Somebody Else (The 1975 song)

"Somebody Else"
Single by The 1975
from the album I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
Released 15 February 2016
Recorded 2015
Genre
Length 5:47
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Matthew Healy
  • George Daniel
  • Adam Hann
  • Ross MacDonald
Producer(s)
The 1975 singles chronology
"UGH!"
(2016)		 "Somebody Else"
(2016)		 "The Sound"
(2016)

"UGH!"
(2016)		 "Somebody Else"
(2016)		 "The Sound"
(2016)
Music video
"Somebody Else" on YouTube

"Somebody Else" is a song by English rock band The 1975. It was released as a single on 15 February 2016.[3] Reaching a peak of number 5 on the Alternative Songs chart, it is currently the band's highest charting single on that chart.[4] It also reached number 55 in their home country and number 34 in Australia. NME named it the second best song of 2016.[5]

Music video

A music video for the song was released on 7 July 2016. The video opens with an extended sequence resembling David Lynch's short film Rabbits. Lead singer Matt Healy walks into a living room in clown makeup, which was previously seen in the music video for "A Change of Heart", while a woman sits on the couch in a collapsed position. Like in Rabbits, Healy's actions in the room seem randomly soundtracked by a studio laugh track, including whoops, hollers and applause. He removes his clown makeup, sits on the couch and speaks in an exceptionally distorted, unintelligble voice to the woman before leaving again. As the song begins, the video shifts its tone by moving into colour footage. Healy tries to deal with heartbreak on a night alone, by crying, drinking, dancing and eventually having sex with a stripper in the back seat of an automobile. Near the end, Healy seems to come to his senses and realizes that not only is he hallucinating most of his interactions with others in these situations, but that some of the other people are copies of himself (in the case of the stripper, he finds himself alone in the backseat, stroking his own face and chest.) The video was based on a story that Healy wrote.[6][7][8]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2016–17) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[9] 34
Ireland (IRMA)[10] 70
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[11] 29
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[12] 55
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[13] 20
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[14] 28
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[15] 5
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[16] 8

References

  1. ↑ Murphy, Connor (28 February 2016). "The 1975 Channels the ’80s Through Synth-Pop and Groove". The Heights. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  2. ↑ Renshaw, David (2016-02-16). "The 1975 preview second album with new song ‘Somebody Else’ – listen". NME. NME. Archived from the original on 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
  3. ↑ "The 1975 on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "The 1975 – Chart history (Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "NME's Songs Of The Year 2016". NME. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  6. ↑ Legaspi, Althea (7 July 2016). "Watch the 1975's Introspective New 'Somebody Else' Video". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  7. ↑ Denham, Jess (7 July 2016). "The 1975 new video for 'Somebody Else' sees Matt Healy have sex with himself". The Independent. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  8. ↑ Morgan Britton, Luke (8 July 2016). "Watch The 1975’s Matt Healy have sex with himself in new ‘Somebody Else’ video". NME. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  9. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – The 1975 – Somebody Else". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  10. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 8, 2016". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  11. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2016-02-25". Scottish Singles Top 40. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  12. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2016-02-26" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  13. ↑ "The 1975 – Chart history" Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 for The 1975. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  14. ↑ "The 1975 – Chart history" Billboard Adult Pop Songs for The 1975. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  15. ↑ "The 1975 – Chart history" Billboard Alternative Songs for The 1975. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  16. ↑ "The 1975 – Chart history" Billboard Hot Rock Songs for The 1975. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
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