Something In Red by Rhonda_Kaye

Rhonda_Kaye - Something In Red

Rhonda_Kaye

Mar 22, 2025 10:57am

I'm a little rusty, oh well and tyfl! From Wikipedia, "Something in Red" is a song written and originally recorded by Angela Kaset. Her version was released as a single in the UK by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dover_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dover Records</a> on 7 May 1991,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_in_Red_(song)#cite_note-Tennessean-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_in_Red_(song)#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[2]</a> and peaked at number 124 in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UK Singles Chart</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_in_Red_(song)#cite_note-Charts_Plus-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[3]</a> American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">country music</a> artist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorrie_Morgan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lorrie Morgan</a> released her version in May 1992 as the fourth single and title track from her second studio album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_in_Red" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Something in Red</a>. Morgan's version reached number 14 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Billboard</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Country_Songs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hot Country Singles & Tracks</a> chart and peaked at number 10 on the RPM Country Tracks in Canada.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_in_Red_(song)#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[4]</a> The song also earned Morgan her first and only nomination for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Female_Country_Vocal_Performance" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance</a>.In 2004, British musical theater actress <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Paige" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Elaine Paige</a> recorded the song for inclusion on her "best of" compilation album Centre Stage, released the same year.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_in_Red_(song)#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[5]</a> Kaset described "Something in Red" in 1992 as a "basic life-of-love kind of story that most people who ever have a relationship go through... the beginning with the red and meeting somebody and wanting to catch their eye".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_in_Red_(song)#cite_note-Tennessean-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[1]</a>The song is sung from the perspective of a woman going through the romantic events of her life looking for certain colors for a dress reflecting her current emotional state. For instance, the titular color red grabs the attention of her future lover;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_in_Red_(song)#cite_note-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[6]</a> while green illustrates envy and jealousy to bring him back after a breakup; white reflects purity and perfection in a wedding dress; and she requests blue for a baby boy, born as she is experiencing a lull in the adventure of her marriage. She concludes the song by looking for a red dress "like the one when I first turned his head", suggesting that the passion has cooled, but is far from dead.