Someday (Nina Girado song)
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"Someday" is a song by Filipino
singer Nina
from her 2006 self-titled fourth album. It was released as the album's second commercial single in November 2006 by Warner Music Philippines
. The song was written and composed by Nyoy Volante, who was her boyfriend at that time, and it was produced by Warner personnel Neil Gregorio. The song tells a story of a girl who was left by her loved, but still hopes for someone better to come. It was entirely recorded using an acoustic piano by Bobby Velasco.
The single was accompanied by two slightly different music videos when it was released. The first one does not include any appearance of Nina at all. It just shows teenage girls who are miming her vocals on the song, while reminiscing to it at the same time. The second version is almost the same, but only shots of scenes taken by Nina where inserted throughout the whole duration. The first scene shows her, sitting on a dining table with coffee while singing to the song. The other scene depicts the singer in a bedroom, still, singing to the song while lying on a bed. The song was performed live on various events and shows including Nina album launch at Bagaberde, ASAP
, MYX
Live, Asia Uncut
and Comedy Bar. The most recent performance of the song was at the Pattaya
International Music Festival 2011.
"Someday" was well-received by critics and became a commercial success, topping Philippine music charts for eight weeks. It is her third original song to reach number one in the country—the other two being "Jealous
" and "Make You Mine". It also became her biggest hit since her 2005 Nina Live!
single, "Love Moves in Mysterious Ways", and her seventh number one single all in all. The song was released on digital download
through iTunes
and Amazon.com
.
ballad
, that contains elements of pop
and contemporary R&B
. It is constructed on a format based on the what's so-called "Filipino love song
syndrome". Nina's vocal input on the song is described as "a simple, toned-down, near whispery volume evoking a hotel lounge-level of intimacy". She recorded the song using plain lead vocals, with nothing in the background. The same with the music, where the entire song was recorded using an acoustic piano as the only instrument, with no additional percussion or drum
s. The song is set in the signature common time
, and is written in the key of B major
. It features a basic chord progression
of B–Bm–E. The music was handed by Bobby Velasco. The song talks about a lover who is left behind, but remains optimistic that a new one will come along.
praised the song in a review, saying "The introspective, traffic-stopping 'Someday', that boasts of a rich melody and Nina’s emotive panache". Mike Luis of Freestyle
described the song as outstanding. He further stated that it's "one [song he]'d keep on [his] playlist". Music publicist Oliver Oliveros gave a review of the song on the November–December 2006 issue of MYX Mag, where he praised "Someday" and stressed how well the Soul Siren's versatility and soothing vocals work.
On the 2007 Awit Awards
, Nina had eight nominations on which three were for "Someday"—Song of the Year, Best Ballad and People's Choice Song of the Year. The song won the People's Choice award, but lost Song of the Year to Kamikazee
's "Narda" and Best Ballad to Gary Valenciano
's "In Another Lifetime". On the Myx Music Awards 2007
, Nina had three nominations on which one was for "Someday". However she lost that Favorite Mellow award to "Invincible" by labelmate Christian Bautista
.
Awards and nominations
The second version of the music video also features the teenage girls, but shows scenes that were shot with Nina in most scenes. The video starts with Nina sitting on a dining table with coffee on it, and singing to the song. She wears a casual cream-colored jacket. Halfway through the video, Nina is seen sitting inside a bedroom, while singing. She still wears a jacket, but it is now different from the first one, it is black with matching black leather bracelet. She is then shown lying on the bed and singing, until the song ends.
, Lucena City
(2007). She also performed the song, as well as few tracks from the album—including "Love Is Contagious", "I Didn't Mean to Make You Mine", and "Ooh Boy"—in a 2007 episode of MYX Live, hosted by Jett Pangan.
On January 4, 2009, during the introduction of the segment "Sessionistas" on musical variety show ASAP (where she has been part of since 2003), she performed "Someday". Also in 2009, she went to Singapore
when she was invited to guest on STAR World
's Asia Uncut. She sang "Someday", and was later interviewed by Jon Neirmann. The episode aired on May 8, 2009. On the August 14, 2010 episode of GMA-7's Comedy Bar, she performed "Someday" while an over-acting superfan was trying to distract her. She also performed the same song, followed by her 2008 hit single "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing", on the MYX Mo! 2010. On the Pattaya International Music Festival 2011 Galaxy Stage in Pattaya
, Thailand
, she performed the song together with two of her other previous hits.
