(Something Inside) So Strong

For the 1989 Kenny Rogers album, see Something Inside So Strong.

"(Something Inside) So Strong"
Single by Labi Siffre
from the album So Strong
B-side	I'm Alright
Released	1987
Format	7" vinyl, 12" vinyl
Length	4:48
Label	China
Writer(s)	2B RECORDS
Producer(s)	Glyn Johns
Labi Siffre singles chronology
"Nightmare" (1982) "(Something Inside) So Strong" (1987) "Nothin's Gonna Change" (1987)

(Something Inside) So Strong is a 1987 single written and recorded by British singer-songwriter Labi Siffre. The song was one of the biggest successes of Siffre's career, and peaked at number four in the United Kingdom.

The song was written in 1984, inspired by a TV documentary on Apartheid South Africa seen by Siffre in which white soldiers were filmed shooting at black civilians in the street. He told the BBC's Soul Music programme in 2014 that the song was also influenced by his experience as a homosexual child, adolescent, and adult. Siffre originally intended to give the song to another artist to sing, but could find no one suitable and was convinced to release it himself.

The song has remained enduringly popular and is an example of the political and sociological thread running through much of Siffre’s lyrics and poetry. It won the Ivor Novello Award for "Best Song Musically and Lyrically", and has been used in Amnesty International campaigns, a television advertisement and Alice Walker's film against female genital mutilation: Warrior Marks.

The song has been covered by many artists including country singer Kenny Rogers who featured it on his 1989 best-selling album of the same name and also by Pop Idol finalist Rik Waller who had a UK Top 40 hit with it.