Someone Loves You Honey
{{Short description|1978 single by Charley Pride}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Someone Loves You Honey
| cover = Someone_Loves_You_Honey_-_Charley_Pride.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Charley Pride
| album = Someone Loves You Honey
| B-side = Days of Your Lives
| released = January 1978
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Country
| length = 2:10
| label = RCA
| writer = Don Devaney
| producer = Jerry Bradley
Charley Pride
| prev_title = More to Me
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = When I Stop Leaving (I'll Be Gone)
| next_year = 1978
}}
"Someone Loves You Honey" is a song written by Don Devaney, originally released by American country music singer Johnny Rodriguez in 1974 on his fourth album, Songs About Ladies and Love. It was recorded by American country music artist Charley Pride and released in January 1978 as the second single and title track from the album of the same name. The song was Pride's 20th number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for two weeks and spent a total of 12 weeks on the country chart.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=277}}
June Lodge recorded a version of the song in 1980, which became the best-selling single of 1982 in the Netherlands, and American singer Lutricia McNeal had a big hit with her version of "Someone Loves You Honey" in 1998.
Charts
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| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)
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| {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=Charley Pride}} |
J.C. Lodge version
{{Infobox song
| name = Someone Loves You Honey
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = June Lodge and Prince Mohammed
| album = Someone Loves You Honey
| released = 1982
| recorded =
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| venue =
| genre = *Reggae
| length =
| label =
| writer = Don Devaney
| producer =
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = More Than I Can Say
| next_title2 =
| next_year = 1982
| misc = {{YouTube|7TrWP2VMiag|"Someone Loves You Honey"}}
}}
British singer June Lodge covered "Someone Loves You Honey" in 1982, featured by Jamaican DJ Prince Mohammed. It was the first single and title track of her debut album. The song reached #1 in Belgium and The Netherlands.
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!align="center"|Chart (1982) !align="center"|Peak |
| {{singlechart|Flanders|1|artist=June Lodge and Prince Mohammed|song=Someone Loves You Honey - One Time Daughter|access-date=December 23, 2020}} |
| {{singlechart|Dutch40|1|year=1982|week=28|access-date=December 23, 2020}} |
| {{singlechart|Dutch100|1|artist=June Lodge and Prince Mohammed|song=Someone Loves You Honey - One Time Daughter|access-date=December 23, 2020}} |
| {{singlechart|West Germany|25|artist=June Lodge and Prince Mohammed|song=Someone Loves You Honey|songid=24598}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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| Netherlands
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Lutricia McNeal version
{{Infobox song
| name = Someone Loves You Honey
| cover = Someone_Loves_You_Honey.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Lutricia McNeal
| album = My Side of Town
| released = 1998
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| length = 3:00
| label = CNR Music
| writer = Don Devaney
| producer = *Daniel Papalexis
- Rami Yacoub
- Josef Larossi
| prev_title = Stranded
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = The Greatest Love You'll Never Know
| next_title2 = When a Child Is Born
| next_year = 1998
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|48ncBIoNmvU|"Someone Loves You Honey"}}}}
}}
American singer Lutricia McNeal released a version of "Someone Loves You Honey" in 1998. It served as the fifth single from her debut album, My Side of Town (1997). The song peaked within the top 10 in Hungary and the United Kingdom and within the top 20 in Austria and Norway.
=Music video=
The music video for "Someone Loves You Honey" was directed by Stuart Gosling.{{cite web|url=http://mvdbase.com/video.php?id=18370|title=Lutricia McNeal: Someone Loves You|publisher=Mvdbase.com|access-date=October 16, 2018}} It first aired in September 1998. Gosling also directed the videos for "My Side of Town" and "Stranded".
=Track listing=
- Europe CD maxi (1998)
- "Someone Loves You Honey" (radio remix) (3:00)
- "Someone Loves You Honey" (Andre's Boogie Buster remix) (5:09)
- "Someone Loves You Honey" (Steve Antony & 12 Stone hip hop mix) (3:54)
- "Someone Loves You Honey" (T-Total mix) (6:24)
- "Stranded" (unplugged) (3:34)
- UK CD maxi (1998)
- "Someone Loves You Honey" (radio edit) (3:02)
- "Someone Loves You Honey" (Steve Antony R&B mix) (4:10)
- "Someone Loves You Honey" (Club Asylum remix edit) (4:05)
- "Someone Loves You Honey" (Steve Antony & 12 Stone hip hop mix) (3:52)
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References
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{{Charley Pride singles}}
{{Lutricia McNeal}}
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Category:Johnny Rodriguez songs
Category:Number-one singles in Belgium