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{{Short description|1963 single}}
{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| name = Someday Soon
| name = You Were on My Mind"/ <br> "Some Day Soon
| cover =
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| type =
| artist = [[Ian & Sylvia]]
| album = Northern Journey
| artist = [[Ian & Sylvia]]
| album = Northern Journey
| A-side = [[You Were on My Mind]]
| B-side = Some Day Soon
| language = English
| released =
| released = January 1964
| recorded = 1964
| recorded = 1963
| studio =
| studio = Vanguard Records Studio (Manhattan)
| genre = [[contemporary folk music]]
| venue =
| length = <span style="font-size:95%">"Some Day Soon":</span> 2:00
| genre = [[Western music (North America)|Western]]
| label = [[Vanguard Records]]
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=18}}
| writer = <span style="font-size:95%">"Some Day Soon":</span> [[Ian Tyson]]
| label = [[Vanguard Records|Vanguard]]
| writer = [[Ian Tyson]]
| producer =
| prev_title = [[Four Strong Winds]]
| producer = Unknown
| prev_year = 1963
| next_title = Four Rode By"/ "Nova Scotia Farewell
| next_year = 1964
}}
}}


{| class="wikitable floatright" style="text-align: center; width: 350px"
! style="background: #F0E68C; font-size: 80%"|The theme of "Someday Soon"
|-
| style="font-size: 80%"|"One of the classic tales that depicts the relationship between the cowboy & a woman emerges in the lyrical narrative of<span style="font-size:50%">...</span>Ian Tyson's 'Someday Soon' [which,] from the perspective of the rodeo cowboy's female lover,<span style="font-size:50%">...</span>recounts the strong pull that the rodeo holds on the young man who 'loves his damned old rodeos as much as he loves' her. Thus, adhering to his cowboy code, this rodeo man is indeed a stereotypical wandering cowboy, following his passion for horses & the nomadic lifestyle. As the song protagonist continually admits that she will be going with him 'someday soon,' it is clear from the narrative that this young lady maybe waiting a very long time".<ref>{{cite thesis| type=PhD| last=Watson | first=Jada| date=2015| title=Country Music's "Hurtin' Albertan": Corb Lund & the Construction of "Geo-Cultural" Identity| publisher=Université Laval}}</ref>
|}

"'''Someday Soon'''" is a song composed by Canadian singer-songwriter [[Ian Tyson]] who recorded the song with [[Sylvia Tyson|Sylvia Fricker]] as the duo [[Ian & Sylvia]] in 1963. Cited by Richie Unterberger of [[Allmusic]] as "clearly point[ing] toward [its writer's] future C&W/cowboy direction",<ref name="northern">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r96392|pure_url=yes}}|title=''Northern Journey'' review|last=Unterberger|first=Richie|work=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=18 September 2010}}</ref> "Someday Soon" would be brought to prominence via a 1968 recording by [[Judy Collins]], and subsequently recorded by a number of artists primarily in the [[country music|country and western]] field. In 2010 "Someday Soon" was honored by the [[Western Writers of America]] as one of the "Top 100 Western Songs" of all time.<ref name="Top100">{{Cite web|title=The Top 100 Western Songs|author=Western Writers of America|year=2010|authorlink=Western Writers of America|publisher=American Cowboy|url=http://www.americancowboy.com/culture/top-100-western-songs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101019002745/http://americancowboy.com/culture/top-100-western-songs|archive-date=19 October 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==As recorded by Ian & Sylvia/ Ian Tyson==
On the occasion of his 2019 induction into the [[Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame]], [[Ian Tyson]] would credit [[Bob Dylan]] with inspiring [[Ian & Sylvia]] to follow his lead in writing "original folk songs":<small>(Ian Tyson quote:)</small>"We had to go in some direction, because we had used up all the real roots music from the Delta on north. Bob blazed the trail into the wilderness, into unknown territory. I realized after I had written '[[Four Strong Winds]]' - Tyson's tyro composition written in 1962 after first hearing Dylan sing an original song - "and a couple of others, I had all kinds of cowboy material back there from personal experience. I just never thought of it as folk material, which it was of course."<ref>''Calgary Herald'' 31 August 2019 "It's About Time: Ian Tyson inducted into Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame" by Eric Volmers p.D1</ref>

Like the subject of "Someday Soon", Tyson had been a [[bronc riding|rodeo rider]] in his youth, an on-the-job injury ending Tyson's career in his mid-20s (that injury led to Tyson's interest in music: while hospitalized he learned to play the guitar to pass the time).<ref>''Los Angeles Times'' 28 August 1993 "An Affinity for Plains’ Truths: Ex-folkie Ian Tyson of Ian & Sylvia has drawn on his ranching and rodeo experiences to achieve new fame as a country performer" by Marc Boehm</ref> Tyson had written the song at the [[Lower East Side]] apartment of [[Sylvia Tyson|Sylvia Fricker]], his musical partner in Ian & Sylvia:<small>(Ian Tyson quote:)</small> "I don't know where I got the idea for [writing] a song from a girl's perspective. I stole the first line of ['Someday Soon'] from an old [[Stanley Brothers]]<span style="font-size:50%">...</span>[[bluegrass music|bluegrass]] song. But I don't know where I got that plotline."<ref name="Four Strong Winds">{{cite book| first=John| last=Einarson| title=Four Strong Winds| year=2011| location=Toronto| publisher=McClelland & Stewart| pages=126–127| isbn=978-0-7710-3038-3}}</ref>


