"Someone to You" is a song by English musician Banners, released in June 2017[1] as the third single from Banners second extended play Empires on Fire and his second album Where the Shadow Ends. The song is a declaration of the willingness to fully commit to a relationship. The declaration is delivered in a spirited melody and is reinforced by gang backing vocals.
| "Someone to You" | ||||
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| Single by Banners | ||||
| from the album Where the Shadow Ends | ||||
| Released | 9 June 2017 | |||
| Recorded | 2017 | |||
| Length | 3:39 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Stephen Kozmeniul | |||
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| "Someone to You" on YouTube | ||||
Though it did not chart at the time of its release, it later became a viral sleeper hit in 2020 after gaining popularity on the TikTok video sharing app.
"Someone to You" was released in June 2017.[2]
In 2020, it was used in a trailer for a TV show, in a movie, in a T-Mobile commercial and on TikTok. The song's success took Banners by surprise saying at first, he had no idea why the track was getting so many unexpected streams: "I try not to look at my Spotify numbers too much...but every now and then I was just checking it and it was like, 'This is getting more and more popular every week. So I went to the record label...and I was like, 'Can we find out what's going on, please?'"[3]
In January 2021, he performed the song Live with Kelly and Ryan.[3]
Spill Magazine said called the song "magnetic and warm, capturing the simple pleasures of falling in love, while maintaining the thought-provoking choral components that define the Banners sound."[2]
Mary Chang from There Goes the Fear said "The song is a wonderful foot-stomper, with an incessant, irrepressible beat, and lyrics that beg to be sung along to."[4]
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[32] | Platinum | 70,000 |
| Belgium (BEA)[33] | Platinum | 40,000 |
| Canada (Music Canada)[34] | Platinum | 80,000 |
| Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[35] | Gold | 45,000 |
| France (SNEP)[36] | Gold | 100,000 |
| Netherlands (NVPI)[37] | Platinum | 40,000 |
| New Zealand (RMNZ)[38] | Gold | 15,000 |
| Poland (ZPAV)[39] | Gold | 25,000 |
| Portugal (AFP)[40] | Platinum | 10,000 |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[41] | Platinum | 600,000 |
| United States (RIAA)[42] | Platinum | 1,000,000 |
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