Some People's Lives

Some People's Lives
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 4, 1990
Studio
  • Battery Studios (New York City)
  • BMG Studios (New York City)
  • Electric Lady Studios (New York City)
  • Greene Street Recording Studios (New York City)
  • Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood)
  • Studio 55 (Los Angeles)
  • Studio Ultimo (Los Angeles)
Length43:56
LabelAtlantic
ProducerArif Mardin
Bette Midler chronology
Beaches
(1988)
Some People's Lives
(1990)
For the Boys
(1991)
Singles from Some People's Lives
  1. "From a Distance"
  2. "Night and Day"
  3. "The Gift of Love"
  4. "Moonlight Dancing"

Some People's Lives is the seventh album by the American singer Bette Midler. It was released by Atlantic Records on September 4, 1990, in the United States. It contains one of her biggest hits, "From a Distance," which won songwriter Julie Gold a Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1991.

Some People's Lives became the biggest commercial success of Midler's musical career, peaking at number 6 in the US and number 5 in the UK. It was certified double Platinum by the RIAA for sales of over two million copies in the US.