"Some Day Soon" - as the Ian & Sylvia version was originally styled - appeared on the 1964 Ian & Sylvia album ''Northern Journey'',<ref name="northern"/> released shortly after the couple's June 1964 marriage: the song had already been issued as the [[A-side and B-side#B-side|B-side]] of the January 1964 advance single release "[[You Were on My Mind]]".
"'''Someday Soon'''" is a song composed by Canadian singer-songwriter [[Ian Tyson]] who recorded the song with his then-wife, [[Sylvia Tyson]], as the duo [[Ian & Sylvia]] in 1964. Brought to prominence via a 1968 recording by [[Judy Collins]], "Someday Soon" has since been recorded by a number of artists primarily in the [[country music|country and western]] field. In 2010 "Someday Soon" was honored by the [[Western Writers of America]] as one of the "Top 100 Western Songs" of all time.<ref name="Top100">{{Cite web|title=The Top 100 Western Songs|author=Western Writers of America|year=2010|authorlink=Western Writers of America|publisher=American Cowboy|url=http://www.americancowboy.com/culture/top-100-western-songs|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6RjFQXqGy?url=http://www.americancowboy.com/culture/top-100-western-songs|archive-date=10 August 2014|url-status=dead|df=}}</ref>


"Someday Soon" was recorded in 2001 by Ian Tyson for his 2002 live album release ''Live at Longview''.<ref>''Ottawa Citizen'' 23 February 2002 "Recordings - Country" by Patrick Langston p. 96</ref>
==Ian & Sylvia's original recording==
Ian Tyson first recorded "Someday Soon" while married to, and musical partner with, [[Sylvia Tyson]] in 1964 on the album ''Northern Journey''.<ref name="northern">{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r96392|pure_url=yes}}|title=''Northern Journey'' review|last=Unterberger|first=Richie|work=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=18 September 2010}}</ref> Like the subject of the song, Ian Tyson had been a [[bronc riding|rodeo rider]] in his youth, an on-the-job injury ending Tyson's career in his mid-20s (Tyson learned to play the guitar while recuperating in hospital, inaugurating his interest in music).<ref>''Los Angeles Times'' 28 August 1993 "An Affinity for Plains’ Truths: Ex-folkie Ian Tyson of Ian & Sylvia has drawn on his ranching and rodeo experiences to achieve new fame as a country performer" by Marc Boehm p.</ref> Richie Unterberger of [[Allmusic]] describes Ian Tyson's version of "Someday Soon" as "clearly point[ing] toward his future C&W/cowboy direction."<ref name="northern"/>


==Judy Collins version==
==As recorded by Judy Collins==


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| type = single
| type = single
| artist = [[Judy Collins]]
| artist = [[Judy Collins]]
| album = [[Who Knows Where the Time Goes (Judy Collins album)|Who Knows Where the Time Goes]]
| album = [[Who Knows Where the Time Goes (Judy Collins album)|Who Knows <br> Where the Time Goes]]
| B-side = "My Father"<ref name="whitburn collins">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Joel Whitburn's top pop singles 1955-2006|publisher=Record Research, Inc|date=2006|page=185|isbn=0-89820-172-1}}</ref>
| B-side = "My Father"<ref name="whitburn collins">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Joel Whitburn's top pop singles 1955-2006|publisher=Record Research, Inc|date=2006|page=185|isbn=0-89820-172-1}}</ref>
| released = early 1969
| released = January 1969
| recorded =
| recorded =
| studio =
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In 1968, [[Judy Collins]] recorded "Someday Soon" for her album ''[[Who Knows Where the Time Goes (Judy Collins album)|Who Knows Where the Time Goes]]''.
In 1968, [[Judy Collins]] recorded "Someday Soon" for her album ''[[Who Knows Where the Time Goes (Judy Collins album)|Who Knows Where the Time Goes]]''.


Although Collins had frequently crossed paths with [[Ian and Sylvia]] - <small>(Judy Collins quote:)</small> "We used to hang out together. I had heard all of their songs"<ref name="Vinyl Dialogues">https://vinyldialogues.com/VinylDialoguesBlog/with-judy-collins-and-stephen-stills-there-were-sparks-right-away/</ref>- it was Collins' swain [[Stephen Stills]] who suggested she record "Someday Soon": <small>(Judy Collins quote:)</small> "One evening as Stephen and I were driving back [to Los Angeles] from Malibu we started talking about the [in progress sessions for] ''Who Knows Where the Time Goes''. 'I think we need one more song,' Stephen said: 'What about 'Someday Soon'? The song was perfect for me, a Colorado girl at heart" - referencing the song's locale - "I remembered all the lyrics and we hit the freeway singing in harmony<span style="font-size:60%">...</span>The next day we recorded 'Someday Soon'"<ref>{{cite book| first=Judy| last=Collins| title=Sweet Judy Blue Eyes| year=2011| location=NYC| publisher=Random House| pages=| isbn=978-0-307-7244-2451734-4}}</ref> in a session which featured Stills on [[acoustic guitar]] and [[Buddy Emmons]] on [[James Burton Telecaster]] and [[pedal steel guitar]].<ref>https://www.cpr.org/2019/08/19/these-are-the-colorado-songs-you-should-listen-to-at-least-once/</ref>
Although Collins had frequently crossed paths with [[Ian and Sylvia]] - <small>(Judy Collins quote:)</small> "We used to hang out together. I had heard all of their songs"<ref name="Vinyl Dialogues">{{Cite web|url=https://vinyldialogues.com/VinylDialoguesBlog/with-judy-collins-and-stephen-stills-there-were-sparks-right-away/|title = With Judy Collins and Stephen Stills, 'There were sparks right away'|date = 21 April 2018}}</ref>- it was Collins' swain [[Stephen Stills]] who suggested she record "Someday Soon". According to the song's composer [[Ian Tyson]]<small>(Ian Tyson quote:)</small>"Stephen Stills was living with Judy Collins and he told her: 'You've got to record this song.' She didn't want to record it but he pushed her to and that recording was magical."<ref name="Four Strong Winds"/> Collins herself recalls responding positively to Stills' recommendation: <small>(Judy Collins quote:)</small> "One evening as Stephen and I were driving back [to Los Angeles] from Malibu we started talking about the [in progress sessions for] ''Who Knows Where the Time Goes''. 'I think we need one more song,' Stephen said: 'What about 'Someday Soon'? The song was perfect for me, a Colorado girl at heart" - referencing the song's locale - "I remembered all the lyrics and we hit the freeway singing in harmony<span style="font-size:60%">...</span>The next day we recorded 'Someday Soon'"<ref>{{cite book| first=Judy| last=Collins| title=Sweet Judy Blue Eyes| year=2011| location=NYC| publisher=Random House| pages=| isbn=978-0-307-71734-4}}</ref> in a session which featured Stills on [[acoustic guitar]], [[Buddy Emmons]] on [[pedal steel guitar]] and [[James Burton]] on a [[Telecaster]] electric guitar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cpr.org/2019/08/19/these-are-the-colorado-songs-you-should-listen-to-at-least-once/|title = These Are the Colorado Songs You Should Listen to at Least Once}}</ref>


