Somewhere ( song ) - wikipedia Somewhere ( song ) This article is about the song from West Side Story. For the Shanice song, see Somewhere ( Shanice song ). For other uses, see Somewhere ( disambiguation ). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( October 2014 ) `` Somewhere '', sometimes referred to as `` Somewhere ( There 's a Place for Us ) '' or simply `` There 's a Place for Us '', is a song from the 1957 Broadway musical West Side Story that was made into a film in 1961. The music is composed by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and takes a phrase from the slow movement of Beethoven 's ' Emperor ' Piano Concerto, which forms the start of the melody, and also a longer phrase from the main theme of Pyotr Tchaikovsky 's Swan Lake. Contents 1 The song in the stage musical 2 The song in the 1961 film 3 P.J. Proby version 4 The Supremes ' version 5 Barbra Streisand version 6 Phil Collins version 6.1 Charts 7 Pet Shop Boys version 7.1 Track listings 7.2 Charts 8 Other notable cover versions 9 References 10 External links The song in the stage musical In the stage musical, the song appears in the second act of the show during the Somewhere Ballet. It is performed by an off - stage soprano singer and is later reprised by the entire company. In the original Broadway production, `` Somewhere '' was sung by Reri Grist who played the role of Consuelo. At the end of the show, when Tony is shot, Maria sings the first few lines of the song as he dies in her arms. In late 1957, this recording was released on the album West Side Story ( Original Broadway Cast ). The song in the 1961 film In the 1961 film, the song occurs at a pivotal point, after the rumble in which Tony ( Richard Beymer ) has stabbed Maria 's brother, Bernardo ( George Chakiris ). Having nowhere else to go, Tony runs to Maria ( Natalie Wood ), who has just been told of her brother 's death and who killed him. When Tony comes to her room through the balcony window, Maria, in shock, pounds against his chest. Realizing in spite of her anger that she still loves Tony, Maria begs him to hold her. After Maria cries out, `` It 's not us... it 's everything around us. '' Tony replies, `` Then I 'll take you away, where nothing can get to us. '' He then begins singing `` Somewhere '' to her. His comforting voice draws her in and it becomes a duet of hope that their love will survive `` somehow, someday, somewhere. '' As in the stage show, Maria sings the first few lines of the song as Tony dies in her arms. In 2004, this version finished at # 20 on AFI 's 100 Years... 100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. `` Somewhere '' is the only track that is out of sequence on the original soundtrack album as it is the last track on Side 2. This is rectified on the CD as `` Somewhere '' is correctly placed in sequence to the film between `` The Rumble '' and `` Cool. '' P.J. Proby version In 1964, P.J. Proby released his version of `` Somewhere '', which reached number 6 on the British singles chart and 7 on the Australian singles chart. The song also charted well in various European countries. Chart positions Peak position UK Singles Chart 6 Australian Singles Chart 7 The Supremes ' version In 1965, the Supremes recorded the song for their album, There 's a Place for Us, though it went unreleased until 2004. They also used it for their debut appearance at the Copacabana nightclub in New York City and it eventually became a fixture of their nightclub acts. They also sang the song on The Ed Sullivan Show and The Hollywood Palace. In contrast to the original melody, a special dramatic monologue was incorporated, which was frequently changed in conjunction with changes in the group as well as the country 's turmoil in the late 1960s. In the aftermath of the shooting of Martin Luther King, Jr., the monologue was changed to reflect King 's famous `` I Have a Dream '' speech. When the Supremes appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson the day after King had been murdered, lead singer Diana Ross was so overcome with emotion that she practically stumbled through the speech, but got an extraordinary ovation from the studio audience. It would once again be nationally televised several months later that year when the group paired up with the Temptations for an NBC television special, TCB. The monologue for that special went as follows : `` Yes, there 's a place for each of us, Where love is like a passion, burning like a fire, Let our efforts be as determined as that of Dr. Martin Luther King, Who had a dream that all God 's children, Black men, white