| "You Were on My Mind"/ "Some Day Soon" | ||||
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| Single by Ian & Sylvia | ||||
| from the album Northern Journey | ||||
| A-side | "You Were on My Mind" | |||
| B-side | "Some Day Soon" | |||
| Released | January 1964 | |||
| Recorded | 1963 | |||
| Studio | Vanguard Records Studio (Manhattan) | |||
| Genre | contemporary folk music | |||
| Length | "Some Day Soon": 2:00 | |||
| Label | Vanguard Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | "Some Day Soon": Ian Tyson | |||
| Ian & Sylvia singles chronology | ||||
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| The theme of "Someday Soon" |
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| "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]
- ^ Watson, Jada (2015). Country Music's "Hurtin' Albertan": Corb Lund & the Construction of "Geo-Cultural" Identity (PhD). Université Laval.
- ^ Unterberger, Richie. "Northern Journey review". Allmusic. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
- ^ Western Writers of America (2010). "The Top 100 Western Songs". American Cowboy. Archived from the original on 19 October 2010.
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