Something to Talk About (song)
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- For the Lasse Hallström film with same title, see Something to Talk About (film)
- For the Grey's Anatomy episode with the same name, see Something to Talk About (Grey's Anatomy)
Something to Talk About is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Shirley Eikhard and recorded by Bonnie Raitt, from her 1991 album Luck of the Draw.
The song was popular on multiple formats of radio: the blues feel of the song helped the song peak at number 5 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart, the guitar solo helped the song peak in the Top 20 of Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart, and the success of the songs on both of the previously mentioned charts, along with a good number of sales, helped the song "Something to Talk About" peak at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The song is among one of Bonnie Raitt's most popular songs, along with "I Can't Make You Love Me". It is Raitt's only entry in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
For this song, Bonnie Raitt won at the Grammy Awards of 1992 the Best Female Pop Vocal Performance field (beating Oleta Adams, Mariah Carey, Amy Grant and Whitney Houston). The track also received a nomination for Record of the Year, losing to "Unforgettable" by Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole[1].
In 2007, the country music group SHeDAISY recorded a cover of "Something to Talk About" for the soundtrack to the film The Guardian.
The song has been performed numerous times on American Idol, including by Fantasia Barrino in season 3, Kellie Pickler in season 5 and Sanjaya Malakar in season 6. Sanjaya changed "how about love" from the chorus to "other than hair" during his farewell performance.