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....
singer Nina
Nina Girado
Marifil Niña Girado , better known by her stage name Nina, is a Filipino pop/R&B singer, occasional songwriter, record producer, TV and radio personality. She made her recording debut in 2002 after signing a recording contract with Warner Music Philippines...
from her 2006 self-titled fourth album. It was released as the album's second commercial single in November 2006 by Warner Music Philippines
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...
. The song was written and composed by Nyoy Volante, who was her boyfriend at that time, and it was produced by Warner personnel Neil Gregorio. The song tells a story of a girl who was left by her loved, but still hopes for someone better to come. It was entirely recorded using an acoustic piano by Bobby Velasco.
The single was accompanied by two slightly different music videos when it was released. The first one does not include any appearance of Nina at all. It just shows teenage girls who are miming her vocals on the song, while reminiscing to it at the same time. The second version is almost the same, but only shots of scenes taken by Nina where inserted throughout the whole duration. The first scene shows her, sitting on a dining table with coffee while singing to the song. The other scene depicts the singer in a bedroom, still, singing to the song while lying on a bed. The song was performed live on various events and shows including Nina album launch at Bagaberde, ASAP
ASAP (variety show)
ASAP Rocks is a musical variety show in the Philippines broadcast by ABS-CBN in the Philippines. The show is presented by its main hosts Zsa Zsa Padilla, Gary Valenciano and Martin Nievera. The show first premiered on February 5, 1995, and airs live Sundays...
, MYX
Myx
myx or MYX is the music channel of ABS-CBN brand and the #1 music channel in the Philippines. It is also a part of Studio 23's program line-up. In 2007, MYX North America was launched in the United States....
Live, Asia Uncut
Asia Uncut
Asia Uncut is a variety chat show hosted by Jon Niermann, the president of Electronic Arts, Asia. The show premiered in March 2009 and is aired in many countries via STAR World....
and Comedy Bar. The most recent performance of the song was at the Pattaya
Pattaya
Pattaya is a city in Thailand, located on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, about 165 km southeast of Bangkok located within but not part of Amphoe Bang Lamung in the province of Chonburi....
International Music Festival 2011.
"Someday" was well-received by critics and became a commercial success, topping Philippine music charts for eight weeks. It is her third original song to reach number one in the country—the other two being "Jealous
Jealous (Nina Girado song)
"Jealous" is a song by Filipino singer Nina from her 2002 debut studio album Heaven. It was released as the album's second commercial single in February 2003 by Warner Music Philippines. The song was written by international songwriters Shelly Peiken and Brett Laurence, and it was produced by...
" and "Make You Mine". It also became her biggest hit since her 2005 Nina Live!
Nina Live!
Nina Live! is a live album and the third album by Filipino singer Nina, released in the Philippines on February 23, 2005 by Warner Music. The original release date for the album was scheduled on February 22, 2005, but it was moved a day later due to preparation...
single, "Love Moves in Mysterious Ways", and her seventh number one single all in all. The song was released on digital download
Music download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
through iTunes
ITunes
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and Amazon.com
Amazon.com
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.
Background
Early in 2006, the production for Nina (the album) began after the massive success of Nina Live! (2005). Nina, for the first time, worked with Warner's new label executive Jimmy Baluyut, who replaced Ricky Ilacad—whom she has worked with for more than five years, since the start of her career. International songwriters were hired, and Nina's boyfriend at that time, Volante, volunteered to work on the album. He wrote two songs, namely "Someday" and "I Need Your Love". "Someday" was originally meant for one of Volante's albums. He expressed his reason after he recorded his own version of the song in 2010.
"We weren’t thinking of anything, not even about Nina, when we did my version. MCAMCA RecordsMCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...
just thought it’s a nice song and they liked how my version turned out. I did not push for it to become the album’s single [...] I actually wrote "Someday" for one of my albums before I gave it to her [Nina]. From the start, the song was really supposed to be mine. That's why there's wonderment how I could’ve written such a song [because we were exclusively dating at that time]."
