Sometimes (Erasure song)
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| Single by Erasure | ||
| from the album The Circus | ||
| B-side(s) | "Sexuality", "Say What" | |
| Released | October 6, 1986 | |
| Format | 12", 7", CD | |
| Recorded | 1986 | |
| Genre | Synthpop | |
| Length | 3:38 | |
| Label | Mute (UK), Sire (US) | |
| Writer(s) | Vince Clarke, Andy Bell | |
| Producer(s) | Flood | |
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| Erasure singles chronology | ||
| "Oh L'amour" (1986) |
"Sometimes" (1986) |
"It Doesn't Have To Be" (1987) |
"Sometimes" was the fourth single released by British synthpop duo Erasure and the first from their second album The Circus. After three commercial flops from their debut album Wonderland, "Sometimes" became Erasure's first bonafide hit, peaking at number two on the UK singles chart and number two in Germany. The song became Erasure's second top-five hit on the U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, where it peaked at number four.
Written by band members Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, "Sometimes" typifies the Erasure "sound" — an uptempo, dance-oriented pop tune accentuated by Clarke's analogue synthesizers and Bell's lyrics about being in love. The music video showcases Erasure on a building rooftop — Clarke playing an acoustic guitar and Bell singing — as they weave through white sheets hanging from a laundry line.
"Sometimes" spent seventeen weeks in the UK singles chart — the duo's longest chart run in that country.
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[edit] Track listings
[edit] 7" single (MUTE51)
- "Sometimes"
- "Sexuality" (Single Mix)
[edit] 12" single (12MUTE51)
- "Sometimes" (12" Mix)
- "Sexuality" (12" Mix)
- "Say What" (Remix)
[edit] Limited 12" single (L12MUTE 51)
- "Sometimes" (Shiver Mix)
- "Sexuality" (Private Mix)
- "Senseless" (Remix)
[edit] Cassette single (CMUTE51)
- "Sometimes"
- "Sexuality" (Single Mix)
- "Who Needs Love Like That"
- "Heavenly Action"
- "Oh L'amour"
[edit] CD single (CDMUTE51)
- "Sometimes"
- "Sexuality" (Single Mix)
- "Sometimes" (12" Mix)
- "Sexuality" (12" Mix)
- "Say What" (Remix)
