Sometimes (Erasure song)

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"Sometimes"
"Sometimes" cover
Single by Erasure
from the album The Circus
B-side "Sexuality", "Say What"
Released October 6, 1986
Format 12", 7", CD
Recorded 1986
Genre Synthpop
Length 3:38
Label Mute (UK), Sire (US)
Writer Vince Clarke, Andy Bell
Producer Flood
Erasure singles chronology
"Oh L'amour"
(1986)		 "Sometimes"
(1986)		 "It Doesn't Have To Be"
(1987)

"Sometimes" was the fourth single released by British synthpop duo Erasure and the first from their second album The Circus.

After three commercial flops from their debut album Wonderland, "Sometimes" became Erasure's first bonafide hit, peaking at number one in South Africa, number two on the UK singles chart and in Germany, also becoming a huge international hit. The song became Erasure's second Top 5 hit on the U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, where it peaked at number four.

Written by band members Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, "Sometimes" typifies the Erasure "sound" — an uptempo, dance-oriented pop tune accentuated by Clarke's analogue synthesizers and Bell's lyrics about being in love. The music video showcases Erasure on a building rooftop — Clarke playing an acoustic guitar and Bell singing — as they weave through white sheets hanging from a laundry line.

"Sometimes" spent seventeen weeks in the UK singles chart — the duo's longest chart run in that country.

Contents

  1. "Sometimes"
  2. "Sexuality" (Single Mix)

  1. "Sometimes" (12" Mix)
  2. "Sexuality" (12" Mix)
  3. "Say What" (Remix)

  1. "Sometimes" (Shiver Mix)
  2. "Sexuality" (Private Mix)
  3. "Senseless" (Remix)

  1. "Sometimes"
  2. "Sexuality" (Single Mix)
  3. "Who Needs Love Like That"
  4. "Heavenly Action"
  5. "Oh L'amour"

  1. "Sometimes"
  2. "Sexuality" (Single Mix)
  3. "Sometimes" (12" Mix)
  4. "Sexuality" (12" Mix)
  5. "Say What" (Remix)
 v • d • e Erasure
Vince Clarke | Andy Bell
Erasure discography | B-sides and non-album songs
Albums/EPs: Wonderland | The Circus | The Innocents | Crackers International
Wild! | Chorus | Abba-esque | I Say I Say I Say | Erasure | Cowboy | Loveboat | Other People's Songs | Nightbird | Union Street | Light at the End of the World | Storm Chaser
Compilations: The Two Ring Circus | Pop! - the First 20 Hits | Hits! The Very Best of Erasure
Live album: Acoustic Live
Box Sets: EBX 1 | EBX 2 | EBX 3 | EBX 4
Singles: Who Needs Love Like That | Heavenly Action | Oh L'amour | Sometimes | It Doesn't Have To Be | Victim of Love | The Circus | Ship of Fools | Chains of Love | A Little Respect | Stop! | Drama! | You Surround Me | Blue Savannah | Star | Chorus | Love to Hate You | Am I Right? | Breath of Life | Take a Chance on Me | Who Needs Love Like That (remix) | Always | Run to the Sun | I Love Saturday | Stay With Me | Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day) | Rock Me Gently | In My Arms | Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me | Rain | Freedom | Moon & the Sky | Solsbury Hill | Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) | Oh L'amour (remix) | Breathe | Don't Say You Love Me | Here I Go Impossible Again | All This Time Still Falling Out of Love | Boy | I Could Fall in Love with You | Sunday Girl
Video/DVD: Sanctuary - the EIS Christmas Concert 2002 | Hits! the Videos | The Tank, the Swan and the Balloon | Great Hits Live - Live at Great Woods | The Erasure Show - Live in Cologne | On the Road to Nashville
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