Someone Like You

Album: Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (1980)
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Songfacts®:

  • If this sounds like the title of a love song, you don't know Cockney Rejects! In his autobiography Cockney Reject, lead vocalist Jeff Turner said it is about "people who were forced into nine-to-five jobs."

    It was co-written with his brother, guitarist Mick Geggus and bass player Vince Riordan. Running to around 2 minutes 54 seconds, "Someone Like You" is Track 11 on the band's debut album. >>>
    Suggestion credit:
    Alexander Baron - London, England

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