{{Infobox song | name = Someone to Somebody | cover = FeargalSharkeySomeoneToSomebodySingle.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Feargal Sharkey | album = Feargal Sharkey | B-side = Coldwater | released = 24 March 1986 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Pop, pop rock | length = 4:10 | label = Virgin Records | writer = Geraldine L. Gooden, Michael Torrence, Thomas Gordy, Daniel Kane | producer = David A. Stewart | prev_title = You Little Thief | prev_year = 1985 | next_title = It's All Over Now | next_year = 1986 }}
"'''Someone to Somebody'''" is a song by Irish singer Feargal Sharkey, released on 24 March 1986 as the third single from his self-titled debut album (1985).<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Smith |first=Robin |title=Someone called Sharkey |magazine=Record Mirror |date=22 March 1986 |page=5}}</ref> It was written by Geraldine L. Gooden, Michael Torrence, Thomas Gordy and Daniel Kane, and produced by David A. Stewart. The song reached No. 64 in the UK and No. 30 in Ireland.<ref name="officialcharts1">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/22054/feargal-sharkey/ |title=FEARGAL SHARKEY | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company |publisher=Officialcharts.com |access-date=2018-03-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |website=The Irish Charts |access-date=2018-03-02|title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know }}</ref>
A music video was filmed to promote the single. The B-side, "Coldwater", was exclusive to the single and is an instrumental written by Sharkey.
==Critical reception== Upon its release, William Shaw of ''Smash Hits'' commented, "Extraordinary really. Through anyone else's vocal cords, this song would remain a corny, overblown bit of nonsense, full to the brim with too many lead guitars and pompous string arrangements. But [Sharkey's] quavering tones have a strange power to change an average song into something out of the ordinary."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Shaw|first=William|date=26 March 1986|title=Singles|magazine=Smash Hits}}</ref> Andy Hurt of ''Sounds'' noted, "Producer David A. Stewart has once again been allowed to undermine the opposition to Eurythmics by paying lip service to the '80s icon, the drum sound and piling the pop rubble on top. A sax solo, gushing strings, double-tracked flute and Sharkey gobbling along for good measure."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hurt |first=Andy |title=Singles |magazine=Sounds |date=29 March 1986 |page=21 |issn=0144-5774}}</ref> Betty Page of ''Record Mirror'' stated, "Can one actually classify Fearg as A Bona Fide Pop Star? Dash it, why not. Can't say how long it'll last in the light of this yawn-a-second angst ridden epic, which is doubtless a solid track for the album, but hardly a single."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Page|first=Betty|date=29 March 1986|title=Singles|magazine=Record Mirror|page=8}}</ref> Henry Everingham of ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' wrote: "As a soloist, one fears that Sharkey could easily sink into mush. 'Someone to Somebody' teeters on the edge of this. While the song has some tasteful flute and saxophone solos and terrific harmonies, the howling of 'I'm so alone' at the song's end is a bit too much to take."<ref>{{cite news|last=Everingham|first=Henry|date=28 April 1986|title=Culture Club in the death throes|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref>
==Formats== {{tracklist | headline = 7" single | extra_column = Written by | title1 = Someone To Somebody | extra1 = Geraldine L. Gooden, Michael Torrence, Thomas Gordy, Daniel Kane | length1 = 4:10 | title2 = Coldwater | extra2 = Feargal Sharkey | length2 = 3:24 }}
{{tracklist | headline = 12" single | extra_column = Written by | title1 = Someone To Somebody (Extended Version) | extra1 = Gooden, Torrence, Gordy, Kane | length1 = 5:21 | title2 = Coldwater | extra2 = Sharkey | length2 = 4:02 }}
== Personnel == * Feargal Sharkey - lead vocals, producer of "Coldwater" * David A. Stewart - producer of "Someone to Somebody"
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Chart (1986) !Peak<br />position |- |align="left"|Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=270}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|64 |- |align="left"|Irish Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web|author=Jaclyn Ward|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know |publisher=Irishcharts.ie |access-date=2012-06-23}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|30 |- |align="left"|UK Singles Chart<ref name="officialcharts1"/> | style="text-align:center;"|64 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Feargal Sharkey}}
Category:1986 singles Category:Feargal Sharkey songs Category:Pop ballads Category:1985 songs Category:Virgin Records singles