Some Kind of Wonderful (Soul Brothers Six song)

1967 single by Soul Brothers Six From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"(She's) Some Kind of Wonderful" is a song written by Canadian-American musician John Ellison[2] and first recorded by his R&B group, Soul Brothers Six, in 1967, peaking at number 91 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.[3]

Quick Facts Single by Soul Brothers Six, B-side ...
"Some Kind of Wonderful"
Single by Soul Brothers Six
B-side"I'll Be Loving You"
ReleasedMay 1967
RecordedMarch 30, 1967
StudioAtlantic Studios, New York City
Genre
Length2:38
LabelAtlantic 2406
Songwriter(s)John Ellison
Soul Brothers Six singles chronology
"Don't Neglect Your Baby"
(1966)
"Some Kind of Wonderful"
(1967)
"You Better Check Yourself"
(1967)
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The best known version is by American rock band Grand Funk Railroad from 1974 which reached number 3 on the same chart.

Grand Funk Railroad version

Quick Facts Single by Grand Funk, from the album All the Girls in the World Beware!!! ...
"Some Kind of Wonderful"
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Single by Grand Funk
from the album All the Girls in the World Beware!!!
B-side"Wild"
ReleasedDecember 9, 1974[4]
Recorded1974 at the Swamp[5]
GenreRock
Length3:22
LabelCapitol 4002
Songwriter(s)John Ellison
Producer(s)Jimmy Ienner[5]
Grand Funk singles chronology
"Shinin' On" / "Mr. Pretty Boy"
(1974)
"Some Kind of Wonderful"
(1974)
"Bad Time"
(1975)
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In 1974, American rock band Grand Funk recorded the song for their album All the Girls in the World Beware!!!; it reached number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 on February 22, 1975.[6] It also ranked number 6 on Billboard's Hot 100 year-end chart for 1975 as shown on the December 27, 1975, print edition of Billboard, which contained the Hot 100 for 1975.[7] This is the official list still shown on Billboard magazine website.[8]

Their version of the song appeared in the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on the fictitious radio station K-DST.

Other notable versions

Charts

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Year Artist Chart Peak
position
1967 Soul Brothers Six U.S. Billboard Hot 100[10] 91
1968 The Fantastic Johnny C U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] 87
1975 Grand Funk Railroad U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] 3
Canada RPM Top Singles 6
1994 Huey Lewis and the News U.S. Billboard Hot 100[11] 44
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[12] 7
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[13] 37
2002 Toploader UK Singles Chart[14] 76
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Certifications

Grand Funk Railroad version

More information Region, Certification ...
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[15] Platinum 1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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