"Somewhere Out There" is a song by Canadian

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group

Our Lady Peace Our Lady Peace (sometimes shortened to OLP) is a Canadian alternative rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1992. Led by lead vocalist Raine Maida since its formation, the band currently also features Duncan Coutts on bass, Steve Mazur on guit ...

. It was released on April 1, 2002, as the lead single from their fifth studio album, ''

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''. "Somewhere Out There" reached number 44 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart (becoming the band's highest-charting single in the US) and peaked inside the top 40 on five other ''Billboard'' charts. "Somewhere Out There" was the ninth-most-played song on radio in Canada in 2002.

Song information

The correct title of the song is indeed "Somewhere Out There", however the specific chorus lyrics "defying gravity" and the fact that the album is titled ''

'', led some to believe that the title of the song was "Gravity". The song is mislabeled as such in some search engines, lyric websites, and P2P file-sharing programs. The song is one of Our Lady Peace's most successful singles to date, having been very popular both in Canada and the United States. Many critics praised the single, but some also criticized it for being "too mainstream", saying that the artistic uniqueness that Our Lady Peace possessed in former albums was absent here. In Our Lady Peace's 2006 compilation album, ''

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'', which includes many of Our Lady Peace's greatest hits, "Somewhere Out There" is featured. The song also plays during the end credits of the 2009 film ''

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'' and the 2002

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episode "Redux" of ''

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''.

Background and writing

"Somewhere Out There" was culled from two sets of lyrics written by

Raine Maida Raine Maida ( ; born Michael Anthony Maida; February 18, 1970) – Ourladypeace.cc. Retrieved April 30, 2010. is a Canadian musician best known as being the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the alternative rock band Our Lady Peace. He ha ...

during Christmas 2001. "

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called me in Toronto the night before Christmas and asked if I had any other song ideas that we should consider before we headed back to

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to finish the album in January," he explained. "The phone call propelled me to write seven new songs during the ten days we had off at Christmas. When we got back to

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, he combined a verse from one song and a chorus from another and 'Somewhere Out There" was born.

Singles

Four versions of the single were released. In the United States and Canada, a one-track promotional CD was sent to radio stations only. In Australia, where the single was commercially released on September 16, 2002, three live bonus tracks—" Starseed", "Whatever", and " 4 AM"—were included. They were recorded in June 2001 in

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during the

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tour. "4 AM" is sung entirely by the audience. The single was released in Europe on September 16, 2002 with "Whatever" omitted. The fourth version, released in 2003 as part of the promotion for ''

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'', contains the live version of "Bring Back the Sun" from that album.

Music video

The music video was directed by Eric Heimbold. It was filmed in

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around April."Timeline" – "OurLadyPeace.net" retrieved from the

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– 2002. Retrieved November 29, 2009 It shows the band performing for fans on a rounded stage lit up in a very dark studio. Most of the video focuses on a woman, played by actress Sarah Sanguin Carter, who climbs to the top of a speaker tower and then throws herself off, being caught by the crowd. The video was officially released on May 22, 2002. This is also

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's first appearance in the band since former lead guitarist

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left to form Fair Ground.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Somewhere Out There 2002 singles 2002 songs Columbia Records singles Epic Records singles Our Lady Peace songs Song recordings produced by Bob Rock Songs written by Raine Maida