# Something She Said > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Something_She_Said > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Something_She_Said.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_She_Said > Source revision: 1319068225 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|1993 single by Belouis Some}} {{Infobox song | name = Something She Said | cover = Belouis Some Something She Said 1993 single cover.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [Belouis Some](/source/Belouis_Some) | album = [Living Your Life](/source/Living_Your_Life) | B-side = | released = 30 August 1993 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = | length = 4:04 | label = [Arista](/source/Arista_Records) | writer = Belouis Some | producer = * Geoff Dugmore * Nigel Butler | prev_title = [Some Girls](/source/Some_Girls_(Belouis_Some_song)) | prev_year = 1988 | next_title = Sometimes | next_year = 1993 }} "'''Something She Said'''" is a song by British singer and songwriter [Belouis Some](/source/Belouis_Some), released on 30 August 1993 as the lead single from his third and final studio album, ''[Living Your Life](/source/Living_Your_Life)'' (1993). It was written by Some and produced by Geoff Dugmore and Nigel Butler. "Something She Said" peaked at number 106 in the [UK singles chart](/source/UK_singles_chart). ==Background== After a period of fronting the band The Big Broadcast, Belouis Some returned to his next project as a solo artist, recording the album ''[Living Your Life](/source/Living_Your_Life)''.{{cite news |last=Lewis |first=Paul |title=Chart-bound |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004705/19930910/056/0056 |newspaper=[South Wales Evening Post](/source/South_Wales_Evening_Post) |date=10 September 1993 |page=4 |via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive) |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 October 2025}} "Something She Said" was released as the album's lead single on 30 August 1993.{{cite magazine |title=Single Releases |magazine=[Music Week](/source/Music_Week) |date=28 August 1993 |page=27 |issn=0265-1548}} It was Some's first single since "[Some Girls](/source/Some_Girls_(Belouis_Some_song))" was released in 1988. "Something She Said" failed to reach the top 100 of the [UK singles chart](/source/UK_singles_chart), reaching its peak at number 106 in its debut week on the chart. ''Living Your Life'' was originally scheduled for release in the UK on 13 September 1993, but the album was subsequently shelved and only given a release in Germany in October 1993.{{cite magazine |title=Upcoming Album Releases |magazine=[Music & Media](/source/Music_%26_Media) |date=2 October 1993 |volume=10 |issue=40 |page=19 |oclc=29800226}} In a 2023 interview, Some called it "a great single" and attributed its commercial failure, alongside that of the album, to [Arista Records](/source/Arista_Records)' and [BMG](/source/Bertelsmann_Music_Group)'s lack of interest in promoting it.{{cite web |last=Blame |first=Steve |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thw67r_DsJU |title=BELOUIS SOME; Beyond His Wildest IMAGINATION to FREDDIE MERCURY'S Queen support |work=POP The History Makers In-Depth Career Interviews |via=[YouTube](/source/YouTube) |date=3 April 2023 |access-date=27 October 2025}} ==Music video== The song's accompanying [music video](/source/music_video) was shot in [Normandy](/source/Normandy), France.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqJqN6iR_Xs |title=Something She Said (Official Music Video) |via=[YouTube](/source/YouTube) |access-date=27 October 2025}} ==Critical reception== Upon its release as a single, ''[The Arbroath Herald](/source/Arbroath_Herald)'' awarded "Something She Said" a seven out of ten rating, with the reviewers calling it "a bit of a grower". They continued, "At first hearing, it's a fairly ordinary ballad, with drums and vocal and lots of other ingredients that we'd heard a hundred times before. After two or three hearings, however, the tune began to stick in our minds, and we feel it may be a grower to watch."{{cite news |title=On the Right Track: Single Reviews |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000734/19930903/179/0025 |newspaper=[The Arbroath Herald](/source/Arbroath_Herald) |date=3 September 1993 |page=25 |via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive) |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 October 2025}} Jim Whiteford, writing for the ''[Dundee Evening Telegraph](/source/Evening_Telegraph_(Dundee))'', noted the "[Beatlish](/source/The_Beatles)" and [John Lennon](/source/John_Lennon)-styled sound on what he described as "quite good and different for '93".