Some Kind of Wonderful (Soul Brothers Six song)


" Some Kind of Wonderful" is a song written by John Ellison and first recorded by his group, Soul Brothers Six, in 1967, peaking at number 91 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The best known version is by Grand Funk Railroad from 1974 which reached number 3 on the same chart.

Grand Funk Railroad version

In 1974, Grand Funk recorded the song for the group's album All the Girls in the World Beware!!! Reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100 on February 22, 1975, it was an indisputable hit and thus became one of the band's best known songs.
It also ranked number 74 on Billboard's Hot 100 year-end chart for 1975.
Their version of the song appeared in the video game on the fictitious radio station K-DST.

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