Please note that these are referral or affiliate links from which may receive, at no additional cost to you, a commission if you should make any purchases through them. Now you know why.)ĭifferent versions of "Some Kind Of Wonderful" are listed below in chronological order.ĭisclosure: This page includes links that will take you to various online merchants outside of that sell recordings with some of the songs featured on this page. I don't have to stay out all night, cause I got me a D F G G A sweet, a sweet lovin' woman and she knows just how to. D I got everything that a man could want. Some kind of wonderful Some kind of wonderful Wonderful, wonderful. Some kind of wonderful - Grand Funk Railroad D I don't need a whole lots of money. Verse 1 All you have to do is Ctouch my hand (ToEm sh/owB m)e you Am7undesus4rstanAm7d A(ndC s/omGet)hing happenFs to me Tha(t'Cs /soEme) ki(Dm7)nd of wondDm7/GerfulG Verse 2 At any time. I know I can't express This feeling of tenderness There's so much I want to say But the right words just don't come my way I just know when I'm in your embrace This world is a happy place And something happens to me That's some kind of wonderful. (When you first heard Grand Funk Railroads's version on the radio, you probably thought it sounded vaguely familiar. Some Kind of Wonderful (Goffin-King)(From Music 1973) The song is probably even more simple than this, and the bracketed chords can be omitted. Ellison's song was later made famous by Grand Funk Railroad in their late 1974 remake which reached #3. The Soul Brothers Six's version was followed in 1968 by that of the Fantastic Johnny C which peaked at #87.
The Soul Brothers Six released their song in 1967, and although theirs was the original version, it peaked at only #91. The second song by the same name was written by John Ellison, lead singer of the Soul Brothers Six (a.k.a. A number of versions followed thereafter over the next several years, none of which made the Billboard Top 40.
King/Goffin's song was made famous in 1961 by the Drifters whose version peaked at #32. In the 1960s, two completely different songs were released having the same title, "Some Kind Of Wonderful." The first song by that name was written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin. King is a number one album selling artist who is considered one of the greatest female artists in music history giving us songs such as Its Too Late, I Feel The Earth Move, Youve Got a Friend, Sweet Seasons, So Far Away, Now and Forever, Some Kind of Wonderful, HomeAgain, Up On The Roof, Been to Canaan, Beautiful, Where You Lead and One Fine Day.