In Adele's “Someone Like You,” the lyric “Never mind, I'll find someone like you, I wish nothing but the best...” is completed by “for you.”
Adele and Dan Wilson wrote the song for Adele's 2011 album 21. The recording is built around Adele's vocal and a piano accompaniment, creating a notably spare setting for lyrics about a former relationship that has ended.
The song became a major international success and reached number one in the United States, the United Kingdom and many other countries. Its emotional performance helped make 21 one of the defining albums of the early 2010s.
The track is sometimes described as a straightforward breakup song, but its narrator combines sadness, acceptance and lingering attachment. That mixture gives the chorus a more complicated emotional tone than a simple expression of anger or reconciliation.