Released as a single in 1969, "Someday Soon" spent six weeks on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and peaked at #55.<ref name="whitburn collins"/> In Canada, her version reached #37 on the Top Singles chart published by ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]''. In 1972 "Someday Soon" was rereleased - with "[[Suzanne]]" as [[A-side and B-side#B-side|B-side]] - parallel with the release of the compilation ''[[Colors of the Day: The Best of Judy Collins]]'' album, but the single was not a success. Despite not being a major hit in terms of chart data, "Someday Soon" is considered a signature song of Collins'.<ref>''Hartford Courant'' 19 July 1996 "Judy Collins Still Can Mesmerize" by Kyrie O'Connor p.4</ref><ref>https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/reviews/judy-collins-at-the-cafe-carlyle_10096.html</ref><ref name="Vinyl Dialogues"/><ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2002/10/08/performing-arts/aafd8876-f63f-46f7-afac-5441ca58ca2f/</ref>
The album ''Who Knows Where the Time Goes'' was issued in the autumn of 1969, at which time "[[Both Sides, Now|Both Sides Now]]" given a belated single release from Collins' 1967 album ''[[Wildflowers (Judy Collins album)|Wildflowers]]'' was affording Collins her debut [[Top 40]] hit. As "Both Sides Now" was dropping out of the Top 40 from its #8 [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] peak, "Someday Soon" was released as follow-up single in January 1969 - five years to the month after the release of the [[Ian & Sylvia]] single "[[You Were On My Mind]]"/ "Some Day Soon". Despite reaching the Top Ten in a number of locales where "Both Sides Now" had afforded Collins especial success - notably [[San Francisco]] and several mid-size California cities -,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.las-solanas.com/arsa/singles_charts.php?hs=1220|title = ARSA &#124; the Radio Surveys / Record Charts Site}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.las-solanas.com/arsa/singles_charts.php?hs=9689&ix=0&ic=30&it=177|title = ARSA &#124; the Radio Surveys / Record Charts Site}}</ref> "Someday Soon" would rise no higher on the Hot 100 than #55,<ref name="whitburn collins"/> also reaching #37 on the Canadian Top Singles chart published by ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]''. In 1972 "Someday Soon" was rereleased - with "[[Suzanne (Leonard Cohen song)|Suzanne]]" as [[A-side and B-side#B-side|B-side]] - parallel with the release of the compilation ''[[Colors of the Day: The Best of Judy Collins]]'' album, but the single was not a success. Despite not being a major hit in terms of chart data, "Someday Soon" is considered a signature song of Collins'.<ref>''Hartford Courant'' 19 July 1996 "Judy Collins Still Can Mesmerize" by Kyrie O'Connor p.4</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/reviews/judy-collins-at-the-cafe-carlyle_10096.html|title=Judy Collins at the Café Carlyle &#124; TheaterMania|date=14 February 2007 }}</ref><ref name="Vinyl Dialogues"/><ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2002/10/08/performing-arts/aafd8876-f63f-46f7-afac-5441ca58ca2f/| title = PERFORMING ARTS - The Washington Post| newspaper = [[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>


Robb Baker (''[[The Chicago Tribune]]'') reviewing ''Who Knows Where the Time Goes'' cited "Someday Soon" along with Collins' original "My Father" as the album's highlights, describing "Someday Soon" as "[Collins'] [[country music|countriest]] selection ever<span style="font-size:50%">...</span>about a girl who vies for a man's affections with<span style="font-size:50%">...</span>a 'damned old [[rodeo]]'."<ref>''Chicago Tribune'' 6 December 1968 "Sounds" by Robb Baker Section 2 p.27</ref> Matthew Greenwald of [[Allmusic]] described Collins's rendition favorably, calling it "one of the great story-songs of the 1960s" and praising Collins's vocals.<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=song|id=t1019091|pure_url=yes}}|title=''Who Knows Where the Time Goes'' review|last=Greenwald|first=Matthew|work=Allmusic|accessdate=18 September 2010}}</ref>
Robb Baker (''[[The Chicago Tribune]]'') reviewing ''Who Knows Where the Time Goes'' cited "Someday Soon" along with Collins' original "My Father" as the album's highlights, describing "Someday Soon" as "[Collins'] [[country music|countriest]] selection ever<span style="font-size:50%">...</span>about a girl who vies for a man's affections with<span style="font-size:50%">...</span>a 'damned old [[rodeo]]'."<ref>''Chicago Tribune'' 6 December 1968 "Sounds" by Robb Baker Section 2 p.27</ref> Matthew Greenwald of [[Allmusic]] described Collins's rendition favorably, calling it "one of the great story-songs of the 1960s" and praising Collins's vocals.<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=song|id=t1019091|pure_url=yes}}|title=''Who Knows Where the Time Goes'' review|last=Greenwald|first=Matthew|work=Allmusic|accessdate=18 September 2010}}</ref>