Composition
"Someday" is a slow tempo acousticAcoustic music
Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means...
ballad
Ballad
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas, Australia and North Africa. Many...
, that contains elements of pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
and contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...
. It is constructed on a format based on the what's so-called "Filipino love song
Love song
A love song is about falling in love and the feelings it brings. Anthologies of love songs often contain a mixture of both of these types of song. A bawdy song is both humorous and saucy, emphasizing the physical pleasure of love rather than the emotional joy...
syndrome". Nina's vocal input on the song is described as "a simple, toned-down, near whispery volume evoking a hotel lounge-level of intimacy". She recorded the song using plain lead vocals, with nothing in the background. The same with the music, where the entire song was recorded using an acoustic piano as the only instrument, with no additional percussion or drum
Drum
The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s. The song is set in the signature common time
Time signature
The time signature is a notational convention used in Western musical notation to specify how many beats are in each measure and which note value constitutes one beat....
, and is written in the key of B major
B major
In music theory, B major is a major scale based on B. The pitches B, C, D, E, F, G, and A are all part of the B major scale. Its key signature has five sharps....
. It features a basic chord progression
Chord progression
A chord progression is a series of musical chords, or chord changes that "aims for a definite goal" of establishing a tonality founded on a key, root or tonic chord. In other words, the succession of root relationships...
of B–Bm–E. The music was handed by Bobby Velasco. The song talks about a lover who is left behind, but remains optimistic that a new one will come along.
Critical reception
"Someday" is considered to be the reason why Nina (the album) managed to reach Platinum by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry. It also won Nina numerous awards from different organizations. Rito Asilo of Inquirer EntertainmentPhilippine Daily Inquirer
The Philippine Daily Inquirer, popularly known as the Inquirer, is the most widely read broadsheet newspaper in the Philippines, with a daily circulation of 260,000 copies. It is one of the Philippines' newspapers of record...
praised the song in a review, saying "The introspective, traffic-stopping 'Someday', that boasts of a rich melody and Nina’s emotive panache". Mike Luis of Freestyle
Freestyle (band)
-Current members:*Joshua Desiderio *Mike Luis *Rommel dela Cruz *Gerald Banzon *Tat Suzara -Former Members:*Christopher "Top" Suzara *Carlo Tapia *Obet Luzon...
described the song as outstanding. He further stated that it's "one [song he]'d keep on [his] playlist". Music publicist Oliver Oliveros gave a review of the song on the November–December 2006 issue of MYX Mag, where he praised "Someday" and stressed how well the Soul Siren's versatility and soothing vocals work.
On the 2007 Awit Awards
Awit Awards
The Awit Awards is the longest-running award-giving body of the Philippines that gives recognition to Filipino musical talents, performing artists and producers it was Philippines equivalent to Grammy Awards, organized by the Philippine Association Of The Record Industry .-Objectives and Winner...
, Nina had eight nominations on which three were for "Someday"—Song of the Year, Best Ballad and People's Choice Song of the Year. The song won the People's Choice award, but lost Song of the Year to Kamikazee
Kamikazee
Kamikazee is a Filipino rock band formed in 2000. The band is composed of Jay Contreras, Jomal Linao, Led Tuyay, Puto Astete and Bords Burdeos.- History :...
's "Narda" and Best Ballad to Gary Valenciano
Gary Valenciano
Edgardo Jose Martin Santiago Valenciano , better known as Gary Valenciano or Gary V., is a Filipino musician. He is also dubbed as Mr. Pure Energy. He has released 26 albums, and won the Awit Awards for "Best Male Performer" 11 times. In 1998, he became UNICEF Philippines first national Ambassador...
's "In Another Lifetime". On the Myx Music Awards 2007
Myx Music Awards 2007
The 2nd Myx Music Awards was held on March 15, 2007 at the AFP Theater.-Myx Music Awards 2007 Winners:...
, Nina had three nominations on which one was for "Someday". However she lost that Favorite Mellow award to "Invincible" by labelmate Christian Bautista
Christian Bautista
Christian Joseph Morata Bautista , more popularly known by his screen name Christian Bautista, is a Filipino singer, actor, host, and model. He was a finalist of Star In A Million, a Philippine reality show aired on ABS-CBN channel, winning the 4th place in the competition in 2003...
