I Found Someone

"I Found Someone"
Single by Laura Branigan
from the album Hold Me
B-side "When"
Released February 7, 1986
Format
Recorded 1985
Genre
Length 4:03
Label Atlantic
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Laura Branigan singles chronology
"Maybe Tonight"
(1985)		 "I Found Someone"
(1986)		 "Shattered Glass"
(1987)

"I Found Someone" is the name of a chart single originally written and composed for Laura Branigan by Michael Bolton and Touch keyboardist Mark Mangold. The song was a bigger hit for Cher in 1987, reaching the Top 10.

Background

Though best known for "Gloria" and "Self Control", Laura Branigan had previously had a major hit introducing the ballad "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You," also jointly written and composed by Bolton, who also later recorded and released his own version of it. That song was Bolton's first huge success after several albums with the group Blackjack and two solo efforts, and it launched Bolton's sideline career working behind the scenes on other people's records. Branigan's version of "I Found Someone" was arranged by German synth whiz Harold Faltermeyer and produced by Faltermeyer in collaboration with Branigan's longtime producer Jack White.

On New Year's Eve, 1985, Branigan performed the song live on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. It would not be for another two months, however, in 1986, that "I Found Someone" was finally released as the third U.S. single from her 1985 album Hold Me. Without a music video to support it, Branigan's version received only minor success, peaking at number 90 on the Billboard Hot 100. It did better on adult contemporary radio and peaked at number 25 on Billboard 's Adult Contemporary chart. The single's B-side, "When", is a 1980 recording of a song written and composed by Branigan herself, arranged and conducted by Arif Mardin, and produced by Mardin and Ahmet Ertegun. That selection was originally recorded for Branigan's Silver Dreams album, which was later canceled. Fashion photographer Harry Langdon's half-size cover photo featured a dark ¾ length shot of Branigan dressed in black with diamonds dripping from her ears, looking evasively down to her side in front of a shadowy purple background.

Though Hold Me charted well throughout Europe, it would become Branigan's first album not to be certified at least Gold in the U.S., and the "I Found Someone" single marked the end of Branigan's four-album association with White. Her next album would be produced by David Kershenbaum with two tracks by Stock/Aitken/Waterman, though Branigan would go on to record more Bolton compositions, including "I'm So Lost Without Your Love" (from her 1988 film Backstage), and "It's Been Hard Enough Getting Over You" (a cover of a song from Cher, and a single from Branigan's 1993 album Over My Heart). Branigan's recording of "I Found Someone" was remastered twice for hits collections, in 2002 for The Essentials: Laura Branigan and again in 2006 for The Platinum Collection.

Track listings

7" single[1]
No. Title Length
1. "I Found Someone"   4:00
2. "When"   2:43
12" single[2]
No. Title Length
1. "I Found Someone"   4:00
2. "When"   2:43
3. "When the Heat Hits the Streets"   3:44

Charts

Chart (1986) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 90
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[4] 25

Cher version

"I Found Someone"
Single by Cher
from the album Cher
Released November 19, 1987
Format
Recorded 1987
Genre Pop rock
Length 3:44
Label Geffen
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Michael Bolton
Cher singles chronology
"I Paralyze"
(1982)		 "I Found Someone"
(1987)		 "We All Sleep Alone"
(1988)
Music sample
"I Found Someone"
Cher and Rob Camilletti in the "I Found Someone" video.

The most successful version of "I Found Someone" was released by American singer/actress Cher as the first U.S. and European single from her eighteenth album, Cher and was released on November 19, 1987 by Geffen. The single was also released on VHS containing the concert version of the video. Cher's version was produced by Michael Bolton. Fashion photographer Matthew Rolston's full cover photo featured a slightly overexposed close-up of Cher's face, gazing into the lens as she pushes back a mane of tight curls before a bright blue background.

The song debuted on the UK Singles Chart in November 1987 at number 91 and peaked at number five in January 1988 and spent thirteen weeks in the chart.

Part of a much-heralded musical comeback at the height of her movie career, a big-budget music video featured the singer-actress with her then-boyfriend Rob Camilletti. The couple were a big story in the tabloids at the time, as he was seventeen years her junior, and the video was the aspiring actor's debut. The video was in heavy rotation on MTV and Cher's version went to #10 in the U.S. and to #5 in the UK. An alternative concert video features Cher in a dress that was also used in The Black Rose Show in 1980.

"I Found Someone" began a three-album association with Bolton and Cher's other contributors, including Branigan alumna Diane Warren as well as Jon Bon Jovi and future boyfriend Richie Sambora, and their song-writing partner Desmond Child. The recording appears on several hits collections and Cher performs the song live on the DVD Cher: The Farewell Tour Live in Miami and a CD album of the tour. Allmusic highlighted the song on her self-titled album.[5]

Official versions

Weekly charts

Chart (1987–88) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[7] 8
Canada (The Record)[8] 12
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[9] 14
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[10] 24
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[11] 22
Ireland (IRMA)[12] 4
Israel Singles Chart 10
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[13] 94
Spain Top 40 Radio (Promusicae)[14] 34
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[15] 5
US Billboard Hot 100[16] 10
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[17] 33

Year-end charts

Chart (1988) Position
Australia (ARIA)[18] 33
US Billboard Hot 100[19] 94

Live performances

Cher performed the song on the following concert tours:

The song was also performed on:

Other cover versions

References

  1. ↑ "Laura Branigan - I Found Someone (Vinyl, 7") at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Laura Branigan - I Found Someone (Vinyl, 12") at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Laura Branigan – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Laura Branigan. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Laura Branigan – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Laura Branigan. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  5. ↑ Review by Allmusic Retrieved 15 October 2013
  6. 1 2 "I Found Someone Single".
  7. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  8. ↑ "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0944." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 8859." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  12. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – I Found Someone". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Cher – I Found Someone" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  14. ↑ Fernando Salaverri (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  15. ↑ "Cher: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Cher – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Cher. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Hot Adult Contemporary" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  18. ↑ "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Singles 1988". ARIA. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  19. ↑ "The Year in Music: 1988" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  20. ↑ Billboard 6 November 1999 p. 37.

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