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"Somebody Special " is a song by British singer Rod Stewart , which was released in 1981 as the third single from his tenth studio album Foolish Behaviour Steve Harley (lyrics), and Phil Chen , Kevin Savigar , Jim Cregan and Gary Grainger (music). It was produced by Stewart (credited as Harry the Hook), with co-production by the Rod Stewart Group and Jeremy Andrew Johns . "Somebody Special" reached number 71 on the US Billboard Hot 100 .[1]
Background [ edit ]
Steve Harley co-wrote the lyrics to "Somebody Special" with Stewart. The pair also collaborated on the lyrics for another track that appeared on Foolish Behaviour , "Gi' Me Wings ", as well as a third song that did not make the album. Harley recalled to Smiler in 1997, "I was sitting around at the Sunset Marquis for three weeks writing the lyrics. I wrote nearly all [the lyrics] of 'Somebody Special', I wrote lots of that with Rod, lots of it on my own, [and] 'Gi' Me Wings'."[2]
Critical reception [ edit ]
On its release as a single, Record World [3] Foolish Behaviour , John Griffin of The Montreal Gazette [4] The Boston Globe Commodores hit".[5] Rolling Stone Teddy Pendergrass –Stephanie Mills collaborations".[6]
Track listing [ edit ]
7-inch single [7]
"Somebody Special" - 4:28
"She Won't Dance with Me" - 2:27
7-inch single (US promo) [8]
"Somebody Special" - 4:28
"Somebody Special" - 4:28
Personnel [ edit ]
Credits are adapted from the Foolish Behaviour [9]
Somebody Special
Production
Harry the Hook (Rod Stewart) – producer ("Somebody Special")
Tom Dowd – producer ("She Won't Dance with Me")
The Rod Stewart Group – co-producers
Jeremy Andrew Johns – co-producer, mixing
Jim Cregan – mixing
Rick Charles Delana – second engineer
References [ edit ]
^ Gray, John (Summer 1997). "Poetic Brilliance!". Smiler . No. 52.
^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF) . Record World 1 . Retrieved 2 January 2022 – via World Radio History.
^ Griffin, John (4 December 1980). "Rod shows his old flare with 'Behavior'The Gazette
^ Flanagan, Bill (11 December 1980). "Records: Reviews". The Boston Globe
^ Cohen, Debra Rae. "Rod Stewart - Foolish Behaviour" . Rolling Stone the original on 21 May 2002. Retrieved 2 January 2022 – via Internet Archive .
^ Somebody Special (US and Canada 7-inch single label credits). Rod Stewart . Warner Bros. 1981. WBS49686.{{cite AV media notes }}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link )
^ Somebody Special (US 7-inch promotional single label credits). Rod Stewart . Warner Bros. 1981. WBS49686.{{cite AV media notes }}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link )
^ Foolish Behaviour (UK vinyl LP sleeve notes). Rod Stewart . Riva Records . 1980. RVLP 11.{{cite AV media notes }}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link )
^ "Rod Stewart Chart History (Hot 100)" . Billboard
^ Downey, Pat; Albert, George; Hoffman, Frank (1994). Cash Box Pop Singles Charts, 1950-1993 333 . ISBN 1563083167 . Retrieved 2 January 2022 .
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