"Someday Soon" is a song recorded by Australian singer and actress

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. It was written by Bassingthwaighte, Alex Smith and

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, and produced by Smith and Brian Rawling. The song was released on 8 December 2008 as the second single from Bassingthwaighte's debut solo album ''

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''. Lyrically, "Someday Soon" is "an inspirational anthem about believing that anything is possible". Upon its release, the song peaked at number seven on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified platinum by the

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for sales exceeding 70,000 copies.

Background and release

"Someday Soon" was written by

and Alex Smith at Metrophonic Studios in the

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. The song's inspirational lyrics are "about believing that anything is possible". On 8 December 2008, "Someday Soon" was released as a digital

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(EP), which included two

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remixes of Bassingthwaighte's previous single "

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" and an Electrodex remix of "Someday Soon". It was then sent to Australian radio stations on 15 December 2008. The EP was later released as a CD on 10 January 2009. Upon its release, "Someday Soon" debuted at number nine on the ARIA Singles Chart on 19 January 2009, and peaked at number seven in its second week. The song spent its first eight weeks in the top ten. "Someday Soon" was certified platinum by the

for sales exceeding 70,000 copies.

Promotion

Bassingthwaighte performed "Someday Soon" for the first time live during Australia's 2009 New Year's Eve party in Sydney. On 15 February 2009, she performed the song on ''

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''. The music video for "Someday Soon" was directed by Gemma Lee and premiered on 19 December 2008. The video depicts Bassingthwaighte as an actress arriving on set to film a movie. It frequently cuts away to scenes with Bassingthwaighte getting her hair and make up done while reading a movie script and also singing in a room filled with lights. The video features Bassingthwaighte's nephew Logan Sheldrick, the eldest son of Bassingthwaighte's older sister Melinda, who plays a child actor. Actor

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also makes a cameo appearance in the video as the director.

Track listing

*CD single / Digital EP # "Someday Soon" – 4:13 # "Alive" (

Remix) – 5:34 # "Alive" (Kaskade Radio Mix) – 3:33 # "Someday Soon" (Electrodex Remix) – 5:04

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''1000 Stars''. ;Locations *Recorded at the Metrophonic Studios in the United Kingdom. *Mastered at Sterling Sound in

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. ;Personnel *Songwriting –

, Alex Smith *Production – Brian Rawling, Alex Smith *Mixing – Matt Furmidge *Recording – Alex Smith *Keys, guitars and programming – Alex Smith *Piano – Paul Barry *All vocals – Natalie Bassingthwaighte *Mastering –

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Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

External links

"Someday Soon" music video
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