Love Somebody (Rick Springfield song)

"Love Somebody"
Single by Rick Springfield
from the album Hard to Hold
B-side	"The Great Lost Art of Conversation"
Released	1984
Genre	Hard rock, Power pop [1]
Length	3:30
Label	RCA
Songwriter(s)	Rick Springfield
Producer(s)	Rick Springfield Bill Drescher
Rick Springfield singles chronology
"Souls" (1983) "Love Somebody" (1984) "Don't Walk Away" (1984)

"Love Somebody" is a song by Rick Springfield. It was released in 1984 as the first single from his soundtrack album Hard to Hold . ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Cash Box said that the song demonstrates Springfield's improvement as a songwriter since he began his pop music career. ^[5]

The song was a Top 5 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.

The outro of this song is almost an exact match for the outro of Bruce Springsteen's 1975 song Born to Run.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1984)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100 [6]	5
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [7]	13
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [8]	13
UK Singles (OCC) [9]	95
Germany (GfK) [10]	23
Australia (KMR) [11]	83

Year-end charts

Chart (1984)	Position
US Billboard Hot 100 [12]	62

References

1. Tucker, Ken (March 30, 1984). "Albums". Philadelphia Inquirer . Retrieved April 27, 2021.
2. Scheurer, Timothy (1989). American Popular Music: The Age of Rock. Bowling Green University Popular Press. p. 255. ISBN   9780879724672 . Retrieved March 21, 2021– via Google Books.
3. Larkin, Colin (1993). The Guinness Who's who of Seventies Music. Guinness Publishing. p. 382. ISBN   9780851127279 . Retrieved March 21, 2021– via Google Books.
4. Ryan, Mike (April 2, 2014). "Remembering the "Other" Rock Movie From 1984: Rick Springfield's 'Hard To Hold'". New Music United. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
5. "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. March 10, 1984. p. 15. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
6. "Rick Springfield Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
7. "Rick Springfield Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
8. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6742." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
9. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
10. "Rick Springfield – Love Somebody" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
11. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
12. "Talent Almanac 1985: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 96, no. 51. December 22, 1984. p. TA-19. Retrieved March 21, 2021.