To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have a Nice Time)

~ Recording by The Jam

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have a Nice Time)2:30The JamAll Mod ConsThe JamAlbum
  • GB1978-11-03
Polydor (British label, see annotation)POLD 5008
1.2To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have a Nice Time)2:29The JamAll Mod ConsThe JamAlbum
Polydor (British label, see annotation)2383 517, PD-1-6188
1.2To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have a Nice Time)2:29The JamAll Mod Cons / Setting SonsThe JamAlbum + Compilation
Polydor (British label, see annotation)3574 098
1.2To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have a Nice Time)2:30The JamAll Mod ConsThe JamAlbum
Polydor (British label, see annotation)823 282-2
1.2To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have a Nice Time)2:32The JamAll Mod ConsThe JamAlbum
Polydor (British label, see annotation)823 282-2 Y
1.2To Be Someone (Didn't We Have a Nice Time)2:29The JamAll Mod Cons / Sound AffectsThe JamAlbum + Compilation
  • US1996-06-11
Mobile Fidelity Sound LabUDCD 673
1.4To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have a Nice Time)2:31The JamCollectionThe JamAlbum + Compilation
  • XE1996-10-22
  • GB1996-10-22
Polydor (British label, see annotation)531493-2
1.4To Be Someone (Didn't We Have a Nice Time)2:31The JamCollectionThe JamAlbum + Compilation
Polydor (British label, see annotation)P2 31493
2.10To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have a Nice Time)2:30The JamDirection Reaction CreationThe JamAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1997-05-26
Polydor (British label, see annotation)537 143-2, 537 144-2, 537 145-2, 537 146-2, 537 147-2, 537 148-2
1.2To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have a Nice Time)2:30The JamAll Mod ConsThe JamAlbum
Polydor (British label, see annotation)537 419-2
1.16To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have a Nice Time)2:30The JamThis Is the Modern World / All Mod ConsThe JamAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-01-09
Collectors’ Choice MusicCCM-178-2
1.7To Be Someone2:30The JamThe Sound of The JamThe JamAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2002-05-06
Polydor (British label, see annotation)589 781-2
1.7To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have a Nice Time)2:30The JamThe Sound of The JamThe JamAlbum + Compilation
Polydor (British label, see annotation)589 920-2
1.6To Be Someone (Didn't We Have a Nice Time)2:30The JamThe Sound of The JamThe JamAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-02-25
Polydor (British label, see annotation)440-065 635-2
1.7To Be Someone2:30The JamThe Sound of The JamThe JamAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2004-06-14
Polydor (British label, see annotation)0602498191187
1.7To Be Someone2:30The JamGoldThe JamAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2005-11-15
Polydor (British label, see annotation)0602498325728
1.2To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have a Nice Time)2:30The JamAll Mod Cons (180g reissue)The JamAlbum
  • US2006-01-25
Polydor (British label, see annotation)PD-6188
1.2To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have a Nice Time)2:29The JamAll Mod Cons (deluxe edition)The JamAlbum
Polydor (British label, see annotation)9839238
1.9To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have a Nice Time)2:31The JamThe Jam StoryThe JamAlbum + Compilation
Polydor (British label, see annotation)983301 4
1.2To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have a Nice Time)2:30The JamAll Mod Cons / Setting SonsThe JamAlbum + Compilation
  • -2009-06
Polydor (British label, see annotation), Universal Music Group International (manages UMG’s offices in most countries outside of North America)0600753186633
3.2To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have a Nice Time)2:29The JamClassic Album SelectionThe JamAlbum + Compilation
  • -2012
1.13To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have a Nice Time)2:30The JamAbout the Young IdeaThe JamAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2015-06-22
Polydor (British label, see annotation), UMC (branded originally by its full name “Universal Music Catalogue” between 2006–2016; rebranded as Universal Music Recordings in 2023)4735059
1.13To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have a Nice Time)2:29The JamAbout the Young Idea: The Very Best of the JamThe JamAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2015-06-22
UMC (branded originally by its full name “Universal Music Catalogue” between 2006–2016; rebranded as Universal Music Recordings in 2023)
1.2To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have a Nice Time)2:30The JamAll Mod ConsThe JamAlbum
Promotion
1.16To Be Someone2:31The JamUncut: The Playlist March 2006Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Uncut (magazine)UNCUT 2006 03

Relationships

additional producer:Chris Parry
producer:Vic Coppersmith‐Heaven
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Polydor Ltd. (UK) (not for release label use; fka Polydor Records Ltd.)
recorded at:Eden Studios (2nd location, Chiswick, 72-07) in Chiswick, Hounslow, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1978-07-03)
recording of:To Be Someone (Didn't We Have a Nice Time) (on 1978-07-03)

Related works

To Be Someone (Didn't We Have a Nice Time)

lyricist and composer:Paul Weller (English singer‐songwriter and musician)
publisher:BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
Stylist Music Ltd.