{{cite news |last=Whiteford |first=Jim |title=On the Record! - Singles |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000563/19930902/174/0023 |newspaper=[Dundee Evening Telegraph](/source/Evening_Telegraph_(Dundee)) |date=2 September 1993 |page=23 |via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive) |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 October 2025}} Andrew Hirst of the ''[Huddersfield Daily Examiner](/source/Huddersfield_Daily_Examiner)'' remarked, "The 60s psychedelia swagger is punctuated by some incisive guitar work. It all works rather well."{{cite news |last=Hirst |first=Andrew |title=Reviews: Singles |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000901/19930904/017/0017 |newspaper=[Huddersfield Daily Examiner](/source/Huddersfield_Daily_Examiner) |date=4 September 1993 |page=3 |via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive) |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 October 2025}} A reviewer for the ''[Sunderland Echo](/source/Sunderland_Echo)'' felt that the "funk rock dance track" was "not in the same class as the excellent '[Imagination](/source/Imagination_(Belouis_Some_song))' which first brought him to the public's attention in the 1980s".{{cite news |title=Sounds Seven: Singles |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000641/19930904/332/0028 |newspaper=[Sunderland Echo](/source/Sunderland_Echo) |date=4 September 1993 |page=28 |via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive) |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 October 2025}} John Greenwood of the ''Halifax Evening Courier'' was negative in his review, describing it as "bog-standard pop" and asking "Why has this talentless individual been given another chance? Why?"{{cite news |last=Greenwood |first=John |title=Trackdown: Singles |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005232/19930903/619/0008 |newspaper=Halifax Evening Courier |date=3 September 1993 |page=8 |via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive) |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 October 2025}} ==Track listings== '''7–inch (UK and Europe) and cassette single (UK)'''{{cite AV media notes |title=Something She Said |year=1993 |type=UK and European 7-inch single sleeve |publisher=[Arista Records](/source/Arista_Records) |id=74321 164477}}{{cite AV media notes |title=Something She Said |year=1993 |type=UK cassette single sleeve |publisher=[Arista Records](/source/Arista_Records) |id=74321 164474}} #"Something She Said" – 4:04 #"Something She Said" (Ambient Mix) – 8:22 '''12–inch single (UK)'''{{cite AV media notes |title=Something She Said |year=1993 |type=UK 12-inch single sleeve |publisher=[Arista Records](/source/Arista_Records) |id=74321 16447 1}} #"Something She Said" (12") – 5:38 #"Something She Said" (Dub) – 4:59 #"Something She Said" (Ambient Mix) – 8:22 #"Something She Said" (Ragga Mix) – 6:39 '''CD single (UK)'''{{cite AV media notes |title=Something She Said |year=1993 |type=UK CD single sleeve |publisher=[Arista Records](/source/Arista_Records) |id=74321 16447 2}} #"Something She Said" – 4:04 #"Something She Said" (Ambient Mix) – 8:22 #"Something She Said" (Dub) – 4:59 #"Something She Said" (Ragga Dub) – 6:39 #"Something She Said" (12") – 5:38 '''CD single (Germany)'''{{cite AV media notes |title=Something She Said |year=1993 |type=German CD single sleeve |publisher=[Arista Records](/source/Arista_Records) |id=74321 15600 2}} #"Something She Said" (Radio Version) – 3:52 #"Something She Said" (Instrumental Version) – 4:25 #"Something She Said" (Album Version) – 4:20 ==Personnel== '''"Something She Said"''' * [Belouis Some](/source/Belouis_Some) – lead vocals * [Karl Hyde](/source/Karl_Hyde) – guitar * Steve Barnacle – bass * Geoff Dugmore – drums and programming, backing vocals * Nigel Butler – programming, backing vocals * Trippy Guru Mamas – backing vocals '''Production''' * Geoff Dugmore – production, mixing * Nigel Butler – production, mixing * Tim Russell – engineering (radio, instrumental and album versions, Ambient Mix and Ragga Mix) * [Coldcut](/source/Coldcut) ([Matt Black](/source/Matt_Black_(DJ)) and Jonathan More) – additional production and restructure (12" and Dub) * Paul Rabiger – engineering (12" and Dub) '''Other''' * Chris Quayle – sleeve design * Kate Martin – photography ==Charts== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- !Chart (1993) !Peak
position |- !scope="row"|[UK Singles Chart](/source/UK_Singles_Chart) ([OCC](/source/Official_Charts_Company)){{cite magazine |title=Singles - Positions 76 to 200 |magazine=[Charts Plus](/source/Charts_Plus_(1990s_publication)) |publisher=Spotlight Publications |date=11 September 1993 |page=2}} |106 |} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Belouis Some}} {{authority control}} Category:1993 singles Category:1993 songs Category:Arista Records singles Category:Songs written by Belouis Some --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Something She Said](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_She_Said) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_She_Said?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.