Sometimes (Erasure song)

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“Sometimes”
“Sometimes” cover
Single by Erasure
from the album The Circus
B-side "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 Flood
Erasure singles chronology
"Oh L'amour"
(1986)		 "Sometimes"
(1986)		 "It Doesn't Have To Be"
(1987)

"Sometimes" is a song by British synthpop duo Erasure, released in October 1986 as their fourth single overall.

After three commercial flops from their debut album Wonderland, "Sometimes" became Erasure's first bonafide hit, peaking at number one in South Africa, number two on the UK singles chart and in Germany, and becoming a huge international hit. The song became Erasure's second Top 5 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 for a single in that country — and was included on Erasure's second album The Circus, released six months later in March 1987.

Contents

[edit] Track listings

[edit] 7" single (MUTE51)

  1. "Sometimes"
  2. "Sexuality" (Single Mix)

[edit] 12" single (12MUTE51)

  1. "Sometimes" (12" Mix)
  2. "Sexuality" (12" Mix)
  3. "Say What" (Remix)

[edit] Limited 12" single (L12MUTE 51)

  1. "Sometimes" (Shiver Mix)
  2. "Sexuality" (Private Mix)
  3. "Senseless" (Remix)

[edit] Cassette single (CMUTE51)

  1. "Sometimes"
  2. "Sexuality" (Single Mix)
  3. "Who Needs Love Like That"
  4. "Heavenly Action"
  5. "Oh L'amour"

[edit] CD single (CDMUTE51)

  1. "Sometimes"
  2. "Sexuality" (Single Mix)
  3. "Sometimes" (12" Mix)
  4. "Sexuality" (12" Mix)
  5. "Say What" (Remix)

[edit] Chart performance

Chart (1986) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart 50
Austrian Singles Chart 10
Dutch Singles Chart 2
French Singles Chart 39
German Singles Chart 2
Irish Singles Chart 3
Italian Singles Chart 22
New Zealand Singles Chart 15
South African Singles Chart 1
Spanish Singles Chart 7
Swedish Singles Chart 20
Swiss Singles Chart 3
UK Singles Chart 2
U.S. Hot Dance Club Play 4
v • d • e
Erasure
Vince Clarke | Andy Bell
Albums/EPs
Compilations
Live album
Box Sets
Singles
"Who Needs Love Like That" | "Heavenly Action" | "Oh L'amour" | "Sometimes" | "It Doesn't Have to Be" | "Victim of Love" | "The Circus" | "Ship of Fools" | "Chains of Love" | "A Little Respect" | "Stop!" | "Drama!" | "You Surround Me" | "Blue Savannah" | "Star" | "Chorus" | "Love to Hate You" | "Am I Right?" | "Breath of Life" | "Take a Chance on Me" | "Who Needs Love Like That (remix)" | "Always" | "Run to the Sun" | "I Love Saturday" | "Stay with Me" | "Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day)" | "Rock Me Gently" | "In My Arms" | "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" | "Rain" | "Freedom" | "Moon & the Sky" | "Solsbury Hill" | " Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" | "Oh L'amour (August Mix)" | "Breathe" | "Don't Say You Love Me" | "Here I Go Impossible Again" | "All This Time Still Falling Out of Love" | "Boy" | "I Could Fall in Love with You" | "Sunday Girl"
Video/DVD
Sanctuary - the EIS Christmas Concert 2002 | Hits! the Videos | The Tank, the Swan and the Balloon | Great Hits Live - Live at Great Woods | The Erasure Show - Live in Cologne | On the Road to Nashville