Collins' 2015 duet focused album ''Strangers Again'' featured her rendition of "Someday Soon" with [[Jimmy Buffett]].<ref name="Second Hand Songs">https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/2552/versions#nav-entity</ref>
In-concert renditions of "Someday Soon" appear on the 2000 album release ''Judy Collins Live at Wolf Trap''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Judy-Collins-Live-At-Wolftrap/master/1340745|title = Judy Collins - Live at Wolf Trap|website = [[Discogs]]| year=2000 }}</ref> and the 2003 multi-artist album release ''Wildflower Festival''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Judy-Collins-Wildflower-Festival/master/1608495|title = Judy Collins - Wildflower Festival|website = [[Discogs]]| year=2003 }}</ref> Collins' 2015 duets album ''Strangers Again'' featured her rendition of "Someday Soon" with [[Jimmy Buffett]].<ref name="Second Hand Songs">{{Cite web|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/2552/versions#nav-entity|title = Cover versions of Someday Soon by Judy Collins &#124; SecondHandSongs|website = SecondHandSongs}}</ref>


===Chart performance===
===Chart performance===
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| next_year = 1992
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===Background===
===Background===
[[Suzy Bogguss]] charted a recording of "Someday Soon" in 1991, from her [[Liberty Records]] album release ''[[Aces (Suzy Bogguss album)|Aces]]''.
[[Suzy Bogguss]] charted a recording of "Someday Soon" in 1991, from her [[Liberty Records]] album release ''[[Aces (Suzy Bogguss album)|Aces]]''.


According to its composer [[Ian Tyson]], Bogguss' recording of "Someday Soon" was due to [[steel guitar]]ist Tommy Spurlock, Tyson's sometimes sideman, playing on the sessions for the ''Aces'' album:<small>(Ian Tyson quote:)</small> "He said; "Why don't y'all do 'Someday Soon', that old song of Tyson's?' They all gave him blank looks. Then they got the Judy Collins version of the song and cut it almost the same way with minor tweaking".<ref>{{cite book|first=Ian|last=Tyson|year=2007|title=The Long Trail: my life in the west|publisher=Random House|location=Totonto|page=166|isbn=978-0-307-35936-0}}</ref>
According to its composer [[Ian Tyson]], Bogguss' recording of "Someday Soon" was due to [[steel guitar]]ist Tommy Spurlock, Tyson's sometimes sideman, playing on the sessions for the ''Aces'' album:<small>(Ian Tyson quote:)</small> "He said; "Why don't y'all do 'Someday Soon', that old song of Tyson's?' They all gave him blank looks. Then they got the Judy Collins version of the song and cut it almost the same way with minor tweaking".<ref>{{cite book|first=Ian|last=Tyson|year=2007|title=The Long Trail: my life in the west|publisher=Random House|location=Totonto|page=166|isbn=978-0-307-35936-0}}</ref>


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{| class="wikitable floatleft" style="text-align: center; width: 250px"
! style="background: #F0E68C; font-size: 65%"|[[Suzy Bogguss]] on "Someday Soon"'''
! style="background: #F0E68C; font-size: 80%"|[[Suzy Bogguss]] on "Someday Soon"'''
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| style="font-size: 75%"|"The lyrics seem so believable. It sounds like a true story about a girl whose life has been laid out for her in black and white. Then she meets this cowboy and everything turns to color."<ref name="Cleary">''Grand Junction Daily Sentinel'' 21 June 1992 "Suzy Bogguss Puts Priority Into Musical Variety" by C. Patrick Cleary pp.86,87</ref>
| style="font-size: 80%"|"The lyrics seem so believable. It sounds like a true story about a girl whose life has been laid out for her in black and white. Then she meets this cowboy and everything turns to color."<ref name="Cleary">''Grand Junction Daily Sentinel'' 21 June 1992 "Suzy Bogguss Puts Priority Into Musical Variety" by C. Patrick Cleary pp.86,87</ref>
|}
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Bogguss herself would state that "recording ['Someday Soon'] is sort of like living out a dream for me. I've been singing it forever:"<ref name="Cleary"/> "[It] was one of the first songs I played when I was starting out [performing] in 1978. [It's] a song that it felt cool to play with just the guitar, and I've always wanted to record it":<ref>''Decatur Herald & Review'' 10 July 1992 "Local Girl: country singer returns to native Illinois" by David Burke p.18</ref>: "I actually had to fight to record that song [since ''Aces'' co-producer] [[Jimmy Bowen|Jimmy [Bowen]]] said: 'Too many people have covered that song. Moe Bandy did it 10 years ago and Judy Collins had a huge hit, and you’re going to draw comparisons.' I said, let me cut it because the young people [at her live shows] were really responding to it." <ref>https://musicrow.com/2016/09/exclusive-25-years-later-suzy-bogguss-deals-aces-again/</ref> Bogguss has conceded that while she aims to select songs that "I could give my [own] twist to", "Someday Soon" was a number "I did pretty much like Judy Collins [had]."<ref>https://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/article/Suzy-Bogguss-returns-to-her-troubadour-roots-1394141.php</ref>
Bogguss herself would state that "recording ['Someday Soon'] is sort of like living out a dream for me. I've been singing it forever:"<ref name="Cleary"/> "[It] was one of the first songs I played when I was starting out [performing] in 1978. [It's] a song that it felt cool to play with just the guitar, and I've always wanted to record it":<ref>''Decatur Herald & Review'' 10 July 1992 "Local Girl: country singer returns to native Illinois" by David Burke p.18</ref> "I actually had to fight to record that song [since ''Aces'' co-producer] [[Jimmy Bowen|Jimmy [Bowen]]] said: 'Too many people have covered that song. Moe Bandy did it 10 years ago and Judy Collins had a huge hit, and you’re going to draw comparisons.' I said, let me cut it because the young people [at her live shows] were really responding to it."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://musicrow.com/2016/09/exclusive-25-years-later-suzy-bogguss-deals-aces-again/|title=Exclusive: 25 Years Later, Suzy Bogguss Deals 'Aces' Again|date=30 September 2016}}</ref> Bogguss has conceded that while she aims to select songs that "I could give my twist to", "Someday Soon" was a number "I did pretty much like Judy Collins."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/article/Suzy-Bogguss-returns-to-her-troubadour-roots-1394141.php|title = Suzy Bogguss returns to her troubadour roots| newspaper=Mysa |date = 26 May 2011| last1=Jr | first1=Jim Beal }}</ref>


