Sometimes (Erasure song)

"Sometimes"
Single by Erasure
from the album The Circus
B-side	"Sexuality", "Say What"
Released	6 October 1986
Format	12", 7", CD
Recorded	1985-1986
Genre	Synthpop
Length	3:38
Label	Mute (UK), Sire (US)
Writer(s)	Vince Clarke, Andy Bell
Producer	Flood
Erasure singles chronology
"Oh L'amour" (1986) "'Sometimes'" (1986) "It Doesn't Have To Be" (1987)

"Sometimes" is a song by British synthpop duo Erasure, released in October 1986 as their fourth single overall.

After three commercial flops from their debut album Wonderland, "Sometimes" became Erasure's first bonafide hit, peaking at number one in South Africa, number two in their native United Kingdom and in Germany, and becoming a huge international hit. The song became Erasure's second Top 5 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, where it charted alongside "It Doesn't Have to Be" and peaked at number four.

Written by band members Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, "Sometimes" typifies the Erasure "sound" — an uptempo, dance-oriented pop tune accentuated by Clarke's analogue synthesizers and Bell's lyrics about being in love. The music video showcases Erasure on a building rooftop — Clarke playing an acoustic guitar and Bell singing — as they weave through white sheets hanging from a laundry line; near the end of the video rain starts to fall on the duo.

"Sometimes" spent seventeen weeks in the UK singles chart — the duo's longest chart run for a single in that country — and was included on Erasure's second album The Circus, released six months later in March 1987.

Track listings

7" single (MUTE51)

1. "Sometimes"
2. "Sexuality" (Single Mix)

12" single (12MUTE51)

1. "Sometimes" (12" Mix)
2. "Sexuality" (12" Mix)
3. "Say What" (Remix)

Limited 12" single (L12MUTE 51)

1. "Sometimes" (Shiver Mix)
2. "Sexuality" (Private Mix)
3. "Senseless" (Remix)

12" single (Sire 20614-0)

1. "Sometimes" (Extended Mix) 5:22
2. "Sometimes" (Shiver Mix) 7:30
3. "It Doesn't Have To Be" (The Boop Oopa Doo Mix) 7:12
4. "Sexuality" (Private Mix) 6:04

Cassette single (CMUTE51)

1. "Sometimes"
2. "Sexuality" (Single Mix)
3. "Who Needs Love Like That"
4. "Heavenly Action"
5. "Oh L'amour"

CD single (CDMUTE51)

1. "Sometimes"
2. "Sexuality" (Single Mix)
3. "Sometimes" (12" Mix)
4. "Sexuality" (12" Mix)
5. "Say What" (Remix)

Chart performance

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart	50
Austrian Singles Chart	10
Dutch Singles Chart	2
French Singles Chart	38
German Singles Chart	2
Irish Singles Chart	3
Italian Singles Chart	22
New Zealand Singles Chart	15
South African Singles Chart	1
Spanish Singles Chart	7
Swedish Singles Chart	20
Swiss Singles Chart	3
UK Singles Chart	2
U.S. Hot Dance Club Songs	4