Someone like Me

Not to be confused with Someone like You.
For the 1994 television series, see Someone Like Me (TV series).
"Someone like Me"
Single by Atomic Kitten
from the album Ladies Night and Greatest Hits
B-side "Right Now" (2004)
Released 29 March 2004
Format CD single
Recorded 2003-2004
Genre Pop
Length 2:09
Label Virgin
Writer(s) Ciaron Bell, Liz McClarnon
Producer(s) Ciaron Bell
Atomic Kitten singles chronology
"Ladies Night"
(2003		 "Someone like Me" / "Right Now 2004"
(2004)		 "Cradle 2005"
(2005)

"Someone like Me" is a song by English girl group Atomic Kitten. It was released on 29 March 2004 as the third and final single from their third studio album, Ladies Night (2003). With the group having announced their split prior to the song's release, it was originally intended to be released as their final single, though they later released a further three one-off singles in 2005 and two charity singles in 2006 and 2008. The group reformed officially in September 2012 without Jenny Frost, who was replaced with original member Kerry Katona.

Background

"Someone like Me" was written by Ciaron Bell and Liz McClarnon, and produced by Bell. A slight alteration was made to the song for the single release: on the album version of the song, Liz performs the opening and second verses of the song, but for the single version, her vocals were removed from the second verse and Jenny Frost's were added. The 2004 version of "Right Now" was never placed on an album, and was only released as a single. The song uses a different production to the original version, and is much more dance oriented.

Chart performance

The song peaked on the UK Singles Chart at number eight, subsequently going on to sell 50,000 copies in the UK alone, making it a moderate success. The single was released in Taiwan in June 2004. It went in straight at number one, topping the charts for four weeks. It stayed in the top ten for 11 weeks, and nine months later, went back into the top 10 for another four weeks. This was around the time when Atomic Kitten released their third compilation Album, Access All Areas: Remixed and B-Sides.[1] The single was also a top 20 hit in the Republic of Ireland, going straight in at number 18. The single also did reasonably well in Belgium, where it went in at number 8, making it into the top 10. The single didn't do very well in the Netherlands, Germany, and Switzerland, which is thought to be due to low promotion.

Music video

The music video for "Someone like Me" features all three girls in white clothes in a room which is plain white. While Liz plays the piano to start of the video, the other two girls are seen lying down on a sofa, and then a view is shown of the girls from outside the room, by a door opening. The video was intended to be simple and basic, much like the video for "Whole Again".

Track listing

UK CD1
  1. "Someone like Me" (single version)
  2. "Right Now 2004"
UK CD2
  1. "Right Now 2004"
  2. "Someone like Me" (single version)
  3. "Wild"
  4. "Right Now 2004" (video)
Promotional CDr[2]
  1. "Someone like Me" (single version)
  2. "Disco with Us Medley"
  3. "Someone like Me" (The Minus Blue Mix)
  4. "Someone like Me" (Soda Pop Vocal Club Mix)
  5. "Someone like Me" (Soda Pop Radio Edit)
  6. "Someone like Me" (Soda Pop Dub)

Official versions

Charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[3] 8
Germany (Official German Charts)[4] 67
Ireland (IRMA)[5] 18
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] 52
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] 42
Taiwan[8] 1
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[9] 8

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