Somebody Else's Guy

"Somebody Else's Guy" is a 1984 song written and popularized by Jocelyn Brown. On the US soul chart, the single peaked at number two and stalled at number 75 on the Hot 100,^[2] but in the UK it made the pop top 20. On the disco chart, "Somebody Else's Guy" peaked at number 13.^[3] It was the title track of Brown's debut solo album, released the same year.

"Somebody Else's Guy"
Single by Jocelyn Brown
from the album Somebody Else's Guy
B-side	"Remix"
Released	1984 (1984)
Genre	Post-disco[1]
Length	6:28 (Album version)
Label	Shake (AU) Som Livre (BR) Unidisc/Polydor (CA) Island (EU) Liberation (NZ) 4th & B'way (UK) Vinyl Dreams (US)
Songwriter(s)	Jocelyn Brown Annette E. Brown
Producer(s)	Jocelyn Brown Allen George Fred McFarlane
Jocelyn Brown singles chronology
"Take Some Time Out (For Love)" (1982) "Somebody Else's Guy" (1984) "Hands Off" (1984)

Credits and personnel

• Jocelyn Brown – writer, vocals, background vocals, producer
• Fred McFarlane – keyboards, drum programming
• James Calloway– bass
• Ivan Hampden Jr - Congas
• Connie Harvey – background vocals
• Marian Rolle – background vocals
• Wendell Morrison – background vocals
• Allen George – producer
• Fred McFarlane - producer
• Hugo Dwyer – engineering, mix engineer

Track listing and formats

U.S. 12" single, VND D01

1. "Somebody Else's Guy" (Vocal 12" Version) - 6:28
2. "Somebody Else's Guy" (Instrumental Dub) - 5:45

Charts

Chart (1984-1985)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4]	22
Ireland (IRMA)[5]	16
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6]	31
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[7]	33
UK Singles (OCC)[8]	13
US Billboard Hot 100[9]	75
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[10]	2

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[11]	Silver	200,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

CeCe Peniston version

"Somebody Else's Guy"
Single by CeCe Peniston
from the album The Best Of
B-side	"Finally" (JP, UK) Remix
Released	January 1998 (1998-01) February 25, 1998 (1998-02-25) (JP)[12]
Recorded	1996 (1996)
Genre	Disco
Length	5:37 (Album version)
Label	A&M ZAC (IT)
Songwriter(s)	Jocelyn Brown Annette E. Brown
Producer(s)	Darren "Nitro" Clowers
CeCe Peniston singles chronology
"Before I Lay (You Drive Me Crazy)" (1996) "Somebody Else's Guy" (00000024) "I Know You Want Me" (1998)
Audio sample
"Classic Old School 12" Mix" file help
Music video
1996 Soul Train Performance on YouTube

In 1996, the song was covered by dance music singer CeCe Peniston for her studio album I'm Movin' On. In 1998, it was released as a single to promote Peniston's greatest hits collection, The Best of CeCe Peniston, an import compilation issued in 1998 only in Europe and Japan.

Both Brown in 1984,^[13] and Peniston in 1998 reached the same chart position on the UK Top 75, peaking at number thirteen.

The single reached a Top 10 position on the UK Chart-Track list, peaking at number six in February.

Critical reception

Alan Jones from Music Week praised the song by calling it "an excellent cover". He also felt that "Tuff Jam deliver two quality mixes, using their swinging groove with disco stabs, strings and Peniston's vocals, giving us an uplifting disco-fuelled club anthem with crossover potential".^[14]

Credits and personnel

• CeCe Peniston – lead/back vocal
• Karl "Tuff Enuff" Brown – additional producer, remix, remix engineer
• Matt "Jam" Lamont – additional producer, remix
• David Morales – additional producer, remix
• Manny Lehman – executive producer
• Mark Mazzetti – executive producer
• Darren Clowers – producer, keyboards
• Keith Andes – keyboards
• Rom Malco – drum programming
• Terry Burns – programming
• Joey Moskowitz – programming
• Tuff & Jam – remix engineers
• Vachik Aghaniantz – engineer, mix
• Dave "EQ3" Sussman – engineer
• Clowers Studios, Hollywood, CA – studio
• Hollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA – mix
• Jocelyn Brown Music (BMI) – publisher
• PolyGram International (ASCAP) – publisher

