Somebody's Chelsea
{{Infobox song
| name = Somebody's Chelsea
| cover = Reba McEntire - Somebody's Chelsea.png
| alt =
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| type = single
| artist = Reba
| album = All the Women I Am
| released = {{Start date|2011|08|29}}
| recorded =
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| genre = Country
| length = {{Duration|m=4|s=33}}
| label = Valory/Starstruck
| writer = * Reba McEntire
- Liz Hengber
- Will Robinson
| producer = Dann Huff
| prev_title = When Love Gets a Hold of You
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = Going Out Like That
| next_year = 2015
}}
"Somebody's Chelsea" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Reba McEntire. It is the fourth single from her 2010 album All the Women I Am.
Content
McEntire told Taste of Country that the inspiration for the song came from a line of dialogue in the film P.S. I Love You, in which Hilary Swank's character describes her loving, deceased husband named Gerry to Harry Connick, Jr.'s character, and Connick's character says that he "wants to be somebody's Gerry". McEntire then e-mailed the idea to songwriter Liz Hengber.{{cite web|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/reba-mcentire-somebodys-chelsea-lyrics/|title=Reba McEntire, 'Somebody's Chelsea' – Lyrics Uncovered|last=Dukes|first=Billy|date=19 August 2011|work=Taste of Country|accessdate=31 August 2011}} The song is the first time since "Only in My Mind" in 1985 that McEntire co-wrote one of her own singles.{{cite web|url=http://blog.gactv.com/blog/2011/07/26/reba-talks-about-her-dillards-line-and-her-new-single/|title=Reba talks about her Dillard's line and her new single|date=26 July 2011|work=Great American Country|accessdate=31 August 2011}}
The song focuses on the narrator, who converses with an elderly man (played by Ed Asner in the music video) on an airplane. The man then tells her of how much he loved his wife, Chelsea, who has died. In the chorus, the narrator sings that she "wants to be somebody's Chelsea." McEntire chose the name Chelsea because it is her granddaughter's name.
Critical reception
Thom Jurek of Allmusic thought that the song was "more natural-sounding balladry" in comparison to the rest of the album, which he called "contrived".{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/all-the-women-i-am-r2025715|title=All the Women I Am review|last=Jurek|first=Thom|work=Allmusic|accessdate=31 August 2011}} It received a five-star rating from Bobby Peacock of Roughstock, who said, "Underneath a radio-friendly, slick exterior, the song reveals a powerful, moving story."{{cite web|url=http://www.roughstock.com/blog/reba-somebody-s-chelsea-single-review|title=Reba — "Somebody's Chelsea"|last=Peacock|first=Bobby|date=12 August 2011|work=Roughstock|accessdate=31 August 2011}} Andrew Greenhalgh of Country Standard Time wrote that the song "is out for tears".{{cite web|url=http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=4532|title=All the Women I Am review|last=Greenhalgh|first=Andrew|work=Country Standard Time|accessdate=31 August 2011}}
Chart performance
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! Chart (2011) ! Peak |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|44|artist=Reba McEntire|artistid=2434}} |