Someday Soon (Natalie Bassingthwaighte song)

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Background and release

"Someday Soon" was written by Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Paul Barry and Alex Smith at Metrophonic Studios in the United Kingdom.[1] The song's inspirational lyrics are "about believing that anything is possible".[1] On 8 December 2008, "Someday Soon" was released as a digital extended play (EP), which included two Kaskade remixes of Bassingthwaighte's previous single "Alive" and an Electrodex remix of "Someday Soon".[2] It was then sent to Australian radio stations on 15 December 2008.[1] The EP was later released as a CD on 10 January 2009.[3]

Upon its release, "Someday Soon" debuted at number nine on the ARIA Singles Chart on 19 January 2009, and peaked at number seven in its second week.[4] The song spent its first eight weeks in the top ten.[4] "Someday Soon" was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association for sales exceeding 70,000 copies.[5]

Promotion

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Bassingthwaighte with nephew Logan in the "Someday Soon" music video.

Bassingthwaighte performed "Someday Soon" for the first time live during Australia's 2009 New Year's Eve party in Sydney.[6] On 15 February 2009, she performed the song on Rove.[7]

The music video for "Someday Soon" was directed by Gemma Lee and premiered on 19 December 2008.[8][9] The video depicts Bassingthwaighte as an actress arriving on set to film a movie.[8] It frequently cuts away to scenes with Bassingthwaighte getting her hair and make up done while reading a movie script and also singing in a room filled with lights.[8] The video features Bassingthwaighte's nephew Logan Sheldrick, the eldest son of Bassingthwaighte's older sister Melinda, who plays a child actor. Actor Ben Tari also makes a cameo appearance in the video as the director.

Track listing

  1. "Someday Soon" – 4:13
  2. "Alive" (Kaskade Remix) – 5:34
  3. "Alive" (Kaskade Radio Mix) – 3:33
  4. "Someday Soon" (Electrodex Remix) – 5:04

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of 1000 Stars.[10]

Locations
Personnel
  • Songwriting – Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Paul Barry, Alex Smith
  • Production – Brian Rawling, Alex Smith
  • Mixing – Matt Furmidge
  • Recording – Alex Smith
  • Keys, guitars and programming – Alex Smith
  • Piano – Paul Barry
  • All vocals – Natalie Bassingthwaighte
  • Mastering – Leon Zervos

Charts

Weekly charts

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Chart (2009) Peak
position

Year-end charts

Chart (2009) Rank
ARIA Singles Chart[11] 55
ARIA Australian Artist Singles Chart[12] 7

Certifications

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Release history

Country Date Format Label Catalogue
Australia 8 December 2008[2] Digital EP Sony Music Australia
10 January 2009[3] CD 88697444502

References

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