Released as the lead single from ''Aces'', "Someday Soon" spent twenty weeks on the country singles charts and peaking at #12.<ref name="whitburn bogguss"/> The song also reached #16 on the ''RPM'' Country Tracks charts.
Released as the lead single from ''Aces'', "Someday Soon" spent twenty weeks on the country singles charts and peaking at #12.<ref name="whitburn bogguss"/> The song also reached #16 on the ''RPM'' Country Tracks charts.


Bryan Buss of [[Allmusic]] described Bogguss's rendition as the "second strongest cut" on ''Aces,'' saying that her vocal performance "makes Bogguss an artist and not just a vocalist."<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r123488|pure_url=yes}}|title=''Aces'' review|last=Buss|first=Bryan|work=Allmusic|accessdate=18 September 2010}}</ref>
Bryan Buss of [[Allmusic]] described Bogguss's rendition as the "second strongest cut" on ''Aces,'' saying that her vocal performance "makes Bogguss an artist and not just a vocalist."<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r123488|pure_url=yes}}|title=''Aces'' review|last=Buss|first=Bryan|work=Allmusic|accessdate=18 September 2010}}</ref>


Bogguss' 2016 album ''Aces Redux'' features a new recording of "Someday Soon" (plus the other tracks from ''Aces'').<ref>https://musicrow.com/2016/08/suzy-bogguss-revisits-1991-album-with-new-aces-redux/</ref> A 199 live version of "Someday Soon" is featured on ''Live at Caffé Milano'' which had been sold in [[compact disc|CD]] format at Bogguss' live shows since 2001 before being made available digitally in 2020.<ref>https://www.thecountrynote.com/in-the-news/suzy-bogguss-teams-up-with-time-life-for-the-long-awaited-digital-release-of-live-at-caffe-milano/</ref>
Bogguss' 2016 album ''Aces Redux'' features a new recording of "Someday Soon" (plus the other tracks from ''Aces'').<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://musicrow.com/2016/08/suzy-bogguss-revisits-1991-album-with-new-aces-redux/|title = Suzy Bogguss Revisits 1991 Album with New 'Aces Redux'|date = 17 August 2016}}</ref> A 1999 live version of "Someday Soon" is featured on ''Live at Caffé Milano'' which had been sold in [[compact disc|CD]] format at Bogguss' live shows since 2001 before being made available digitally in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecountrynote.com/in-the-news/suzy-bogguss-teams-up-with-time-life-for-the-long-awaited-digital-release-of-live-at-caffe-milano/|title=Suzy Bogguss Teams up with TIME LIFE for the Long-Awaited Digital Release of 'Live at Caffe Milano'|date=28 August 2020}}</ref>


