"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 #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.
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]
References
^Gibbs, Tom (February 26, 2021). "Creedence Clearwater Revival: Pendulum and Mardi Gras 50th Anniversary 180 gram LPs". Positive Feedback. Retrieved March 30, 2024. ...the album's two singles were both penned by Fogerty; "Sweet Hitch-Hiker"—which hearkened to the glories of CCR past—and "Someday Never Comes," which was a classic bittersweet country rocker.
