"Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)" is a popular song. It was written by Jimmie Hodges and was published in 1944.

The song has become a standard, recorded by many pop and country music singers.

Charting versions

The recording by Vaughn Monroe was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-3510 (78rpm) and 47-2986. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on July 29, 1949 and lasted 18 weeks on the chart, spending 2 weeks at #1.

The recording by The Mills Brothers was released by Decca Records as catalog number 24694. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on August 12, 1949 and lasted 15 weeks on the chart, peaking at #8.

Singer Della Reese released a rendition of the song in 1960, and it peaked at number #56 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

A version by Jodie Sands barely made the Top 100 chart in 1958, reaching #95, but did better in the United Kingdom, where it spent 10 weeks on the charts, peaking at #14.

Recorded versions

• Eddy Arnold
• Gene Autry
• Brook Benton
• Issy Bonn
• Elton Britt
• Tanya Rae Brown
• Ray Charles
• Patsy Cline
• Norrie Cox & His New Orleans Stompers
• Hank Crawford
• Vic Damone
• Ronnie Dove
• The Drifters
• Maureen Evans
• Don Gibson
• Jim Hendricks
• Hoosier Hot Shots
• Buck Johnson
• George Jones
• Tom Jones
• Kitty Kallen
• Steve Kuhn
• Lester Lanin
• Brenda Lee
• Jerry Lee Lewis
• Warner Mack
• Mando & The Chili Peppers
• Dean Martin
• Emile Martyn Band
• Clyde McPhatter
• The Mills Brothers
• Mina
• Vaughn Monroe
• Anne Murray
• Willie Nelson
• Daniel O'Donnell
• Les Paul
• Gene Pitney
• The Ravens
• Della Reese
• Jim Reeves
• Cliff Richard
• The Rim Rock Ramblers
• Tex Ritter
• Jimmy Roselli
• Jodie Sands
• Cynthia Sayer
• Sonny & Cher
• Red Steagall
• Swingville All-Stars
• Justin Tubb
• Gene Vincent
• Bobby Vinton
• Hugo Winterhalter
• Mark Wynter
• Ricky Nelson on his 1958 album Ricky Nelson

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