Sometimes (Bill Anderson song)

"Sometimes" is a 1975 song written by Bill Anderson, and performed by Bill Anderson and Mary Lou Turner.

"Sometimes"
Single by Bill Anderson and Mary Lou Turner
from the album Sometimes
B-side"Circle in a Triangle"
ReleasedNovember 1975
GenreCountry
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Bill Anderson
Producer(s)Owen Bradley
Bill Anderson singles chronology
"Thanks"
(1975)
"Sometimes"
(1975)
"That's What Made Me Love You"
(1976)
Mary Lou Turner singles chronology
"Come on Home"
(1975)
"Sometimes"
(1975)
"That's What Made Me Love You"
(1976)

Background

That song turned out to be “Sometimes.” The song was written by Bill Anderson while riding on a bus during his tour of England. He picked up a magazine and was reading a review of the new movie, Shampoo. The columnist had written about a part in the film where one of the actors asks another if the person is married and the response was “sometimes.” Great songwriters always look for a line like that to trigger an idea. Anderson instantly took the ball and ran with it. His immediate thought was that the comment could be transformed into a duet between a man and a woman. Since there was no paper to write on in the bus, he tore a page out of the magazine he was reading and jotted down the lyrics on it. He finished the song before he got to his destination.[1]

Charts

"Sometimes" went to number one on the country chart, where it stayed for a single week and spent a total of eleven weeks on the chart.[2]

Cover versions

References

  1. "countrythangdaily.com". countrythangdaily.com. April 24, 2018. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 24.
  3. "Bill Anderson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  4. "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1976". Billboard. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  5. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 217.


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