"Some Kind of Wonderful"
Single by The Drifters
B-side	"Honey Bee"
Released	1961
Format	7" 45 rpm
Label	Atlantic
Writer(s)	Gerry Goffin, Carole King
The Drifters singles chronology
"I Count the Tears" "Some Kind of Wonderful" (1961) "Please Stay"

"Some Kind of Wonderful" is a song by Gerry Goffin and Carole King and was first released by The Drifters in 1961. It is not the same song as the "Some Kind of Wonderful" released by Soul Brothers Six and later covered by Grand Funk Railroad and Joss Stone.

[edit] Later recordings

• Marvin Gaye released the song in 1968
• Carole King released her version in 1971
• Peter Cincotti covered the song on his album On the Moon in 2004.
• Cerys Matthews and Aled Jones released the song as a single in 2007
• Edwin Mccain covered the song and released as a single in 2008 in his soul cover album "Nobody's Fault but Mine"
• Michael Bublé covered the song as a bonus track of his album "Crazy Love", 2009

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