Somebody (Mark Wills song)

"Somebody" is a country music song written by Dave Berg, Sam Tate, and Annie Tate. It was initially recorded by American country music singer Mark Wills for his 2001 studio album Loving Every Minute. Reba McEntire later recorded the same song for her 2003 album Room to Breathe, releasing it as that album's second single in January 2004. By August of that year, McEntire's version had reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. Becoming her 22nd number hit of her career and her first since "If You See Him/If You See Her" with Brooks & Dunn in 1998.

"Somebody"
Single by Reba
from the album Room to Breathe
B-side"Moving Oleta"
ReleasedJanuary 10, 2004[1]
Recorded2003
GenreCountry
Length3:50
LabelMCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)Dave Berg
Annie Tate
Sam Tate
Producer(s)Buddy Cannon
Reba McEntire
Norro Wilson
Reba singles chronology
"I'm Gonna Take That Mountain"
(2003)		 "Somebody"
(2004)		 "He Gets That from Me"
(2004)

Content

The protagonist, a male patron at a diner, vents to the waitress serving him about his so far unfruitful love life. The waitress reminds him to pay attention to the people around him because he'd never know where he might find the one for him, so he tries this in the elevator at his workplace. In the last verse, it is revealed that the protagonist and waitress ended up falling in love.

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 55 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week ending January 17, 2004. The song reached No. 1 on the chart dated August 7, 2004, at which point a column in the magazine noted that the song's increase in airplay to the top position was likely due to stations being sponsored to play the song very heavily during the nighttime. As a result, it was only the fourth song since 1993, when the charts were first tabulated by counting spins, to gain by more than 1,000 spins in a week in its ascent to No. 1.[2]

Chart (2004) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 35

Year-end charts
Chart (2004) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 16

References
  1. "®R&R :: Going For Adds™ :: Country". Gfa.radioandrecords.com. 2004-01-10. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  2. "Plays for 'Somebody' have everybody talking" (PDF). Billboard: 64. August 7, 2004.
  3. "Reba McEntire Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. "Reba McEntire Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  5. "Best of 2004: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2004. Retrieved July 11, 2012.


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