Somebody Special

"Somebody Special"
Single by Nina Nesbitt
from the album The Sun Will Come Up, the Seasons Will Change
Released	11 January 2018
Genre	Electropop[1]
Length	3:20
Label	Cooking Vinyl
Songwriter(s)	Nina Nesbitt Dan Muckala Brianna Kennedy
Producer(s)	Dan Muckala
Nina Nesbitt singles chronology
"The Best You Had" (2017) "Somebody Special" (2018) "Loyal to Me" (2018)

"Somebody Special" is a song by the Scottish singer-songwriter Nina Nesbitt. It was released on 11 January 2018 through Cooking Vinyl as the third single from her second studio album The Sun Will Come Up, the Seasons Will Change. The song was written by Nesbitt with Dan Muckala, who also produced it, and Brianna Kennedy.

Background and release

Written in Nashville, "Somebody Special" was premiered on 8 January 2018 during Zane Lowe's show on Beats 1.[2]

The tracklist for Nina Nesbitt's second studio album The Sun Will Come Up, the Seasons Will Change was unveiled in October 2018.[3] The standard edition of the album was released on 1 February 2019 and the deluxe edition, The Sun Will Come Up, the Seasons Will Change & The Flowers Will Fall, was released in November 2019. It includes an acoustic version of every song from the standard edition, including "Somebody Special".[4]

Music video

"I had the idea of putting a twist on the meaning of the song for the video. It’s the story of a girl who is in an emotionally abusive relationship, who doesn’t know her worth because the person she is with treats her like crap. Over time she meets a guy who she gets on the bus with every day who starts to remind her of what her potential is and she starts falling for him."

—Nesbitt explaining the meaning of the music video for "Somebody Special".[5]

The script for the "Somebody Special" music video was co-written by Nina Nesbitt.[6]

Commercial performance

"Somebody Special" peaked at 89 on the UK Singles Chart. As of March 2021, it had amassed 47.7 millions of streams on Spotify.[7]

Charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Ireland (IRMA)[8]	78
UK Singles (OCC)[9]	89
UK Indie (OCC)[10]	8

References

1. "This Just In: Nina Nesbitt Reminds Us Why She's "Somebody Special"". Atwood Magazine. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
2. "Nina Nesbitt shares brand new track 'Somebody Special'". Cooking Vinyl. 9 January 2018. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
3. Nicole Engelman (30 October 2018). "Nina Nesbitt Reveals Upcoming Album Title, Track List & Artwork". Billboard. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
4. "Nina Nesbitt Releases the Deluxe Edition of US Debut Album". BroadwayWorld. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
5. Molly Hudelson (1 February 2018). "Nina Nesbitt finds the one who makes her feel like "Somebody Special" in new video". Substream Magazine. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
6. Katrina Rees (31 January 2018). "Nina Nesbitt drops music video for 'Somebody Special'". Celebmix. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
7. Somebody Special, retrieved 2021-03-14
8. "Irish-charts.com – Discography Nina Nesbitt". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
9. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
10. "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 January 2020.