.
Awards and nominations
- 2007 ASAP Pop Viewer's Choice Award for Pop Female PerformanceASAP (variety show)ASAP Rocks is a musical variety show in the Philippines broadcast by ABS-CBN in the Philippines. The show is presented by its main hosts Zsa Zsa Padilla, Gary Valenciano and Martin Nievera. The show first premiered on February 5, 1995, and airs live Sundays...
- nominated - 2007 Awit Award for Song of the YearAwit AwardsThe Awit Awards is the longest-running award-giving body of the Philippines that gives recognition to Filipino musical talents, performing artists and producers it was Philippines equivalent to Grammy Awards, organized by the Philippine Association Of The Record Industry .-Objectives and Winner...
- nominated - 2007 Awit Award for Best BalladAwit AwardsThe Awit Awards is the longest-running award-giving body of the Philippines that gives recognition to Filipino musical talents, performing artists and producers it was Philippines equivalent to Grammy Awards, organized by the Philippine Association Of The Record Industry .-Objectives and Winner...
- nominated - 2007 Awit Award for People's Choice Favorite Song of the YearAwit AwardsThe Awit Awards is the longest-running award-giving body of the Philippines that gives recognition to Filipino musical talents, performing artists and producers it was Philippines equivalent to Grammy Awards, organized by the Philippine Association Of The Record Industry .-Objectives and Winner...
- won - 2007 MYX Music Award for Favorite Mellow VideoMyx Music Awards 2007The 2nd Myx Music Awards was held on March 15, 2007 at the AFP Theater.-Myx Music Awards 2007 Winners:...
- nominated - 2007 USTv People's Choice Award for Students' Choice of Music Video - won
Music videos
"Someday" was recorded with two slightly different music videos, and both were directed by Treb Montreras II, who also directed the music video for her previous single "I Do".Synopses
The first version of the music video of the song does not feature Nina at all. It only shows different scenes of teenage girls crying and reminiscing, while singing to the song and lip syncing Nina's vocals. The scenes were shown in a miscellaneous sequence.The second version of the music video also features the teenage girls, but shows scenes that were shot with Nina in most scenes. The video starts with Nina sitting on a dining table with coffee on it, and singing to the song. She wears a casual cream-colored jacket. Halfway through the video, Nina is seen sitting inside a bedroom, while singing. She still wears a jacket, but it is now different from the first one, it is black with matching black leather bracelet. She is then shown lying on the bed and singing, until the song ends.
Live performances
"Someday" was performed on various television appearances, bar gigs, mall tours, and in almost all of Nina's major concerts throughout 2006 to 2010. On September 8, 2006, she performed the song live during the album launching of Nina (the album) at Bagaberde, Roxas Boulevard. Such notable major concerts that promoted the album include All That Glitters at Bagaberde in August 2006 (which had a repeat in December 2006), Nina at Her Best at the Aliw Theatre (2006), and a major concert at Quezon Convention CenterQuezon Convention Center
The Quezon Convention Center is a multi-purpose convention center in Quezon located near the Provincial Capitol in Lucena, Quezon, Philippines. The venue has hosted local and regional basketball competitions, concerts, and conferences....
, Lucena City
Lucena City
Metro Lucena has an estimated population of 700,000 which is mostly concentrated in the flat south-central portion of Quezon, which includes the cities of Lucena and Tayabas, Sariaya, Candelaria, Lucban & Pagbilao . The people are often characterized as friendly and hardworking...
(2007). She also performed the song, as well as few tracks from the album—including "Love Is Contagious", "I Didn't Mean to Make You Mine", and "Ooh Boy"—in a 2007 episode of MYX Live, hosted by Jett Pangan.
On January 4, 2009, during the introduction of the segment "Sessionistas" on musical variety show ASAP (where she has been part of since 2003), she performed "Someday". Also in 2009, she went to Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
when she was invited to guest on STAR World
STAR World
STAR World is an Asian English language cable and satellite television network owned by Star TV and Fox International Channels, fully owned subsidiaries of News Corporation. The channel is the successor of STAR Plus, a subsidiary of News Corporation...
