Someday Never Comes

"Someday Never Comes" is a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival from their album Mardi Gras, released in 1972 and written by the frontman John Fogerty. The single reached No. 25 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in June 1972 with Doug Clifford's "Tearin' Up the Country" released as the B-side.^[2] This is the final single released by Creedence Clearwater Revival before they officially broke up in 1972.

"Someday Never Comes"
Single by Creedence Clearwater Revival
from the album Mardi Gras
B-side	"Tearin' Up the Country"
Released	May 1972
Recorded	January 1972
Genre	Roots rock country rock[1]
Length	4:01
Label	Fantasy
Songwriter(s)	John Fogerty
Producer(s)	Stu Cook Doug Clifford John Fogerty
Creedence Clearwater Revival singles chronology
"Sweet Hitch-Hiker" (1971) "Someday Never Comes" (1972)

Record World said it's "perhaps the strongest cut" on the album with "outstanding lyrics, vocals."^[3]

Song meaning

Fogerty stated in 2013 that the song is about his parents' and his own divorce:

When I wrote this song, my life was pretty chaotic. I knew my marriage was going to break up. My band was falling apart. I was beginning to sense the darkness that was Fantasy Records. This song was inspired by my parents' divorce when I was a young boy and the effect it had on me. At the time, they told me, "Someday, you'll understand." The truth of this is that you never do and I found myself facing this as a parent. The irony was painful and inescapable.^[4]