Songfacts®:

• Building on the success of laidback grooves like "Fly" and "Every Morning," Sugar Ray issued this contemplative pop-rock single on their 14:59 album.
  
  In a 1999 Melody Maker interview, lead singer Mark McGrath explained that "'Someday' is about reflecting back on your life and appreciating the one you chose to be with and hoping you made all the right decisions."
  
  Drummer Stan Frazier, who co-wrote the tune, added: "It's like 'Every Morning'... I have a girlfriend and on the road I'm tempted to go with other women. And dogs. And men. And she has remained faithful. She was always so perfect and I was this f---ing guilty asshole and it's about that I think we've all grown a bit as people."
• The former nu metal act broke through with the pop-rock outlier "Fly" in 1997, which became the blueprint for their future songwriting. The band was on tour in support of their Floored album when they began writing songs for 14:59. McGrath told Chris DeMakes A Podcast he wrote "Someday" on bass in the back of a club in Houston.
• The third single from the album, this peaked at #7 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Modern Rock Tracks charts.
• The band's sonic shift away from their heavier roots paid off when 14:59 earned a triple-Platinum certification in the US for 3 million copies sold.
• Most of Sugar Ray's music videos were directed by their longtime friend McG, but this one was helmed by Joseph Kahn, a prolific director who worked with Destiny's Child ("Say My Name") and Backstreet Boys ("Larger Than Life") that same year.
  
  The black-and-white music video features the band performing on the beach, where the tune attracts some dancers, including a beautiful bikini-clad blonde, a naked man, and a free-spirited elderly couple. After frolicking in the surf, they head to a nearby bar and entertain the crowd.
• This was used in the 2005 movie Cheaper By The Dozen 2. It was featured on the TV show Cold Case in the 2008 episode "Spiders."