men, Jews, Gentiles, Protestants, and Catholics, Could join hands and sing that spiritual of all : `` Free at last ! Free at last ! Thank God almighty, we are free at last ! '' Barbra Streisand version In 1985, Barbra Streisand released a version of `` Somewhere '' as a single off the Grammy Award - winning The Broadway Album, charting at number 43 in the US ( on the Billboard Hot 100 ) and number 88 in the UK. The song itself won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal ( s ). In 2011, a duet was produced using scenes from Streisand 's version while Jackie Evancho performed live with David Foster at the Ringling Museum of Art. On her 2014 Partners album, she released a new recording of the song, this time as a duet with Josh Groban. Phil Collins version `` Somewhere '' Single by Phil Collins from the album The Songs of West Side Story Released Format CD, 12 '' Genre Rock Length 4 : 02 Label Atlantic, Virgin, WEA Songwriter ( s ) Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim Producer ( s ) Phil Collins Phil Collins singles chronology `` We Wait and We Wonder '' ( 1994 ) `` Somewhere '' ( 1996 ) `` Dance into the Light '' ( 1996 ) `` We Wait and We Wonder '' ( 1994 ) `` Somewhere '' ( 1996 ) `` Dance into the Light '' ( 1996 ) British drummer Phil Collins later covered the song in 1996 for the West Side Story cover album The Songs of West Side Story. Charts Chart ( 1996 ) Peak position Canadian Singles Chart 68 US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 7 Pet Shop Boys version `` Somewhere '' Single by Pet Shop Boys from the album Bilingual Special Edition A-side `` A Red Letter Day '' ( US ) B - side `` The View from Your Balcony '', `` Disco Potential '' Released 23 June 1997 Format CD single, 12 ``, cassette single Recorded 1995 Genre Hi - NRG Length 4 : 42 10 : 56 ( extended version ) Label Parlophone / Atlantic Songwriter ( s ) Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim Producer ( s ) Pet Shop Boys Pet Shop Boys singles chronology `` A Red Letter Day '' ( 1997 ) `` Somewhere '' ( 1997 ) `` I Do n't Know What You Want But I Ca n't Give It Any More '' ( 1999 ) `` A Red Letter Day '' ( 1997 ) `` Somewhere '' ( 1997 ) `` I Do n't Know What You Want But I Ca n't Give It Any More '' ( 1999 ) `` Somewhere '' was released as a single by the British music group Pet Shop Boys on 23 June 1997 to promote their `` Somewhere '' residency at the Savoy Theatre in London, which was named after the song, and to promote a repackage of Bilingual. The single was another top 10 hit for the group, peaking at number 9. The single also peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, roughly equivalent to 125 on the main United States Billboard Hot 100 chart. It also peaked at number 19 on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart. In the US, the song was released as a double A-side with `` A Red Letter Day ''. The Pet Shop Boys ' version also uses elements of another West Side Story song, `` I Feel Pretty '', and the album version uses elements of `` One Hand, One Heart '' spoken by Chris Lowe. Track listings UK CD single 1 Parlophone CDRS 6470 `` Somewhere '' `` The View from Your Balcony '' `` To Step Aside '' ( Ralphi 's Old School Dub ) `` Somewhere '' ( Forthright Vocal Mix ) UK CD single 2 Parlophone CDR 6470 `` Somewhere '' ( Orchestral version ) `` Disco Potential '' `` Somewhere '' ( Trouser Enthusiasts Mix ) `` Somewhere '' ( Forthright Dub ) UK cassette single TCR 6470 `` Somewhere '' `` Somewhere '' ( Orchestral version ) `` The View from Your Balcony '' Charts Chart ( 1997 ) Peak position Australian Singles Chart 56 German Singles Chart 70 Swedish Singles Chart 21 UK Singles Chart 9 US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles 25 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 19 Other notable cover versions Esther Ofarim covered this song on her 1965 album `` Is it Really Me ? '' and in the 2006 re-release `` In New York With Bobby Scott & His Orchestra '' Len Barry covered this song in 1966 and peaked at # 26 on the Billboard Hot 100. Ben Platt performed this song at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards as a tribute to Leonard Bernstein. References Jump up ^ Ross, Alex. The Rest is Noise : Listening to the Twentieth Century. Fourth Estate. ISBN 978 - 1 - 84115 - 475 - 6. Jump up ^ Barbra Streisand Archives : Records / The Broadway Album. Jump up ^ Dean, Will ( 19 June 2013 ). `` Music review : Pet Shop Boys bring cornucopia of hits to London 's O2 Arena ''. The Independent. Retrieved 31 March 2015. Jump up ^ Ryan, Gavin ( 2011 ). Australia 's