Some People (Belouis Some song)

"Some People"
Single by Belouis Some
from the album Some People
Released 1985
Format 7" single, 12" single
Recorded 1984
Genre New wave, synthpop
Length 4:00
Label Parlophone Records
Songwriter(s) Belouis Some
Producer(s) Steve Thompson, Michael Barbiero
Belouis Some singles chronology
"Imagination"
(1985)		 "Some People"
(1985)		 "String Module Error: Match not found"
(1986)

"Imagination"
(1985)		 "Some People"
(1985)		 "Target Practice" (re-release)
(1986)

"Some People" is a 1985 single by British artist Belouis Some, from his 1985 debut album Some People. The song reached the Top 40 in the UK, peaking at #33 on the UK Singles Chart in April 1986.[1] In the U.S., the song reached #67 on the Billboard Hot 100.

A cover version by Murray Head was recorded and released as a single in 1986.[2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Storm Thorgerson, who also directed the controversial video to Belouis Some's earlier hit, Imagination.

The video features scenes from seaside towns on the east coast of England, including Aldeburgh in Suffolk.

After the music video was filmed, watchmaker Swatch paid for a second take which included extras dressed in Swatch apparel. The company hoped that Swatch would become so associated with the song that when the music video aired, people thought of Swatch even though the product was not present. "It becomes a Swatch video", said Nancy Kadner, director of advertising for the Swiss-based company.[3]

Chart performance

Chart (1985) Peak
position
Italian Singles Chart[4] 34
South African Singles Chart[5] 9
UK Singles Chart[6] 33
U.S. Billboard Dance/Club Play Songs Chart[7] 8
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Chart[7] 67
Chart (1986) Peak
position
Irish Singles Chart[8] 21

References

  1. ↑ "Belouis Some | Artist". Official Charts. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
  2. ↑ "Murray Head - Some People (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
  3. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/13/business/advertising-swatch-s-total-look-campaign.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ "Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Interprete: S". Hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
  5. ↑ Brian Currin. "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1965 - 1989 Acts (S)". Rock.co.za. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
  6. ↑ "BELOUIS SOME | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  7. 1 2 "Belouis Some". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  8. ↑ Jaclyn Ward - Fireball Media Group - http://www.fireballmedia.ie. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2017-02-03.


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