guitar descended across Mick McNeil's textured keyboards, creating a ravishing sense of wonder." Cash Box praised the way the music and the words fit together, with the "barren mood mirrored by stark guitar work and synthesizers" supporting the lyrics about the singer looking for someone with whom "to share his solitary psychic state." More recent reviews of the song, especially live, have also been positive. The Independents Simon Price describes "Someone Somewhere in Summertime" as "an unimpeachable highlight, starting 100ft above the ground and never coming down to earth.". The Guardian'''s Dave Simpson also complimented the track, labelling it as "a waltz through a mythical August haze" and describing its parent album as a "shimmering masterpiece". "Someone Somewhere in Summertime" has been sampled on the song "The World Is Mine" by French producer David Guetta. Bono of U2 picked "Someone Somewhere in Summertime" as one of his chosen records on Desert Island Discs'' on BBC Radio 4 first broadcast on 26 June 2022. Charts References 1982 singles 1982 songs Simple Minds songs Virgin Records singles