===Chart performance===
===Chart performance===
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==Other versions==
==Other versions==
"Someday Soon" has also been recorded by [[the Kingston Trio]] (album ''[[The Kingston Trio (Nick Bob John)]]''/ 1964), [[Julie Felix]] (album ''The Second Album''/ 1965),<ref name="Second Hand Songs">https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/2552/versions#nav-entity</ref>, [[Esther & Abi Ofarim]] (album ''The New Esther & Abi Ofarim album''/ 1966),<ref>[http://www.esther-ofarim.de/Disco.htm Esther Ofarim - Esther and Abi Ofarim - Esther & Abi Ofarim - Ofraim אסתר עופרים]</ref>[[Judy Lynn]] (album ''Judy Lynn Sings at Caesar's Palace''/ 1969), [[Skeeter Davis]] (album "maryfrances"/ 1969), [[Lynn Anderson]] (album ''[[Stay There 'Til I Get There]]''/ 1970), [[Bonnie Dobson]] (album ''Bonnie Dobson''/ 1972), [[Glen Campbell]] (album ''[[I Knew Jesus (Before He Was a Star)]]''/ 1973),<ref name="Second Hand Songs"/> [[Chris LeDoux]] (album ''Rodeo Songs 'Old and New<nowiki>'</nowiki>''/ 1973),<ref>https://www.ledouxcountry.com/discography/</ref> [[Tanya Tucker]] (album ''[[Tanya Tucker (album)|Tanya Tucker]]''/ 1975), [[Crystal Gayle]] (album ''[[When I Dream]]''/ 1978), [[Mare Winningham]] (album ''Lonesomers''/ 1997), [[Andrea Marcovicci]] (album ''Here There & Everywhere''/ 2000), [[Lucy Kaplansky]] (album ''[[Over the Hills]]''/ 2007) and [[Bearfoot (American band)|Annalisa Tornfelt]] (album ''Search Zero/ 2015).<ref name="Second Hand Songs"/>
"Someday Soon" has also been recorded by [[the Kingston Trio]] (album ''[[The Kingston Trio (Nick Bob John)]]''/ 1964), [[Julie Felix]] (album ''The Second Album''/ 1965),<ref name="Second Hand Songs"/> [[Esther & Abi Ofarim]] (album ''The New Esther & Abi Ofarim album''/ 1966),<ref>[http://www.esther-ofarim.de/Disco.htm Esther Ofarim - Esther and Abi Ofarim - Esther & Abi Ofarim - Ofraim אסתר עופרים]</ref>[[Judy Lynn]] (album ''Judy Lynn Sings at Caesar's Palace''/ 1969), [[Skeeter Davis]] (album "maryfrances"/ 1969), [[Lynn Anderson]] (album ''[[Stay There 'Til I Get There]]''/ 1970), [[Johnny Cash]] (''The Johnny Cash Show''/October 7, 1970), [[Bonnie Dobson]] (album ''Bonnie Dobson''/ 1972), [[Glen Campbell]] (album ''[[I Knew Jesus (Before He Was a Star)|I Knew Jesus <small>(Before He Was a Star)</small>]]''/ 1973),<ref name="Second Hand Songs"/> [[Chris LeDoux]] (album ''Rodeo Songs 'Old and New<nowiki>'</nowiki>''/ 1973),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ledouxcountry.com/discography/|title=Chris LeDoux - LeDoux Country - Discography}}</ref> [[Tanya Tucker]] (album ''[[Tanya Tucker (album)|Tanya Tucker]]''/ 1975), [[Crystal Gayle]] (album ''[[When I Dream]]''/ 1978),<ref name="Second Hand Songs"/> Freda & the Firedogs featuring [[Marcia Ball]] (album ''Live from the Old Soap Creek Saloon''/ 1979),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Freda-The-Firedogs-Live-from-the-Old-Soap-Creek-Saloon/release/9440152|title = Freda & the Firedogs – Live from the Old Soap Creek Saloon (CD)|website = [[Discogs]]| year=2002 }}</ref>[[Mare Winningham]] (album ''Lonesomers''/ 1997), [[Andrea Marcovicci]] (album ''Here There & Everywhere''/ 2000), [[Lucy Kaplansky]] (album ''[[Over the Hills]]''/ 2007),<ref name="Second Hand Songs"/> [[One Hundred Dollars]] (album ''Forest of Tears''/ 2008),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/One-Hundred-Dollars-Forest-Of-Tears/release/3626401|title=One Hundred Dollars – Forest of Tears (2008, CD)|website=[[Discogs]]|year=2008 }}</ref> [[Joanie Keller]] (album ''Me & Dad''/ 2009),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Joanie-Keller-Me-And-Dad/release/16376487|title = Joanie Keller – Me and Dad (2009, CD)|website = [[Discogs]]| year=2009 }}</ref> [[Bearfoot (American band)|Annalisa Tornfelt]] (album ''Search Zero''/ 2015),<ref name="Second Hand Songs"/> [[Fred Eaglesmith]] & [[Tif Ginn]] (album ''Alive''/ 2020),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Fred-Eaglesmith-Tif-Ginn-Alive/release/15936399|title = Fred Eaglesmith & Tif Ginn – Alive (2020, CD)|website = [[Discogs]]| year=2020 }}</ref> and [[Steve Forbert]] (album ''Early Morning Rain''/ 2020).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bluerosemusic.com/2020/04/30/review-steve-forbert-celebrates-the-craftsmanship-of-songwriting-with-early-morning-rain/|title = REVIEW: Steve Forbert Celebrates the Craftsmanship of Songwriting with "Early Morning Rain"|date = 30 April 2020}}</ref>


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"You Were on My Mind"/
"Some Day Soon"
Single by Ian & Sylvia
from the album Northern Journey
A-side"You Were on My Mind"
B-side"Some Day Soon"
ReleasedJanuary 1964
Recorded1963
StudioVanguard Records Studio (Manhattan)
Genrecontemporary folk music
Length"Some Day Soon": 2:00
LabelVanguard Records
Songwriter(s)"Some Day Soon": Ian Tyson
Ian & Sylvia singles chronology
"Four Strong Winds"
(1963)
"You Were on My Mind"/
"Some Day Soon
"
(1964)
"Four Rode By"/ "Nova Scotia Farewell"
(1964)
The theme of "Someday Soon"
"One of the classic tales that depicts the relationship between the cowboy & a woman emerges in the lyrical narrative of...Ian Tyson's 'Someday Soon' [which,] from the perspective of the rodeo cowboy's female lover,...recounts the strong pull that the rodeo holds on the young man who 'loves his damned old rodeos as much as he loves' her. Thus, adhering to his cowboy code, this rodeo man is indeed a stereotypical wandering cowboy, following his passion for horses & the nomadic lifestyle. As the song protagonist continually admits that she will be going with him 'someday soon,' it is clear from the narrative that this young lady maybe waiting a very long time".[1]

