Somewhere Other Than the Night

"Somewhere Other Than the Night"
Single by Garth Brooks
from the album The Chase
B-side	"Mr. Right"
Released	October 12, 1992
Format	CD Single, 7" single
Genre	Country
Length	3:12
Label	Liberty 57824
Writer(s)	Kent Blazy, Garth Brooks
Producer(s)	Allen Reynolds
Garth Brooks singles chronology
"We Shall Be Free" (1992) "Somewhere Other Than the Night" (1992) "Learning to Live Again" (1993)

"Somewhere Other Than the Night" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Garth Brooks that reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart, returning him to the top ten after his previous single "We Shall Be Free" became his first release to stall outside it. It was released in October 1992 as the second single from his album The Chase and his fifteenth overall. The song was written by Brooks and Kent Blazy.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it "a ballad to behold." She goes on to say that Brooks "powerfully and dramatically delivers a glimpse into one relationship and sets it out as an example."

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 69 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated October 17, 1992. It charted for twenty weeks, and reached number one on the chart dated January 16, 1993, where it remained for one week, giving Brooks his tenth Billboard Number One on that chart.

Charts

Chart (1992–1993)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)	1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1993)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)	36
US Country Songs (Billboard)	75

Preceded by "Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away" by Vince Gill	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single January 16, 1993	Succeeded by "Look Heart, No Hands" by Randy Travis
	RPM Country Tracks number-one single January 30, 1993