Music Charts 1988 - 2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia : Moonlight Publishing. Jump up ^ www.esther-ofarim.de External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim 's West Side Story ( 1957 ) Characters Maria Inspiration William Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet Adaptations West Side Story ( 1961 film ) West Side Story Suite ( 1995 ballet ) Variations Deaf Side Story ( c. 2002 musical ) Swango ( 2002 musical ) West Bank Story ( 2005 parody film ) Boogie Town ( 2012 film ) Songs Act 1 `` Something 's Coming '' `` Maria '' `` Tonight '' `` America '' `` Cool '' `` One Hand, One Heart '' `` Tonight ( Quintet & Chorus ) '' Act 2 `` I Feel Pretty '' `` Somewhere '' `` A Boy Like That '' Albums West Side Story ( 1957 original cast ) West Side Story ( 1959 Previn ) West Side Story ( 1961 soundtrack ) West Side Story ( 1961 Tjader ) Bernstein Plays Brubeck Plays Bernstein ( 1961 Brubeck Quartet ) West Side Story ( 1962 Peterson Trio ) Kenton 's West Side Story ( 1962 Kenton ) Toshiko -- Mariano Quartet ( in West Side ) ( 1963 Akiyoshi ) West Side Story ( 1974 Earl Hines ) Related `` The First Time '' `` Upper West Side Story '' Wild Side Story China Girl `` Roses '' Play It Again Josh Superjail ! We Five Beverly Bivens Michael Stewart Jerry Burgan Pete Fullerton Bob Jones Debbie Burgan ' Studio albums You Were on My Mind Make Someone Happy The Return of We Five Catch the Wind Take Each Day as It Comes Singles `` You Were on My Mind '' `` Let 's Get Together '' `` My Favorite Things '' `` Walk On By '' `` Catch the Wind '' B - Sides `` Cast Your Fate to the Wind '' `` Somewhere Beyond the Sea '' `` Somewhere '' `` The First Time '' `` Here Comes the Sun '' `` Oh Lonesome Me '' Cover Songs `` Ca n't Help Falling in Love '' `` The Inch Worm '' `` Our Day Will Come '' `` Softly As I Leave You '' `` Soon It 's Gonna Rain '' `` Tonight '' Phil Collins songs Discography Face Value `` In the Air Tonight '' `` I Missed Again '' `` If Leaving Me Is Easy '' Hello, I Must Be Going ! `` Thru These Walls '' `` You Ca n't Hurry Love '' `` I Do n't Care Anymore '' `` Do n't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away '' `` Why Ca n't It Wait ' Til Morning '' `` I Cannot Believe It 's True '' `` Like China '' No Jacket Required `` Sussudio '' `` One More Night '' `` Do n't Lose My Number '' `` Take Me Home '' Buster `` A Groovy Kind of Love '' `` Two Hearts ''... But Seriously `` Another Day in Paradise '' `` I Wish It Would Rain Down '' `` Something Happened on the Way to Heaven '' `` That 's Just the Way It Is '' `` Do You Remember ? '' `` Hang in Long Enough '' Serious Hits... Live ! `` Do You Remember ? '' ( live ) `` Who Said I Would '' ( live ) Both Sides `` Both Sides of the Story '' `` Everyday '' `` We Wait and We Wonder '' Dance into the Light `` Dance into the Light '' `` It 's in Your Eyes '' `` No Matter Who '' `` Wear My Hat '' `` The Same Moon ''... Hits `` True Colors '' Tarzan `` You 'll Be in My Heart '' `` Strangers Like Me '' `` Son of Man '' `` Two Worlds '' Testify `` Ca n't Stop Loving You '' `` Come with Me '' `` Wake Up Call '' / `` The Least You Can Do '' Brother Bear `` Look Through My Eyes '' `` No Way Out '' Going Back `` ( Love Is Like a ) Heatwave '' `` Going Back '' Featured singles `` Do They Know It 's Christmas ? '' `` Easy Lover '' `` Hero '' `` In the Air Tonite '' `` Home '' Other singles `` Against All Odds ( Take a Look at Me Now ) '' `` Separate Lives '' `` Somewhere '' Other songs `` The Man with the Horn '' `` You Ought to Know... '' Book Pet Shop Boys Chris Lowe Neil Tennant Studio albums Please Actually Introspective Behaviour Very Bilingual Nightlife Release Fundamental Yes Elysium Electric Super Compilation albums Discography : The Complete Singles Collection Alternative Essential PopArt : The Hits Story : 25 Years of Hits Party Ultimate Format Remix albums Disco Disco 2 Disco 3 Disco 4 Live albums Concrete Pandemonium Extended plays Christmas Soundtracks and scores It Could n't Happen Here Closer to Heaven Battleship Potemkin The Most Incredible Thing Other songs `` King 's Cross '' `` The Loving Kind '' `` The Night I Fell in Love '' `` I 'm Not Scared '' `` In Private '' `` Nothing Has Been Proved '' `` So Sorry, I Said '' `` Do n't Drop Bombs '' `` Euroboy '' Film, stage and television It Could n't Happen Here Closer to Heaven Pet Shop Boys : A Life In Pop The Most Incredible Thing Notable tours and concerts MCMLXXXIX Performance Discovery Somewhere Nightlife Release Fundamental Pandemonium Progress ( as special guests ) Electric Super Related articles