Someone else's Boy

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“Someone else's boy”
Song by Connie Francis
Released	1961
Recorded	January 31, 1961
Length	2:42
Label	M-G-M Records
Writer	Hal Gordon
Composer	Athena Hosey
Producer	Jim Vienneau

"Someone else's Boy" is a song written by Hal Gordon and Athena Hosey. It was recorded by Connie Francis on January 31, 1961, in New York.

The song was the flipside of Francis' hit single Breakin in a brand new broken heart, which peaked at # 7. Although Someone else's Boy was greatly overlooked in the US and didn't chart, it became one of Francis' greatest international successes. It is the only song in her repertoire she recorded in eight languages: English, German (as Schöner fremder Mann), French (as Celui que je veux), Italian (as Ti conquistero), Spanish (as El novio de otra, a. k. a. Mi tonto amor), Portuguese (as Um amor so meu), Dutch (as Jij bent niet van mij) and in Japanese (Latin writing of song title unknown). At least five of these versions hit # 1 in their respective countries. In Germany, it became her best selling German language recording to this date. The Dutch version, however, remained unreleased until 1988.

Someone else's Boy was Francis' first collaboration with song writer, arranger and band leader Cliff Parman (who wrote - among others - Nat King Cole's Pretend). The international success of Someone else's Boy prompted Francis to work with Parman on several singles and three albums throughout 1961.