Additional credits

• "Finally" (B-side)

Track listings and formats

CD, DE, promo, #588 497-2^[15]

1. "Somebody Else's Guy" (Classic Old School Radio Mix) — 3:47

CD, DE, #582 114-2^[16]

1. "Somebody Else's Guy" (Classic Old School Radio Mix) — 3:47
2. "Somebody Else's Guy" (Hard House Dub) - 9:18

12", UK, promo, #AMPMDJ 111^[17]

1. "Somebody Else's Guy" (LP Version) - 5:37
2. "Somebody Else's Guy" (Classic Old School 12" Mix) - 6:14

CD, UK, promo, #GUYCD1^[18]

1. "Somebody Else's Guy" (Classic Old School Radio Edit) — 3:29
2. "Somebody Else's Guy" (Uplifting Club Edit) - 3:47
3. "Somebody Else's Guy" (LP Edit) - 3:44

12", UK, promo, #AMPMDJ 117 A^[19]

1. "Somebody Else's Guy" (Tuff Jam's Classic Garage) — 7:27
2. "Somebody Else's Guy" (TJ's Ladies Choice Dub)

12", UK, #582 511 1^[20]

1. "Somebody Else's Guy" (Tuff Jam's Classic Garage) — 7:27
2. "Somebody Else's Guy" (TJ's Ladies Choice Dub)
3. "Somebody Else's Guy" (LP Version)
4. "Somebody Else's Guy" (Kupper's Uplifting Club Mix)

12", UK, promo, #DJ117^[21]

1. "Somebody Else's Guy" (Tuff Jam's Classic Garage)
2. "Somebody Else's Guy" (TJ's Ladies Choice Dub)
3. "Somebody Else's Guy" (Kupper's Uplifting Club Mix)
4. "Somebody Else's Guy" (Kupper's Dark & Funky Mix)

12", IT, #ZAC 137^[22]

12", UK, promo, #588 500-1^[23]

1. "Somebody Else's Guy" (Classic Old School 12" Mix) - 6:14
2. "Somebody Else's Guy" (Classic Old School Instrument.) - 5:53
3. "Somebody Else's Guy" (Hard House Dub) - 9:18
4. "Somebody Else's Guy" (Classic Old School Radio Mix) — 3:47

MCD, JP, #POCM-1234^[24]

MCD, UK, #582 511-2^[25]

MCD, UK, #582 517-2^[26]

1. "Somebody Else's Guy" (Classic Old School Radio Edit) — 3:29
2. "Somebody Else's Guy" (LP Version) - 5:37
3. "Somebody Else's Guy" (Tuff Jam's Classic Garage) — 7:27
4. "Finally" (Classic Funk Radio Mix) - 3:25

MCS, UK, #582 511-4^[27]

1. "Somebody Else's Guy" (Classic Old School Radio Edit) — 3:29
2. "Somebody Else's Guy" (LP Version) - 5:37
3. "Finally" (Classic Funk Radio Mix) - 3:25
4. "Somebody Else's Guy" (Kupper's Uplifting Club Mix)

MCD, DE, #582 115-2^[28]

1. "Somebody Else's Guy" (Classic Old School Radio Mix) — 3:47
2. "Somebody Else's Guy" (Classic Old School 12" Mix) - 6:14
3. "Somebody Else's Guy" (LP Version) — 5:37
4. "Somebody Else's Guy" (Classic Old School Instrument.) - 5:53

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[29]	32
Scotland (OCC)[30]	32
UK (GfK Chart-Track)[31]	6
UK Singles (OCC)[32]	13
UK Dance (OCC)[33]	2
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[34]	6