History Main / SomewhereSong

Subtrope of LocationSong. Often an IWantSong. If the "somewhere" in question is just ''anywhere that isn't home'', it's a WanderlustSong. Compare SettingOffSong, LeavingTheNestSong.

* "In A World Of My Own" from ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland''.
* "The Second Star to the Right" from ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan''.
* "Somewhere Out There" from ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail''.
* "Upendi" from ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride''.
* "Just Around the Riverbend" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}''.

* "Go the Distance" from ''{{WesternAnimation/Hercules}}''.
* "That's The Life For Me" ''Film/JamesAndTheGiantPeach''.

* "The Mountains and Marian" by Gordon Lightfoot

* "Sal Tlay Ka Siti" from ''Theatre/TheBookOfMormon''.

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* "Bali Ha'i" from ''Theatre/SouthPacific''.
* "How Are Things In Glocca Morra?" from ''Theatre/FiniansRainbow''.
* "Somewhere" from ''Theatre/WestSideStory''.
* "Castle On A Cloud", " In My Life " and "Do You Hear The People Sing?" from ''Theatre/LesMiserables''.
* "Normandy" from ''Theatre/OnceUponAMattress''.
* "Santa Fe" from ''Theatre/{{Rent}}''
* "Solla Sollew" from ''Theatre/{{Seussical}} TheMusical''.
* "Somewhere That's Green" from ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors''
* "Never Never Land" from ''Theatre/{{Peter Pan|1954}}''.
* "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" from ''Theatre/HelloDolly'' ([[BigApplesauce about New York]]).
* "Sal Tlay Ka Siti" from ''Theatre/TheBookOfMormon''.
* "There's a World" from ''Theatre/NextToNormal''. In context, it's PlayedForDrama, because the character singing is referring to [[spoiler:the ''afterlife'']].
* "Let's Fly Away" from the Music/ColePorter musical ''The New Yorkers''.
* "My Soul is Madly Tired" from the Russian rock opera ''Music/JunoAndAvos''.
* "Her Voice" and "Beyond My Wildest Dreams" from the stage adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}''.
* The title song and "The Grass is Greener" from Michael & Jill Gallina's ''Freedom Bound'' (not to be confused with the Mad River Theatre Works musical [[NamesTheSame of the same name]]).
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaXUWgEuuts "A Million Miles Away"]] from the stage version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''.
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Compare IWantSong. If the "somewhere" in question is just ''anywhere that isn't home'', it's a WanderlustSong. If it is a specific city or country it's a LocationSong.

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* "A Dreamer's Holiday" by Perry Como.

* ''In the Hills of Tennessee'' by Music/JimmieRodgers which features the singer claiming he will find his paradise lost and seventh heaven at a cabin within the hills of Tennessee.
* ''Downtown'' by Petula Clark was inspired by songwriter Tony Hatch's first ever visit to UsefulNotes/NewYork in 1964, though there are no explicit references to the city itself.

* "Out There" from ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''.
* ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' features both a straight example -- Ariel's "Part of Your World" -- and an inversion -- Sebastian's "Under the Sea", in which he tries to persuade Ariel to stay.

* "In A World Of My Own" from ''Disney/AliceInWonderland''.
* "The Second Star to the Right" from ''Disney/PeterPan''.

* "Upendi" from ''Disney/TheLionKingIISimbasPride''.
* "Just Around the Riverbend" from ''Disney/{{Pocahontas}}''.
* "When Will My Life Begin?" from ''Disney/{{Tangled}}''.
* "Go the Distance" from ''{{Disney/Hercules}}''.

* "Her Voice" and "Beyond My Wildest Dreams" from the stage adaptation of ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaXUWgEuuts "A Million Miles Away"]] from the stage version of ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}''.

* "That's The Life For Me" ''WesternAnimation/JamesAndTheGiantPeach''.

* "There's a World" from ''Theatre/NextToNormal''. It's implied that the place Gabe is referring to is [[spoiler:the ''afterlife'']].

* "There's a World" from ''Theatre/NextToNormal''.

* "Never Never Land" from ''Theatre/PeterPan''.

* ''Disney/{{Moana}}'':
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPAbx5kgCJo How Far I'll Go]]" is about Moana craving adventure and wanting to sail the sea but her peers and family disapproving.
** The CutSong "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGtjl5YbPdQ More]]" is the [[WhatCouldHaveBeen prototypical]] version of "How Far I'll Go". It has the same premise of Moana wanting to leave the island and explore.

* In AVeryPotterMusical, Draco starts to sing a song about Pigfarts, [[MusicalisInterruptus but is cut off by Voldemort]].

* "Her Voice" from the stage adaptation of ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''.

* "A Million Miles Away" from the stage version of ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}''.

* "Upendi" from ''Disney/TheLionKing II: Simba's Pride''.

* "(Somewhere) Over The Rainbow" from ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.

* "How Are Things In Glocca Morra?" from ''[[FiniansRainbow Finian's Rainbow]]''.

* "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" from ''HelloDolly'' ([[BigApplesauce about New York]]).

* "Maybe" from ''Theatre/{{Annie}}''.

* "The Mountains and Maryann" by Gordon Lightfoot

** In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} WholePlotReference episode "Wash/Dry Story", "Somewhere" is parodied as "Someplace".

* "Normandy" from ''OnceUponAMattress''.
* "Santa Fe" from {{Rent}}