This song was inspired by my parents' divorce when I was a young boy and the effect it had on me. I was beginning to sense the darkness that was Fantasy Records. I knew my marriage was going to break up. John Fogerty 1973 When I wrote this song, my life was pretty chaotic. Really, all kids ask questions like "Daddy, when are we going fishing?" and parents always answer with "someday", but in reality someday never comes and kids never learn what they're supposed to learn. I had a son in 1966 and I went away when he was five years old or so and again told him "someday" he would understand everything. Now, I'm here basically repeating the same thing really. When my dad left me, he told me to be a man and someday I would understand everything. "Someday Never Comes" is simply a song about my parents undergoing a divorce when I was a child and me not knowing many things. This is the final single released by Creedence Clearwater Revival before they officially broke up in 1972.įogerty has stated that the song is about being left and not being able to learn much as a child.
The single reached #25 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in June 1972 with Doug Clifford's "Tearin' up the Country" released as the B-side. "Someday Never Comes" is a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival from their album Mardi Gras released in 1972 and written by the frontman John Fogerty. Author badfinger20 (Max) Posted on SeptemSeptemCategories 1970s, Music, Singles Tags CCR, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Doug Clifford, John Fogerty, Someday Never Comes, Stu Cook 24 Comments on Creedence Clearwater Revival – Someday Never Comes Search for: Search Archives Archives Follow Blog via EmailĮnter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.Creedence Clearwater Revival singles chronology Think it was September, the year I went away,Īnd still I see him standing, tryin’ to be a man, When daddy went away, he said, try to be a man,Īnd then one day in April, I wasn’t even there,Ī son was born to me. Well, time and tears went by and I collected dust. That you better learn it fast, you better learn it young, Well, I’m here to tell you now, each and every mother’s son, The irony was painful and inescapableįirst thing I remember was asking papa, why,įor there were many things I didn’t know.Īnd daddy always smiled and took me by the hand, At the time, they told me, “Someday, you’ll understand.” The truth of this is that you never do and I found myself facing this as a parent. This song was inspired by my parents’ divorce when I was a young boy and the effect it had on me. – When I wrote this song, my life was pretty chaotic. Really, all kids ask questions like “Daddy, when are we going fishing?” and parents always answer with “someday”, but in reality someday never comes and kids never learn what they’re supposed to learn. I had a son in 1966 and I went away when he was five years old or so and again told him “someday” he would understand everything. Now, I’m here basically repeating the same thing really. John Fogerty: “Someday Never Comes” is simply a song about my parents undergoing a divorce when I was a child and me not knowing many things.
The album peaked at #11 in the Billboard 100 and #12 in Canada on the strength of Sweet Hitch Hiker and Someday Never Comes. The song peaked at #25 in the Billboard Album Charts and #29 in Canada in 1972. The album was a disaster and was known as “Fogerty’s Revenge” and after the album they did a tour and the band was over after that. The other two were not ready for this as they had to write songs and sing also. John had heard this for a while so he basically told them…you two are responsible for a 1/3 of the album so go write. The others wanted to be able to have more of a say on the direction of the band. John Fogerty, Stu Cook, and Doug Clifford. The band was coming apart at this time and John’s brother Tom had already quit after the last album. The only bad album in their original catalog. This song was on their last studio album Mardis Gras. This one was inspired by Fogerty’s parents getting a divorce when he was younger. It reminds me a little of Cat’s in the Cradle…except more painful.