ADELE - SOMEONE LIKE YOU
I Heard That You're Settled Down
That You Found A Girl And You're Married Now
I Heard That Your Dreams Camw True
Guess She Gave You Things I Didn't Give You
Old Friend, Why Are You So Shy?
Ain't Like You To Gold Back Or Hide From The Light
I Hate To Turn Up Out Of The Blue Uninivted
But I Couldn't Stay Away, I Couldn't Fight It
I Had Hoped You'd See My Face And That You'd Be Reminded
That For Me This Isn't Over
Never Mind, I'll Find Someone Like You
I Wish Nothing But The Best For You Too
Don't Forget Me, I Beg
I'll Remember You Said
"Sometimes It Lasts In Love But Sometimes It Hurts Instead"
"Sometimes It Lasts In Love But Sometimes It Hurts Instead"
You Know How The Time Flies
Only Yesterday Was The Time Of Our Lives
We Were Born And Raised
In A Summer Haze
Bound By The Surprise Of Our Glory Days
I Hate To Turn Up Out Of The Blue Uninivted
But I Couldn't Stay Away, I Couldn't Fight It
I Had Hoped You'd See My Face And That You'd Be Reminded
That For Me This Isn't Over
Never Mind, I'll Find Someone Like You
I Wish Nothing But The Best For You Too
Don't Forget Me, I Beg
I'll Remember You Said
"Sometimes It Lasts In Love But Sometimes It Hurts Instead"
Nothing Compares
No Worries Or Cares
Regrets And Mistakes
They Are Memories Made
Who Would Have Known How Bittersweet This Would Taste?
Never Mind, I'll Find Someone Like You
I Wish Nothing But The Best For You Too
Don't Forget Me, I Beg
I'll Remember You Said
"Sometimes It Lasts In Love But Sometimes It Hurts Instead"
Never Mind, I'll Find Someone Like You
I Wish Nothing But The Best For You Too
Don't Forget Me, I Beg
I'll Remember You Said
"Sometimes It Lasts In Love But Sometimes It Hurts Instead"
"Sometimes It Lasts In Love But Sometimes It Hurts Instead"
SONG FACTS
Writer(s): Adele Adkins, Dan Wilson
Producer(s): Adele Adkins, Dan Wilson
This Song Is About Getting Over An Ex, Hoping To Find Another Who Can Bring Back Those Feelings That Made It So Special.
Adele Had Boundless Resources At Her Disposal, But All This Song Needed Was Two People, Two Days, And A Studio With A Grand Piano. She Wrote And Recorded It At Harmony Studios In Los Angeles With Dan Wilson Of The Band Semisonic, Whose Co-Writing Credits Include "Not Ready To Make Nice" With Dixie Chicks And "Hidden Away" With Josh Groban.
This Understated Song Was Used At The Closing Track To The 21 Album, And Also Released As The Second Single From The Set, Following "Rolling In The Deep."
Adele Premiered This Song On November 16, 2010 On Later Live With Jools Holland. It Took Off From There, Reaching An Audience That Welcomed A Song Without Synthesizers, Auto-Tune, Or Any Kind Of Production Sheen.
When Songwriters Record A Demo, It Often Takes Weeks Before They Get Feedback From The Record Label And Producer. The Verdict On This One Came In The Next Day: Everyone Loved It, Including Rick Rubin, Whose Opinion Carries A Lot Of Weight.
Adele Revealed That Her Former Boyfriend May Not Know That He Provided The Inspiration For This And Other Tracks On 21. "I Have No Idea If He's Heard The Record, Or Is Kind Of Clever Enough To Link It, To Think It's Him," She Said. "I'm Not Saying He's Dim. It's Just That Toward The End I Don't Think He Felt Like I Loved Him Enough To Write A Record About Him. But I Did."
Adele Wrote The First Verse On Acoustic Guitar In The Wake Of Her 18-Month Relationship With The 30-Year-Old Man Whom She Believed Was The One. "We Were So Intense I Thought We Would Get Married, " She Told Q Magazine. "But That Was Something He Never Wanted."
A Few Months After They Split, He Was Engaged To Someone Else, "So When I Found Out That He Does Want That (Marriage) With Someone Else, It Was Just The Horrible-Est Feeling Ever," She Continued. "But After I Wrote It, I Felt More At Peace. It Set Me Free. I'm Wiser In My Songs. My Words Are Always What I Can Never Say (In Real Life). But I Didn't Think It Would Resonate…With The World! I'm Never Gonna Write A Song Like That Again. I Think That's The Song I'll Be Known For."
The Singer Added; "I Wrote That Song On The End Of My Bed. I Had A Cold. I Was Waiting For My Bath To Run. I'd Found Out He'd Got Engaged. And It Blows My Mind How Things Cross Over Like That."
A Show-Stopping Performance From Adele Of This Song At The Brit Awards Propelled It To The Top Of The Uk Singles Charts Dated February 20, 2011. With "Rolling In The Deep" At #4 As Well And Her First Two Albums At #4 And #1 Respectively, Adele Became The First Living Act To Have Two Top 5 Singles And Top 5 Albums In The Same Week Since The Beatles Back In 1964. (John Lennon Also Did So In The Immediate Aftermath Of His Death In December 1980).
This Was The First Single Of The 2010s To Sell Over One Million Copies In The Uk. The Previous Million Seller Was "I Gotta Feeling," Which Achieved The Feat In 2009.
The Song Leapt To The Summit Of The Billboard Hot 100 Following An Acclaimed Performance By Adele On The Mtv Video Music Awards On August 28, 2011. It Ended A Chart-Topping Drought For Ballads Becoming The First Slow Song To Reach #1 Since Rihanna's "Take A Bow" Led The May 24, 2008 Survey.
At First, Adele Played Guitar, But They Quickly Decided To Make Use Of The Yamaha Grand Piano In The Room (Wilson Requests Real Pianos At His Sessions).
Adele Won Best Pop Solo Performance For This Song At The 2012 Grammy Awards.
Dan Wilson Recorded A New Version Of This Song With The Kronos Quartet For His 2017 Album Re-Covered.