miserable state into a happy one, but the fourth person's wish changes all that because he profited from the others' misfortune. He may have owned an alcohol company, so he needs the first guy to be an alcoholic; he may have profited from the war, so he needs the husband to stay in the army; he may have owned the hospital, so he needs patients there. Piper goes on to say that overall the video is about being optimistic, and that rich people have dreams, too.
Flipsyde
Flipsyde is a rap/R&B/rock band from Oakland, California. Flipsyde consists of singer/guitarist Steve Knight, guitarist Dave Lopez, rapper Jinho "the Piper" Ferreira, and for a short while Chantelle Paige. They have toured extensively with Fort Minor, The Black Eyed Peas, Snoop Dogg and on the...
and was also the theme song for NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
's coverage of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. It was chosen for the games because the lyrics focus on courage and perseverance toward future goals even though success may seem impossible. "Someday" was also chosen because of its hip-hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
theme that might appeal to the younger audience, which would be an addition to the Winter Games.
"Someday" is also featured in the 2008 film, Never Back Down
Never Back Down
Never Back Down is a 2008 action film starring Sean Faris, Amber Heard, Cam Gigandet, and Djimon Hounsou. It was theatrically released on March 14, 2008. The film's respective tagline is "Win or lose.....
. It was also used in the commercial for the upcoming season of the TV series Heroes
Heroes (TV series)
Heroes is an American science fiction television drama series created by Tim Kring that appeared on NBC for four seasons from September 25, 2006 through February 8, 2010. The series tells the stories of ordinary people who discover superhuman abilities, and how these abilities take effect in the...
.
Music video
Two music videos were shot for the song, one created by NBC to promote the 2006 Winter Olympics and another official video. The Olympics version features the band performing the song in an ice arena, with clips of various Olympic competitors interwoven. The video first shows clips of the athletes making mistakes, but then picking themselves back up and trying again. A 30-second cut played as an ad on television while a "director's cut" version is available for download online.The non-Olympic music video, written and directed by James Cox, depicts the lives of several people whose lives improve after finding a scratch off lottery card telling them to make a wish. The first is a homeless alcoholic who wishes for a job and is instantly working at a hospital saving a patient. A wife with a daughter wishes her army husband would return. After scratching his card, a young man in a wheelchair instantly is able to get up and walk out of the hospital. However, the last person is an old man on a golf course. When he scratches a card, the previous three revert back to their original lives. He smiles mischievously, then drives away in the golf cart.
In an interview with Dubcnn, Piper explains that the song itself is about being optimistic but also about acknowledging the negative surroundings in your environment. In the video, each person's life improves, but under different circumstances. The first three go from a miserable state into a happy one, but the fourth person's wish changes all that because he profited from the others' misfortune. He may have owned an alcohol company, so he needs the first guy to be an alcoholic; he may have profited from the war, so he needs the husband to stay in the army; he may have owned the hospital, so he needs patients there. Piper goes on to say that overall the video is about being optimistic, and that rich people have dreams, too.
Chart positions
| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Finland Top 40 Singles | 10 |
| German Top 100 Singles | 10 |
| Swedish Top 40 Singles | 29 |
External links
- "Someday" music video on MTVMTVMTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
.com - "Someday" music video (Olympic version) on YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
- View the song's lyrics