"Love Somebody" | ||||
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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 | |||
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Rick Springfield singles chronology | ||||
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"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 (1984) | Peak position |
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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 |
Chart (1984) | Position |
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US Billboard Hot 100 [12] | 62 |