Marshall Jefferson wrote the lyrics to "Someday" and recruited Rogers to sing the vocals after seeing him in a show with 'Ce Ce & Company'.
In 1994, Andrew Harrison from Select wrote, "Those who whinge that house lacks emotional depth will choke when they hear its gospel tradition laid bear [sic] in CeCe Rogers' 'Someday', a beautiful, sad, soaring, dignified hymn to hopes for human brotherhood.
"[1] In 1992, "Someday" was heavily sampled by British dance act Liquid for their hit "Sweet Harmony", which reached #15 on the UK Singles Chart and then peaked at #14 when remixed and released in 1995.
The conscious lyrics, beautiful singing and Marshall Jefferson's live-sounding production may sound dated, but that adds to its classic status.
No surprise that the simple, but potent downward moving chord sequence was used later on every bloody record ever, including 'Sweet Harmony' by Liquid and ripped off on the Farley and Heller version of 'There But for the Grace of God', while the vocal line was nicked for 'Some Justice' by Urban Shakedown.
[7] The song was featured on the a fictional SF-UR radio station in the 2004 Video game Grand Theft Auto San Andreas.
British band M People released a cover of "Someday" in April 1992 by RCA and Deconstruction as the third single from their first album, Northern Soul (1991).
Alan Jones from Music Week wrote, "M-People, whose decision to rescue the track from comparative obscurity is justified by their peppy performance, which centres around a distinctive (but not too diva-like) lead vocal courtesy of Heather Small and a basslinc that is a closely related mutation of the one that has carried the other Ce Ce — Ms. Peniston — to success with "Finally".
On the CD the remixes are from M People themselves who issued two other versions of the single alongside the radio edit from the original Northern Soul album.
The studio-set music video for "Someday" features Heather Small singing and dancing alone surrounded by darkness and later, with a strobe lighting effect in the background.