Discography Songs x2 Reputation Results Electronic Back to Mine : Pet Shop Boys West End Girls Book Pet Shop Boys singles Please ( 1984 -- 86 ) `` West End Girls '' `` Opportunities ( Let 's Make Lots of Money ) '' `` Love Comes Quickly '' `` Suburbia '' Disco ( 1986 ) `` Paninaro '' Actually ( 1987 -- 88 ) `` It 's a Sin '' `` What Have I Done to Deserve This ? '' `` Rent '' `` Heart '' Introspective ( 1988 -- 89 ) `` Always on My Mind '' `` Domino Dancing '' `` Left to My Own Devices '' `` It 's Alright '' Behaviour ( 1990 -- 91 ) `` So Hard '' `` Being Boring '' `` How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously ? '' / `` Where the Streets Have No Name ( I Ca n't Take My Eyes off You ) '' `` Jealousy '' Discography ( 1991 ) `` DJ Culture '' `` Was It Worth It ? '' Very ( 1993 -- 94 ) `` Can You Forgive Her ? '' `` Go West '' `` I Would n't Normally Do This Kind of Thing '' `` Liberation '' `` Yesterday, When I Was Mad '' Alternative ( 1995 ) `` Paninaro ' 95 '' Bilingual ( 1996 -- 97 ) `` Before '' `` Se a vida é ( That 's the Way Life Is ) '' / `` To Step Aside '' `` Single - Bilingual '' `` A Red Letter Day '' Nightlife ( 1999 -- 2000 ) `` I Do n't Know What You Want But I Ca n't Give It Any More '' `` New York City Boy '' `` You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You 're Drunk '' Release ( 2002 -- 03 ) `` Home and Dry '' `` I Get Along '' `` London '' PopArt ( 2003 -- 04 ) `` Miracles '' `` Flamboyant '' Fundamental ( 2006 ) `` I 'm with Stupid '' `` Minimal '' `` Numb '' Disco 4 ( 2007 ) `` Integral '' Yes ( 2009 ) `` Love Etc. '' `` Did You See Me Coming ? '' `` Beautiful People '' Ultimate ( 2010 ) `` Together '' Elysium ( 2012 ) `` Winner '' `` Leaving '' `` Memory of the Future '' Electric ( 2013 -- 14 ) `` Axis '' `` Vocal '' `` Love Is a Bourgeois Construct '' `` Thursday '' `` Fluorescent '' Super ( 2016 ) `` The Pop Kids '' `` Twenty - something '' `` Inner Sanctum '' `` Say It to Me '' `` Undertow '' Non-album singles `` One More Chance '' `` Absolutely Fabulous '' `` Hallo Spaceboy '' `` Somewhere '' `` Break 4 Love '' `` She 's Madonna '' `` Love Life '' Tom Waits Studio albums Closing Time The Heart of Saturday Night Small Change Foreign Affairs Blue Valentine Heartattack and Vine Swordfishtrombones Rain Dogs Franks Wild Years Bone Machine The Black Rider Mule Variations Blood Money Alice Real Gone Bad as Me Live albums Nighthawks at the Diner Big Time Romeo Bleeding : Live from Austin Glitter and Doom Live Soundtracks One from the Heart Night on Earth Compilations Bounced Checks Anthology of Tom Waits Asylum Years The Early Years, Volume One The Early Years, Volume Two Beautiful Maladies Used Songs 1973 -- 1980 Orphans : Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards Notable songs `` Ol ' ' 55 '' `` Tom Traubert 's Blues '' `` The Piano Has Been Drinking ( Not Me ) ( An Evening with Pete King ) '' `` Somewhere '' `` Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis '' `` Romeo Is Bleeding '' `` Kentucky Avenue '' `` Heartattack and Vine '' `` Jersey Girl '' `` Jockey Full of Bourbon '' `` Downtown Train '' `` Way Down in the Hole '' `` Young at Heart '' `` Bad as Me '' `` Back in the Crowd '' Tours Real Gone Tour The Orphans Tour Glitter and Doom Tour Related articles Discography Kathleen Brennan Greg Cohen Bones Howe Rickie Lee Jones Marc Ribot Larry Taylor Chuck E. Weiss Step Right Up : The Songs of Tom Waits New Coat of Paint Tom Waits for No One Portal : Rock music Commons : Tom Waits Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somewhere_(song)&oldid=836905306 '' Categories : 1956 songs 1964 singles 1985 singles 1996 singles 1997 singles Songs written by Stephen Sondheim Songs with music by Leonard Bernstein The Supremes songs Barbra Streisand songs Phil Collins songs Pet Shop Boys songs Aretha Franklin songs Bobby Darin songs Celtic Woman songs Sissel Kyrkjebø songs Devo songs Johnny Mathis songs Crazy Elephant songs Glen Campbell songs Marianne Faithfull songs Rick Astley songs We Five songs Andy Williams songs Songs from West Side Story Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist ( s ) Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from October 2014 All articles needing additional references Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Français Italiano ქართული Nederlands Norsk Polski Português Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 17 April 2018, at 15 : 15. 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Question: who wrote somewhere there's a place for us
Answer: Leonard Bernstein; The music is composed by Leonard Bernstein