'Something's Goin' On' is the 36th studio album by British singer Cliff Richard, released by Decca on 25 October 2004 in the UK. The album reached #7 in the UK Albums Chart and was certified "Gold" by the BPI.Chart information for Something's Goin' On
This album was Richard's first with Decca and was recorded in Nashville, Franklin, and Miami in the United States. Reviews of the album were positive. Music Week rated this as "Album of the Week as it contained a well-rounded package."
Three singles were released from this album, the first being the title song Somethin' Is Goin' On, which reached #9 in the UK Singles Chart and stayed for 3 weeks.
The second single release is a song written by Barry Gibb from the Bee Gees called I Cannot Give You My Love, which reached #13 in the UK Singles Chart and stayed for 4 weeks. Barry Gibb also appears as a guest on the album as a guitarist and sings backing vocals in the track, his brother Maurice Gibb also featured as keyboardist on the album.
The final single release was What Car, which reached #12 in the UK Singles Chart and stayed for 3 weeks.
The album has sold over 150,000 copies worldwide.
International release The album was released as "For Life" on the Edel Records label in 2005 for the European market. It had a revised track-listing, including four of the five additional tracks released as B-sides on the singles. These four tracks were recorded during the same series of recording sessions for the rest of the album.
Track listing # Title Time 1. "Thousand Miles to Go"Writers: Steve Mandile, Dennis Matkosky, Brian WhiteProducers: Dann Huff, Steve Mandile 4:25 2. "Somethin' is Goin' On"Writers: Steve Mandile, David Mullen, Marcus HummonProducer: Tommy Sims 4:24 3. "I Will Not Be a Mistake"Writers: Gary Burr, Helen Darling, Will RobinsonProducers: Dann Huff, Steve Mandile 3:57 4. "Simplicity"Writers: Bob Farrell, Craig Wiseman, Dennis MatkoskyProducer: Tommy Sims 4:13 5. "Sometimes Love"Writers: Don Poythress, Brian WhiteProducer: Trey Bruce 3:07 6. "I Cannot Give You My Love"Writers; Barry Gibb, Ashley GibbProducer: Barry Gibb 5:03 7. "The Day That I Stop Loving You"Writers: Robert Huff, Darrell Brown, Jennifer KimballProducer: Michael Omartian 4:06 8. "What Car?"Writers: Trey Bruce, David Mullen, Gary BurrProducer: Trey Bruce 3:31 9. "How Did She Get Here?"Writers: Steve Mandile, Gary Burr, Darrell BrownProducer: Trey Bruce 4:13 10. "Field of Love"Writers: Will Robinson, Jennifer Kimball, Tommy SimsProducer: Tommy Sims 5:06 11. "For Life"Writers: Chris Eaton, Bobby Huffguitar Duane Eddy. Producer: Monroe Jones 5:00 12. "I Don't Wanna Lose You"Writers: Chris Eaton, John HartleyProducer: Trey Bruce 4:43 13. "Faithful One"Writers: Chris Eaton, Brian WhiteProducer: Tommy Sims, Michael Omartian 4:18
B-Sides # Title Time 1. "How Many Sleeps"Writers: Barry Gibb, David EnglishProducers: Barry Gibb 4:06 2. "She's All Mine"Writers: Chris Eaton, Ralph Van MannennProducer: Trey Bruce 3:55 3. "Slow Down"Writers: Chris Eaton, Gary Burr, Darrell BrownProducers: Michael Omartian 4:12 4. "Diamonds On A Chain"Writers: Don Poythress, Brian WhiteProducers: Monroe Jones 3:13 5. "Sentimental Journey" (from Listen to Cliff!, 1961)Writers: Les Brown, Bud Green, Ben HomerProducers: Norrie Paramor 2:07
Personnel Cliff Richard - vocals Barry Gibb - vocals and guitar (on "I Cannot Give You My Love" only) Maurice Gibb - keyboards Hal Roland - keyboards Alan Kendall - guitar George Perry - bass Steve Rucker - drums Gustav Lescano - harmonica John Merchant - engineer
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