"Someday Soon" is a song composed by Canadian singer-songwriter Ian Tyson who recorded the song with Sylvia Fricker as the duo Ian & Sylvia in 1963. Cited by Richie Unterberger of Allmusic as "clearly point[ing] toward [its writer's] future C&W/cowboy direction",[2] "Someday Soon" would be brought to prominence via a 1968 recording by Judy Collins, and subsequently recorded by a number of artists primarily in the country and western field. In 2010 "Someday Soon" was honored by the Western Writers of America as one of the "Top 100 Western Songs" of all time.[3]

As recorded by Ian & Sylvia/ Ian Tyson

On the occasion of his 2019 induction into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, Ian Tyson would credit Bob Dylan with inspiring Ian & Sylvia to follow his lead in writing "original folk songs":(Ian Tyson quote:)"We had to go in some direction, because we had used up all the real roots music from the Delta on north. Bob blazed the trail into the wilderness, into unknown territory. I realized after I had written 'Four Strong Winds' - Tyson's tyro composition written in 1962 after first hearing Dylan sing an original song - "and a couple of others, I had all kinds of cowboy material back there from personal experience. I just never thought of it as folk material, which it was of course."[4]

Like the subject of "Someday Soon", Tyson had been a rodeo rider in his youth, an on-the-job injury ending Tyson's career in his mid-20s (that injury led to Tyson's interest in music: while hospitalized he learned to play the guitar to pass the time).[5] Tyson had written the song at the Lower East Side apartment of Sylvia Fricker, his musical partner in Ian & Sylvia:(Ian Tyson quote:) "I don't know where I got the idea for [writing] a song from a girl's perspective. I stole the first line of ['Someday Soon'] from an old Stanley Brothers...bluegrass song. But I don't know where I got that plotline."[6]

"Some Day Soon" - as the Ian & Sylvia version was originally styled - appeared on the 1964 Ian & Sylvia album Northern Journey,[2] released shortly after the couple's June 1964 marriage: the song had already been issued as the B-side of the January 1964 advance single release "You Were on My Mind".

"Someday Soon" was recorded in 2001 by Ian Tyson for his 2002 live album release Live at Longview.[7]

As recorded by Judy Collins

"Someday Soon"
Single by Judy Collins
from the album Who Knows
Where the Time Goes
B-side"My Father"[8]
ReleasedJanuary 1969
GenreFolk
Length3:43
LabelElektra #45649
Songwriter(s)Ian Tyson
Producer(s)David Anderle
Judy Collins singles chronology
"Both Sides Now"
(1968)
"Someday Soon"
(1969)
"Chelsea Morning"
(1969)

Background

In 1968, Judy Collins recorded "Someday Soon" for her album Who Knows Where the Time Goes.

Although Collins had frequently crossed paths with Ian and Sylvia - (Judy Collins quote:) "We used to hang out together. I had heard all of their songs"[9]- it was Collins' swain Stephen Stills who suggested she record "Someday Soon". According to the song's composer Ian Tyson(Ian Tyson quote:)"Stephen Stills was living with Judy Collins and he told her: 'You've got to record this song.' She didn't want to record it but he pushed her to and that recording was magical."[6] Collins herself recalls responding positively to Stills' recommendation: (Judy Collins quote:) "One evening as Stephen and I were driving back [to Los Angeles] from Malibu we started talking about the [in progress sessions for] Who Knows Where the Time Goes. 'I think we need one more song,' Stephen said: 'What about 'Someday Soon'? The song was perfect for me, a Colorado girl at heart" - referencing the song's locale - "I remembered all the lyrics and we hit the freeway singing in harmony...The next day we recorded 'Someday Soon'"[10] in a session which featured Stills on acoustic guitar, Buddy Emmons on pedal steel guitar and James Burton on a Telecaster electric guitar.[11]

The album Who Knows Where the Time Goes was issued in the autumn of 1969, at which time "Both Sides Now" given a belated single release from Collins' 1967 album Wildflowers was affording Collins her debut Top 40 hit. As "Both Sides Now" was dropping out of the Top 40 from its #8 Billboard Hot 100 peak, "Someday Soon" was released as follow-up single in January 1969 - five years to the month after the release of the Ian & Sylvia single "You Were On My Mind"/ "Some Day Soon". Despite reaching the Top Ten in a number of locales where "Both Sides Now" had afforded Collins especial success - notably San Francisco and several mid-size California cities -,[12][13] "Someday Soon" would rise no higher on the Hot 100 than #55,[8] also reaching #37 on the Canadian Top Singles chart published by RPM. In 1972 "Someday Soon" was rereleased - with "Suzanne" as B-side - parallel with the release of the compilation Colors of the Day: The Best of Judy Collins album, but the single was not a success. Despite not being a major hit in terms of chart data, "Someday Soon" is considered a signature song of Collins'.[14][15][9][16]

Robb Baker (The Chicago Tribune) reviewing Who Knows Where the Time Goes cited "Someday Soon" along with Collins' original "My Father" as the album's highlights, describing "Someday Soon" as "[Collins'] countriest selection ever...about a girl who vies for a man's affections with...a 'damned old rodeo'."[17] Matthew Greenwald of Allmusic described Collins's rendition favorably, calling it "one of the great story-songs of the 1960s" and praising Collins's vocals.[18]

In-concert renditions of "Someday Soon" appear on the 2000 album release Judy Collins Live at Wolf Trap[19] and the 2003 multi-artist album release Wildflower Festival.[20] Collins' 2015 duets album Strangers Again featured her rendition of "Someday Soon" with Jimmy Buffett.[21]

Chart performance

Chart (1969) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[22] 55
Canadian RPM Top Singles[23] 37

Moe Bandy version

"Someday Soon"
Single by Moe Bandy
from the album Rodeo Romeo
B-side"She's Playin' Hard to Forget"[24]
Released1982
GenreCountry
Length3:09
LabelColumbia #02735
Songwriter(s)Ian Tyson
Producer(s)Ray Baker
Moe Bandy singles chronology
"Rodeo Romeo"
(1981)
"Someday Soon"
(1982)
"She's Not Really Cheatin' (She's Just Gettin' Even)"
(1982)

Background

In 1982, country music singer Moe Bandy remade the song for his Columbia Records album release Rodeo Romeo. It was the second and final single from that album. This version entered the country music charts in the U.S. and Canada, respectively reaching #21 and #36.

