Something to Talk About (song)

For the song by Badly Drawn Boy, see About a Boy (soundtrack).

Something to Talk About is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Shirley Eikhard and recorded by Bonnie Raitt in 1990, from her 1991 album Luck of the Draw. It was released to U.S. radio on June 3, 1991.^[2]

The song was popular on multiple formats of radio: it peaked at number 5 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart, number 12 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart, and number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. It is among one of Bonnie Raitt's most popular songs, along with "I Can't Make You Love Me".

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.^[3]

Anne Murray wanted to record this song in 1986, but her producers didn't think it would be a hit. She still called the album that she released that year Something to Talk About even though it did not include this song.^[4]

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 Kimberly Caldwell in season 2, 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.

It was sung by Will Ferrell in the 2008 film Step Brothers and also featured in the 1995 film 'Something to Talk About' starring Julia Roberts and Dennis Quaid.

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