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Someday (The Strokes song)
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Wikipedia article
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| name = Someday
| cover = The Strokes - Someday - CD single cover.jpg
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| type = single
| artist = the Strokes
| album = Is This It
| released =
| recorded = 2001
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| length =
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| writer = Julian Casablancas
| producer = Gordon Raphael
| prev_title = Last Nite
| prev_year = 2001
| next_title = 12:51
| next_year = 2003
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"'Someday'" is a song by the indie rock band the Strokes, and the third single from 'Is This It'. It peaked at number 17 on the U.S. Alternative Songs chart and at number 27 on the U.K. Singles Chart. It was ranked at number 53 on 'Pitchfork' magazine's list of the 200 Best Songs of the 2000's. In 2020, 'Paste' and 'The Independent' ranked the song number eight and number three, respectively, on their lists of the 20 greatest Strokes songs.
Track listing
*"Alone, Together" recorded 28.02.00 - 12 am to 4 am
*"Is This It" recorded at J.P.'s House 16.02.01 - In the afternoon
*"Soma" recorded 02.04.02 at the Broadway, Reykjavik, Iceland
Music video
The music video for the song was directed by Roman Coppola and features appearances by Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum (variously the guitarist, bassist, and drummer from Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver) as well as the members of Guided by Voices. The video also features Richard Karn as himself, while The Strokes take on Guided by Voices in a fictional game of 'Family Feud'.
Appearances in other media
This song was featured in the 2006 movie 'Click', starring Adam Sandler, and on the 'Major League Baseball 2K8' soundtrack.
It was sampled on Rhymefest's song "Devil's Pie", produced by Mark Ronson, from the album 'Blue Collar'.
The Australian ISP iiNet frequently uses the track to "Someday" in their advertisements. As of 2018, TUI also use the song.
On January 20, 2017, Julia Jacklin covered the song on Like a Version, a program hosted by Australian radio station Triple J.
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