's Asia Uncut. She sang "Someday", and was later interviewed by Jon Neirmann. The episode aired on May 8, 2009. On the August 14, 2010 episode of GMA-7's Comedy Bar, she performed "Someday" while an over-acting superfan was trying to distract her. She also performed the same song, followed by her 2008 hit single "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing", on the MYX Mo! 2010. On the Pattaya International Music Festival 2011 Galaxy Stage in Pattaya
Pattaya
Pattaya is a city in Thailand, located on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, about 165 km southeast of Bangkok located within but not part of Amphoe Bang Lamung in the province of Chonburi....
, Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
, she performed the song together with two of her other previous hits.
Official versions
| Version | Length | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Album version | 3:34 | Nina |
| Band version | 3:27 | Nina Featuring the Hits of Barry Manilow |
| Future Confessional Remix | 4:52 | Nina in the Mix: The Dense Modesto Remixes Nina in the Mix: The Dense Modesto Remixes Nina in the Mix: The Dense Modesto Remixes is the first remix album by Filipino singer Nina, and the second by DJ Dense Modesto. It was released in the Philippines on October 31, 2007 by Club Myx, in collaboration with Warner Music... |
| Raincloud Remix (Outro) | 1:54 | |
Credits and personnel
Credits taken from Ninas liner notes.- Nina GiradoNina GiradoMarifil Niña Girado , better known by her stage name Nina, is a Filipino pop/R&B singer, occasional songwriter, record producer, TV and radio personality. She made her recording debut in 2002 after signing a recording contract with Warner Music Philippines...
- vocals - Neil Gregorio - producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, vocal supervision - Ferdie Marquez - mixingAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
- Arnie Mendaros - vocal supervision
- Efren San Pedro - vocal recordingStudio recordingThe term studio recording means any recording made in a studio, as opposed to a live recording, which is usually made in a concert venue or a theatre, with an audience attending the performance.-Studio cast recordings:...
- Bobby Velasco - acoustic piano
- Nyoy Volante - songwriterSongwriterA songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, composerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
Nyoy Volante version
In 2010, Nyoy Volante released "Someday" as the first single from his album In You. Despite having a feud with Nina on the estafa case, he came up with reviving the song. In an interview, he stated "We weren’t thinking of anything, not even about Nina, when we did my version. MCA just thought it’s a nice song and they liked how my version turned out. I did not push for it to become the album’s single". He further said that he actually wrote "Someday" for his album before giving it to Nina.Other covers
- In 2007, a parodyParodyA parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...
of the song's music video was performed by Jane OinezaJane OinezaElizabeth Jane Oineza is a Filipina actress. She had her start in the fantaserye Marina, playing the role of young Ista before being a part of the popular kiddie gag show, Goin’ Bulilit...
on Goin' BulilitGoin' BulilitGoin' Bulilit is a sketch comedy show broadcasted on and by ABS-CBN in the Philippines. It is a gag show featuring children in various comedic situations. It is the rival of the now defunct GMA show "Bubble Gang Jr."....
, where she altered the word "Someday" with "Sunday" to "Saturday". - Mongolian Idol Khulan performed the song on the Universe Best Songs Festival 2009.
- In a 2010 episode of DivaDiva (Philippine TV series)Diva is a Philippine musical dramedy television series, developed by Don Michael Perez and directed by Dominic Zapata. The series premiered on March 1, 2010 on GMA Network, starring Regine Velasquez, Rufa Mae Quinto, Mark Anthony Fernandez, TJ Trinidad and Glaiza de Castro.It has several cameos...
, Regine VelasquezRegine VelasquezRegina Encarnacion Ansong Velasquez , better known as Asia's Songbird, Regine Velasquez, is a Filipino singer, actress, record producer and TV host...
sang the song. - JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese singer Yoshika covered the song for her 2010 album, Redwood Tree. - On December 12, 2010, Star Power contestant Krissel Valdez performed the song live. In the grand finals on February 20, 2011, she performed it again, this time with another contestant K-La Rivera.
- On January 9, 2011, the song was performed live on ASAP Rocks by Sarah GeronimoSarah GerónimoSarah Asher Tua Geronimo is a Filipino recording artist, actress and dancer. Geronimo started her career appearing in children's variety shows such as Pen-pen de Sarapen, Ang TV and NEXT...
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