Someday (I'm Coming Back)

"Someday (I'm Coming Back)" was a notable hit on the charts in Europe, entering the top 10 in Portugal and the UK, peaking at number ten in both countries.{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-02-27.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=Music & Media|volume=10|issue=9|page=28|date=27 February 1993|access-date=20 March 2018}} In the latter, the single peaked on the UK Singles Chart on 27 December 1992.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19921227/7501/|title=Official Singles Chart Top 75 27 December 1992 - 02 January 1993|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=20 March 2023}} It debuted at number 19 in its first week on the chart, before climbing to number eleven and then peaking at number ten. It spent nine weeks inside the UK Top 100 and also peaked at number fourteen on the UK Music Week Dance Singles chart.{{cite magazine|url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1992/MW-1992-12-19.pdf |title= Top 60 Dance Singles |magazine= Music Week |date= 19 December 1992 |page= 22 |access-date= 30 September 2020}} Additionally, the single was a top-20 hit in Ireland (16), a top-30 hit in Iceland (29) and the Netherlands (30), while entering the top 40 in Flemish Belgium (39), as well as on the Eurochart Hot 100, where it reached number 34 in January 1993.{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-01-16.pdf|title=European Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Billboard|volume=10|issue=3|page=15|date=16 January 1993|access-date=20 May 2015}} On the Music & Media European Hit Radio chart, it reached number six.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-02-06.pdf|title=EHR Top 40|magazine=Music & Media|volume=10|issue=6|date=6 February 1993|page=18|access-date=6 April 2024}} Outside Europe, "Someday (I'm Coming Back)" charted in Australia, peaking at number 116 on the ARIA singles chart.{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/oyPN1pW.jpg|title=Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 15 July 2015|access-date=15 September 2015|publisher=imgur.com}}

Amy Linden from Entertainment Weekly complimented the song as a "real beauty".{{cite magazine|first=Amy|last=Linden|title=The Bodyguard (soundtrack)|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=1 November 2018|url=https://ew.com/article/1992/12/04/bodyguard-soundtrack/}} Howard Cohen from The Miami Herald wrote that here, Stansfield "glides through a catchy, soulful number".Cohen, Howard (24 November 1992). "Houston hits overdrive on sound track". p. 7E. The Miami Herald. Alan Jones from Music Week felt it's "more uptempo than we've had from her of late, a cheerful uplifting and very commercial cut which draws a polished and soulful vocal performance from her, punctuated by a wailing sax."{{cite magazine|first= Alan |last= Jones |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1992/MW-1992-12-05.pdf |title= Mainstream: Singles |magazine= Music Week |date= 5 December 1992 |page= 13 |access-date= 2 October 2020}} Stephen Holden from The New York Times called it a "superior piece of pop-disco fluff that Lisa Stansfield infuses with a passionate intensity."{{cite news|author=Stephen Holden|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/20/arts/record-brief-944292.html|title=Record Brief: The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album|newspaper=The New York Times|date=20 December 1992|access-date=23 April 2013}} Parry Gettelman from Orlando Sentinel viewed it as "a disposable dance number from the ordinarily enticing Lisa Stansfield."Gettelman, Parry (4 December 1992). "The Bodyguard Soundtrack". Orlando Sentinel. James Hamilton from the RM Dance Update complimented it as "prettily cooed".{{cite magazine|first= James |last= Hamilton |title= Record Mirror Dance Update: Djdirectory |magazine= Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert) |date= 5 June 1993 |page= 7 |access-date= 28 March 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-06-05.pdf |author-link= James Hamilton (DJ and journalist)}} Arion Berger from Rolling Stone felt that here, Stansfield "holds up a sturdy vocal wall of Jericho".{{cite magazine|first= Arion |last= Berger |title= The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album |magazine= Rolling Stone |date= 14 November 2013 |access-date= 28 April 2020 |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/the-bodyguard-original-soundtrack-album-85293/}} John Mackie from The Vancouver Sun stated that she "adds a little style and a soulful vocal to the gliding dance number".Mackie, John (15 January 1993). "AC is current, but needs a jolt". p. C5. The Vancouver Sun.

In a 2022 retrospective review, Matthew Hocter from Albumism wrote, "One of the album's best tracks that never received its dues, Lisa Stansfield's 'Someday (I'm Coming Back)' was the second single released from the album. Credited as disco/pop, it is much more soulful than this qualifier, with Stansfield dynamically delivering her unique brand of blue-eyed soul with each and every note she masters throughout this beautifully polished and executed song. The saxophone lamenting in and out of the track only adds to its intensity and passion. It's pure disco soul at its finest."{{cite web|url=https://albumism.com/features/the-bodyguard-soundtrack-album-anniversary|title='The Bodyguard' Soundtrack Turns 30: Album Anniversary|date=14 November 2022|author=Matthew Hocter|publisher=Albumism|access-date=27 February 2023}} Bob Waliszewski of Plugged In (publication) declared it as "a positive tune about supportive romance".{{cite web|url=https://www.pluggedin.com/album-reviews/whitneyhouston-thebodyguardsoundtrack/|title=The Bodyguard Soundtrack – Plugged In Online Album Reviews|author=Waliszewski, Bob|work=Plugged In (publication)|publisher=Focus on the Family|access-date=22 March 2020}}

• European 12-inch single

1. "Someday (I'm Coming Back)" – 5:34
2. "Live Together"/"Young Hearts Run Free" (live) – 7:51
3. "Someday (I'm Coming Back)" (Absolute remix) – 6:24
4. "Tenderly" (live) – 5:00

• European CD single

1. "Someday (I'm Coming Back)" – 5:34
2. "Tenderly" (live) – 5:00

• European CD maxi single

1. "Someday (I'm Coming Back)" – 5:34
2. "Tenderly" (live) – 5:00
3. "Live Together/Young Hearts Run Free" (live) – 7:51

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