Something to Talk About is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Shirley Eikhard

Shirley Eikhard

Shirley Rose Eikhard is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Her song, "Something to Talk About", was recorded by musician Bonnie Raitt to significant success in the 1990s. She sang the theme song to the movie The Passion of Ayn Rand, "Love is, Love is Not"...

 and recorded by Bonnie Raitt

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Bonnie Lynn Raitt is an American blues singer-songwriter and a renowned slide guitar player. During the 1970s, Raitt released a series of acclaimed roots-influenced albums which incorporated elements of blues, rock, folk and country, but she is perhaps best known for her more commercially...

 in 1990, from her 1991

1991 in music

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 album Luck of the Draw

Luck of the Draw (album)

Luck of the Draw is the eleventh album by Bonnie Raitt, released in 1991 . After being nominated for Grammy awards in four different categories for the album Nick of Time, Raitt went for a creative retreat in Northern California to begin work on Luck of the Draw. "I did it on purpose to see if I...

. It was released to U.S. radio on June 3, 1991.

The song was popular on multiple formats of radio: it peaked at number 5 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart, number 12 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart, and number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. It is among one of Bonnie Raitt's most popular songs, along with "I Can't Make You Love Me

I Can't Make You Love Me

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For this song, Bonnie Raitt won at the Grammy Awards of 1992

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 the Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

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 field (beating Oleta Adams

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, Mariah Carey

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, Amy Grant

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 and Whitney Houston

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). The track also received a nomination for Record of the Year

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, losing to "Unforgettable

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" by Nat King Cole

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 and Natalie Cole

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.

Anne Murray

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 wanted to record this song in 1986, but her producers didn't think it would be a hit. She still called the album that she released that year Something to Talk About

Something to Talk About (album)

Something to Talk About is a studio album by Canadian country pop artist Anne Murray. It was released by Capitol Records in 1986. The album peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.-Track listing:...

even though it did not include this song.

In 2007, the country music

Country music

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 group SHeDAISY

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 recorded a cover of "Something to Talk About" for the soundtrack to the film The Guardian

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The song has been performed numerous times on American Idol

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, including by Kimberly Caldwell

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 in season 2

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, Fantasia Barrino

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 in season 3

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, Kellie Pickler

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 in season 5

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 and Sanjaya Malakar

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 in season 6

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. Sanjaya changed "how about love" from the chorus to "other than hair" during his farewell performance.

It was sung by Will Ferrell

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 in the 2008 film Step Brothers

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and also featured in the 1995 film 'Something to Talk About' starring Julia Roberts

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 and Dennis Quaid

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Charts

End of year chart (1991)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	55