Song · Sugar Ray
“Someday” by Sugar Ray
From the album 14:59 (1999)
“Someday” by Sugar Ray appears on 14 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 1999 and 2021. It was first released in 1999 on the album 14:59. Its best result is #20 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #31 alternative song of 1999, #4,523 alternative song of all time and #238 of the '90s.
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"Someday" drifted onto radio in the summer of 1999, a single from 14:59, Sugar Ray's third album, and it's the band at their most laid-back: a lazy, sun-bleached sway made for rolled-down windows. David Kahne produced it, shares the music credit with the band, and mixed it with John Travis, keeping everything soft-focus and breezy.
It turned out to be Sugar Ray's last top-10 hit on both the Hot 100 and the Modern Rock chart. Joseph Kahn shot the video in slowed-down black and white: the band on a beach, wading into the water, then playing in a bar.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 24 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999 | 107 |
| 1999 | 20 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999 | 91 |
| 1999 | 41 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1999 | 106 |
| 1999 | 25 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1999 | 101 |
| 1999 | 21 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1999 | 100 |
| 1999 | 72 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 99 Songs of 1999 | 99 |
| 1999 | 62 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1999 | 107 |
| 1999 | 33 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 1999 | 89 |
| 1999 | 63 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 1999 | 103 |
| 1999 | 37 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 104 Songs of 1999 | 104 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 260 | WHFS | WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) | 500 |
| 1999 | 309 | 91X | 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) | 500 |
| 1999 | 637 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 2021 | 590 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
Also listed as: Some Day.
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