Sometimes (Bill Anderson song)

"Sometimes"
"Sometimes"
Single by Facts of Life
from the album Sometimes
B-side	"Love Is the Final Truth"
Released	December 1976
Genre	R&B
Length	3:44
Label	Kayvette
Songwriter	Bill Anderson
Producer	Millie Jackson

"Sometimes"
"Sometimes"
Single by Bill Anderson and Mary Lou Turner
from the album Sometimes
B-side	"Circle in a Triangle"
Released	November 1975
Genre	Country
Label	MCA
Songwriter	Bill Anderson
Producer	Owen Bradley
Bill Anderson singles chronology
Mary Lou Turner singles chronology

"Sometimes" is a 1975 song written by Bill Anderson, and performed by Bill Anderson and Mary Lou Turner.

Background

Anderson wrote the song while riding on a bus in England. Reading a review of Shampoo, he noticed a section detailing a scene where a character's response when asked if they are married is "sometimes". Anderson decided this would be an excellent setup for a duet, jotting down the first draft of the lyrics on the magazine the review was in.^[1]

Charts

"Sometimes" reached number one on the country chart, where it stayed for a single week and spent a total of eleven weeks on the chart.^[2]

Chart (1975–76)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	3

Cover versions

In 1977, R&B trio, Facts of Life reached number thirty-one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 with their version which was produced by Millie Jackson.^[3]

References

^ "countrythangdaily.com". countrythangdaily.com. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 24.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 217.

[1] "countrythangdaily.com". countrythangdaily.com. Retrieved March 25, 2021.

[2] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 24.

[3] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 217.

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Bill Anderson singles
Albums Singles
1950s	"City Lights" "That's What It's Like to Be Lonesome" "Ninety-Nine" "Dead or Alive"
1960s	"The Tip of My Fingers" "Walk Out Backwards" "Po' Folks" "Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands" "Mama Sang a Song" "Still" "8×10" "Five Little Fingers"/"Easy Come – Easy Go" "Me" "Three A.M." "Certain" "Bright Lights and Country Music" "I Love You Drops"/"Golden Guitar" "I Get the Fever" "Get While the Gettin's Good" "No One's Gonna Hurt You Anymore" "For Loving You" (with Jan Howard) "Wild Week-End" "Happy State of Mind" "My Life (Throw It Away If I Want To)" "If It's All the Same to You" (with Jan Howard) "But You Know I Love You"
1970s	"Love Is a Sometimes Thing" "Someday We'll Be Together" (with Jan Howard) "Where Have All Our Heroes Gone" "Always Remember" "Quits" "Dis-Satisfied" (with Jan Howard) "All the Lonely Women in the World" "Don't She Look Good" "If You Can Live with It (I Can Live Without It)" "The Corner of My Life" "World of Make Believe" "Can I Come Home to You" "Every Time I Turn the Radio On" "I Still Feel the Same About You" "Country D.J." "Thanks" "Sometimes" (with Mary Lou Turner) "That's What Made Me Love You" (with Mary Lou Turner) "Peanuts and Diamonds" "Liars One, Believers Zero" "Head to Toe" "Where Are You Going, Billy Boy" (with Mary Lou Turner) "Still the One" "I Can't Wait Any Longer" "Double S" "This Is a Love Song" "The Dream Never Dies"
1980s	"Make Mine Night Time" "When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back"
1990s	"The Deck of Cards"