Some Guys Have All the Luck
Rod Stewart
1984
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1984
Release: 1984Source checked
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. Original 1984 recording; year precision avoids assigning a later single campaign, concert, remaster or annual-list date as the first release.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1984.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Some Guys Have All the Luck - original Camouflage recording
Individual Rod Stewart recording metadata identifies Camouflage and 1984, separate from earlier artists' versions of the composition.
Rod Stewart - original Warner studio album years
The label explicitly lists the original studio album years from Atlantic Crossing in 1975 to Vagabond Heart in 1991. The 2019 box release does not replace original recording years.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
Originally by The Persuaders, the song was inspired by the seeming unfairness of success and fortune.
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1984.html, song-list position 75
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual identity reconciliation, not audio-fingerprint or exact-pressing verification. Version labels are catalog safeguards.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Imported annual selection - further review needed
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Owner-supplied 1984.html
Original list position 75; annual selection retained from supplied material, not independently corroborated.
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