Chart performance

Chart (1982) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[25] 21
Canadian RPM Country Tracks[26] 36

Suzy Bogguss version

"Someday Soon"
Single by Suzy Bogguss
from the album Aces
B-side"Fear of Flying"[27]
ReleasedSeptember 4, 1991
GenreCountry
Length3:56
LabelLiberty #44772
Songwriter(s)Ian Tyson
Producer(s)Suzy Bogguss
Jimmy Bowen
Suzy Bogguss singles chronology
"Hopelessly Yours"
(1991)
"Someday Soon"
(1991)
"Outbound Plane"
(1992)

Background

Suzy Bogguss charted a recording of "Someday Soon" in 1991, from her Liberty Records album release Aces.

According to its composer Ian Tyson, Bogguss' recording of "Someday Soon" was due to steel guitarist Tommy Spurlock, Tyson's sometimes sideman, playing on the sessions for the Aces album:(Ian Tyson quote:) "He said; "Why don't y'all do 'Someday Soon', that old song of Tyson's?' They all gave him blank looks. Then they got the Judy Collins version of the song and cut it almost the same way with minor tweaking".[28]

Suzy Bogguss on "Someday Soon"
"The lyrics seem so believable. It sounds like a true story about a girl whose life has been laid out for her in black and white. Then she meets this cowboy and everything turns to color."[29]

Bogguss herself would state that "recording ['Someday Soon'] is sort of like living out a dream for me. I've been singing it forever:"[29] "[It] was one of the first songs I played when I was starting out [performing] in 1978. [It's] a song that it felt cool to play with just the guitar, and I've always wanted to record it":[30] "I actually had to fight to record that song [since Aces co-producer] Jimmy [Bowen] said: 'Too many people have covered that song. Moe Bandy did it 10 years ago and Judy Collins had a huge hit, and you’re going to draw comparisons.' I said, let me cut it because the young people [at her live shows] were really responding to it."[31] Bogguss has conceded that while she aims to select songs that "I could give my twist to", "Someday Soon" was a number "I did pretty much like Judy Collins."[32]

Released as the lead single from Aces, "Someday Soon" spent twenty weeks on the country singles charts and peaking at #12.[27] The song also reached #16 on the RPM Country Tracks charts.

Bryan Buss of Allmusic described Bogguss's rendition as the "second strongest cut" on Aces, saying that her vocal performance "makes Bogguss an artist and not just a vocalist."[33]

Bogguss' 2016 album Aces Redux features a new recording of "Someday Soon" (plus the other tracks from Aces).[34] A 1999 live version of "Someday Soon" is featured on Live at Caffé Milano which had been sold in CD format at Bogguss' live shows since 2001 before being made available digitally in 2020.[35]

Chart performance

Chart (1991) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[36] 16
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[37] 12

Other versions

"Someday Soon" has also been recorded by the Kingston Trio (album The Kingston Trio (Nick Bob John)/ 1964), Julie Felix (album The Second Album/ 1965),[21] Esther & Abi Ofarim (album The New Esther & Abi Ofarim album/ 1966),[38]Judy Lynn (album Judy Lynn Sings at Caesar's Palace/ 1969), Skeeter Davis (album "maryfrances"/ 1969), Lynn Anderson (album Stay There 'Til I Get There/ 1970), Johnny Cash (The Johnny Cash Show/October 7, 1970), Bonnie Dobson (album Bonnie Dobson/ 1972), Glen Campbell (album I Knew Jesus (Before He Was a Star)/ 1973),[21] Chris LeDoux (album Rodeo Songs 'Old and New'/ 1973),[39] Tanya Tucker (album Tanya Tucker/ 1975), Crystal Gayle (album When I Dream/ 1978),[21] Freda & the Firedogs featuring Marcia Ball (album Live from the Old Soap Creek Saloon/ 1979),[40]Mare Winningham (album Lonesomers/ 1997), Andrea Marcovicci (album Here There & Everywhere/ 2000), Lucy Kaplansky (album Over the Hills/ 2007),[21] One Hundred Dollars (album Forest of Tears/ 2008),[41] Joanie Keller (album Me & Dad/ 2009),[42] Annalisa Tornfelt (album Search Zero/ 2015),[21] Fred Eaglesmith & Tif Ginn (album Alive/ 2020),[43] and Steve Forbert (album Early Morning Rain/ 2020).[44]

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  3. ^ Western Writers of America (2010). "The Top 100 Western Songs". American Cowboy. Archived from the original on 19 October 2010.
  4. ^ Calgary Herald 31 August 2019 "It's About Time: Ian Tyson inducted into Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame" by Eric Volmers p.D1
  5. ^ Los Angeles Times 28 August 1993 "An Affinity for Plains’ Truths: Ex-folkie Ian Tyson of Ian & Sylvia has drawn on his ranching and rodeo experiences to achieve new fame as a country performer" by Marc Boehm
  6. ^ a b Einarson, John (2011). Four Strong Winds. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. pp. 126–127. ISBN 978-0-7710-3038-3.
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