Review song

Someone Like You

 Orientation
“Someone Like You” song is sung and written by a singer and composer from England.
This song is written by Adele and Dan Wilson for Adele’s second album. These piano
ballads and blue-eyed soul were inspired by a rift of Adele’s relationship. The lyric tells
the story of the attitude of Adele in dealing with it. XL recordings released this song as
second singles of this album on January 24th, 2011 in Great Britain and August 9th,
2011 in the United States of America.

Accompanied only by a piano that played by Wilson, Adele sang this song which is
about the end of her relationship with her ex-lover. This song received a positive
response from the music critics who chose this song as a main song in her album and
praised her simple but outstanding voice.

After being performed this song in 2011 BRIT Awards, ‘Someone Like You’ became her
first number one single in Great Britain and survived on the top of the song chart for
five weeks. This song also became on the top song chart in Ireland, New Zealand,
Australia, Italia, France, and Swiss. Adele become the first soloist in history of Billboard
Hot 100 from Britain that has top two singles in an album. In July 2011, this song
become the first single and until now it had been sold for about a million copies album
in Britan.B
 Interpretative Recount
Overall, ‘Someone Like You’ is a great and bombastic song. Many people like this song very much. The lyric seemed so sad but that’s what
makes this song great. You can read the lyric below.

I heard that you’re settled down,

That you found a girl and you’re married now,
I heard that your dreams came true,
Guess she gave you things I didn’t give to you,
Old friend, why are you so shy?
Ain’t like you to hold back or hide from the light,

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited,

But I couldn’t stay away, I couldn’t fight it,
I had hoped you’d see my face,
And that you’d be reminded that for me it isn’t over,

Nevermind, I’ll find someone like you,

I wish nothing but the best for you, too,
Don’t forget me, I beg,
I remember you said,
“Sometimes it lasts in love,
But sometimes it hurts instead,”
Sometimes it lasts in love,
But sometimes it hurts instead, yeah,

You know how the time flies,

Only yesterday was the time of our lives,
We were born and raised in a summer haze,
Bound by the surprise of our glory days,
 hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited,
But I couldn’t stay away, I couldn’t fight it,
I had hoped you’d see my face,
And that you’d be reminded that for me it isn’t over,

Nevermind, I’ll find someone like you,

I wish nothing but the best for you, too,
Don’t forget me, I beg,
I remember you said,
“Sometimes it lasts in love,
But sometimes it hurts instead,”

Nothing compares,
No worries or cares,
Regrets and mistakes, they’re memories made,
Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?
Nevermind, I’ll find someone like you,
I wish nothing but the best for you,
Don’t forget me, I beg,
I remember you said,
“Sometimes it lasts in love,
But sometimes it hurts instead,”

Nevermind, I’ll find someone like you,

I wish nothing but the best for you, too,
Don’t forget me, I beg,
I remember you said,
“Sometimes it lasts in love,
But sometimes it hurts instead,”
Sometimes it lasts in love,
But sometimes it hurts instead.
This song is able to bring the listeners emotion
to feel the same thing as what is sung. The
melody of the song is successful to make the
listener feel the turmoil of the song. The song is
simple but touchy. The other song of Adele
which can make the listener feel anxious is
“Don’t you remember”. People can cry if they
listen to this song.
Evaluative Summation: "Someone Like You"is
song tells about an Adele who has been
disappointed by his partner. This song is easy to
understand and very good to hear

Evaluation: This song is nice to hear when you're

upset or being alone because it tells someone
who is broken hearted
 She got a platinum award from British
Phonographic Industry and Triple Platinum from
Recording Industry Association of America in United
States of America. On February 12, 2012, this song
won Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance
category. The music video of this song was directed
by Jake Nava in Paris. The video showed Adele
walking alone along the street with sad face. Many
people praised it.