Somebody Else's Guy

"Somebody Else's Guy"
Single by Jocelyn Brown
from the album Somebody Else's Guy
B-side"Remix"
Released1984 (1984)
GenrePost-disco[1]
Length6:28 (Album version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Jocelyn Brown
  • Annette E. Brown
Producer(s)
Jocelyn Brown singles chronology
"Take Some Time Out (For Love)"
(1982)
"Somebody Else's Guy"
(1984)
"Hands Off"
(1984)

"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.

  1. ^ Neal, Mark Anthony (April 22, 2002). "Nuyorican Nostalgia". PopMatters. Retrieved October 25, 2014. Brown (...) is best known for her 1983 anthem "Somebody Else's Guy" which was a great example of quality post-Disco dance music emanating out of New York City.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 85.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 45.