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, but in the UK it made the pop top 20. On the disco chart, "Somebody Else's Guy" peaked at number 13. It was the title track of Brown's debut solo album, released the same year.

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

"Somebody Else's Guy" - 6:28
"Somebody Else's Guy" - 5:45

CeCe Peniston version

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,
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".

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 – publisher
PolyGram International – publisher

;Additional credits

"Finally"

Track listings and formats

; CD, DE, promo, #588 497-2

"Somebody Else's Guy" — 3:47

; CD, DE, #582 114-2

"Somebody Else's Guy" — 3:47
"Somebody Else's Guy" - 9:18

; 12", UK, promo, #AMPMDJ 111

"Somebody Else's Guy" - 5:37
"Somebody Else's Guy" - 6:14

; CD, UK, promo, #GUYCD1

"Somebody Else's Guy" — 3:29
"Somebody Else's Guy" - 3:47
"Somebody Else's Guy" - 3:44

; 12", UK, promo, #AMPMDJ 117 A

"Somebody Else's Guy" — 7:27
"Somebody Else's Guy"

; 12", UK, #582 511 1

"Somebody Else's Guy" — 7:27
"Somebody Else's Guy"
"Somebody Else's Guy"
"Somebody Else's Guy"

; 12", UK, promo, #DJ117

"Somebody Else's Guy"
"Somebody Else's Guy"
"Somebody Else's Guy"
"Somebody Else's Guy"

; 12", IT, #ZAC 137
; 12", UK, promo, #588 500-1

"Somebody Else's Guy" - 6:14
"Somebody Else's Guy" - 5:53
"Somebody Else's Guy" - 9:18
"Somebody Else's Guy" — 3:47

; MCD, JP, #POCM-1234
; MCD, UK, #582 511-2
; MCD, UK, #582 517-2

"Somebody Else's Guy" — 3:29
"Somebody Else's Guy" - 5:37
"Somebody Else's Guy" — 7:27
"Finally" - 3:25

; MCS, UK, #582 511-4

"Somebody Else's Guy" — 3:29
"Somebody Else's Guy" - 5:37
"Finally" - 3:25
"Somebody Else's Guy"

; MCD, DE, #582 115-2

"Somebody Else's Guy" — 3:47
"Somebody Else's Guy" - 6:14
"Somebody Else's Guy" — 5:37
"Somebody Else's Guy" - 5:53