Song · Bonnie Raitt
“Something to Talk About” by Bonnie Raitt
From the album Luck of the Draw (1991)
“Something to Talk About” by Bonnie Raitt appears on 5 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2021 and 2025. It was first released in 1991 on the album Luck of the Draw. Its best result is #102 on the WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,964 indie & aaa song of all time and #191 of the '90s.
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Canadian singer-songwriter Shirley Eikhard wrote "Something to Talk About", and Bonnie Raitt turned it into a blues-rock strut for Luck of the Draw, her 1991 album on Capitol, sending it out to US radio that June. She co-produced it with Don Was and plays acoustic, electric and slide guitar herself, alongside Stephen Bruton on acoustic, James Hutchinson on bass, Scott Thurston on keyboards and Debra Dobkin on percussion, with Curt Bisquera and Ricky Fataar both credited on drums. Sweet Pea Atkinson, Harry Bowens and David Lasley stack up the backing vocals with her, and Ed Cherney recorded and mixed it.
It's a song that kept resurfacing: on a 7-inch backed with "One Part Be My Lover", on 2003's The Best of Bonnie Raitt, and live on Road Tested in 1995 and Bonnie Raitt and Friends in 2006.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 355 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2023 | 215 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
| 2023 | 157 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
| 2023 | 1150 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2025 | 102 | WFPK | WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s | 500 |
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