Song · Razorlight
“Somewhere Else” by Razorlight
Released 2005
“Somewhere Else” by Razorlight appears on 9 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2005 and 2014. It was first released in 2005. Its best result is #100 on the Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,668 alternative song of all time.
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"Somewhere Else" was the first new music Razorlight put out after their debut, Up All Night, and it was folded into the 2005 reissue of that album as a bonus track. It was also the first A-side they cut with Andy Burrows on drums. Johnny Borrell wrote the words, the band wrote the music together and John Cornfield produced, and the result is a jittery, chest-out indie-rock singalong, all wiry guitars and cocky swagger.
It crashed into the UK singles chart at number two, their biggest hit so far, and only "America" would do better, reaching the top in October 2006. Not everyone was charmed: in 2007, a few of its lines came third in a poll of the worst lyrics ever written.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 286 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 500 |
| 2006 | 100 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) | 500 |
| 2007 | 1219 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1488 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1506 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1536 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1603 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1664 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1732 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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