Somebody to Love (Justin Bieber song)

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"Somebody to Love" is a pop and dance song. [3] [4] Bieber's R&B vocals are blended throughout the song. [5] The song also integrates elements of Euro disco. [5] [6] Set it common time, the song is written in the key of G minor, and Bieber's vocals span from the low note of G3 to high note of C5. It follows the basic chord progression of Cm7–B♭–F. [7]

The song has been described by Jocelyn Vena of MTV News as a "dance track in which he professes his love for a girl and tells her he'd do anything for her" and a "club-friendly pop tune." [3] [4] Jody Rosen of Rolling Stone said the song was a "thumping Eurodisco." [8] Lauren Carter of the Boston Herald called the track "fun and upbeat" and said, "is a standout and the track to download – give listeners time to dance or daydream, as the case may be." [9]

Fraser McAlpine of BBC Music wrote that "Somebody to Love is a straightforward plea for a soul mate; it says something we’ve all felt." [10] Monica Herrera of Billboard commented, "Somebody to Love" offers the clearest evidence yet that he's more than capable of clearing the hurdle from teen to adult stardom." [11]

Chart performance

In the United States, "Somebody to Love" entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart at number ninety-eight. [12] After weeks of steadily ascending the charts, the single reached a peak of fifteen on the issue week July 17, 2010. [13] The song received digital sales after the release of My World 2.0 , propelling it to debut at ninety-four on the Canadian Hot 100. The song fell off the chart the following week and re-entered on the week of June 12, 2010 at its previous peak of ninety-one. After re-entering and steadily ascending the charts, the single reached a new peak of ten on the week issued July 3, 2010. [14] It also peaked at twenty and thirty-six on the US Pop Songs chart and US Latin Pop Songs, respectively. [15]

The song performed well in several international markets. "Somebody to Love" entered the UK Singles Chart at forty-seven on the issue date of June 6, 2010. The following week the song fell to position sixty-two. In the succeeding week the single reached thirty-three where it reached its peak. [16] In Australia, "Somebody to Love" entered the chart at forty-seven on the week of July 5, 2010. The following week, the single rose to its peak position of number twenty. [17] On the Japan Hot 100, the song peaked within the top ten, at number three. [18] "Somebody to Love" also peaked within the top twenty in Germany and New Zealand, the top thirty of Austria, and elsewhere in Switzerland and on the Belgian charts. [19] Its numerous chartings in Europe allowed the song to peak at number thirty-three on the European Hot 100.

Music video

Background

Bieber performing jerkin'-esque choreography with dancers and in a scene with a calligraphy backdrop and flame outline with Usher Justin Bieber Somebody To Love.jpg
Bieber performing jerkin'-esque choreography with dancers and in a scene with a calligraphy backdrop and flame outline with Usher

The music video for the official remix version featuring Usher was filmed during the week of May 9, 2010, directed by Dave Meyers. [20] The video was choreographed by Jamaica Craft, notable for her work with choreography on videos for Usher and Ciara. [20] Rather than a storyline as in Bieber's previous videos, the video focuses on a dance and choreography aspect. [20] Meyers stated that he wanted the video to be more playful, stating,

We're bringing Justin into the world of dance on this one, giving Justin the chance to integrate to different styles of dance. So we kind of kept it simple with the art direction, just real graphic and really highlighting the dance. No big story lines, no crowds of people, just real clean. [20]

A preview of the video was posted on AOL's PopEater.com, and subsequently on Bieber's VEVO channel, including behind the scenes clips of Bieber with the dancers, and highlights of the video with Usher and in front of a green screen. [20] Bieber said, "It's really awesome to be able to work with professional dancers, you know, people that were in, like, ABDC, and also got an approval from choreographer Jamaica, who said Bieber was "killing it" and that she didn't have to give him any corrections. [20] It made its premiere during the June 17, 2010 results show of the seventh season of So You Think You Can Dance , and was introduced by Usher after his performance of "OMG". [3] It later premiered that night on VEVO and on June 18, 2010, on 20/20 at the end of their show. [21] The video features dance crews including, America's Best Dance Crew season 5 winners Poreotics, and Season 3's runner up Beat Freaks, as well as The Syrenz, LXD, Medea Sirkas, solo acts Simrin Player and Bboy Fly, and other dancers and crews. [22] Singer/actress and model Katerina Graham makes a cameo in a scene with Poreotics. [23] Bieber's best friend Ryan Butler, who appeared in the "One Time" video, also appears alongside Bieber, wearing a T-shirt advertising his Twitter account. According to Tamar Antai of MTV News the video "makes vague allusions" to clips for Busta Rhymes' "Pass the Courvoisier, Part II" and Chris Brown's "Wall to Wall". [24] A backpack choreography scene with LXD recalls Usher's 1997 video for "You Make Me Wanna". [25]

Synopsis and reception

The video features Bieber dancing along several dance crews along a black backdrop, and a scene with ninjas and a flame outline. [3] The video begins with Bieber dancing with different members of the crews with use of a spotlight effect, followed by Bieber being flaunted by a single female dancer. [3] Then the video cuts to Bieber performing Stepping (African-American)-style choreography with two male dancers, shirtless with red hats and red suspenders. With the aid of smoke, the video moves to Bieber dancing with Beat Freaks. Usher sings his verse along with The Syrenz as dancers in a room with metal chandeliers before uniting with Bieber dancing in the scene aided by Poreotics. [3] Then Bieber and Usher sing and dance with Medea Sirkas in ninja attire in front of a background of Chinese calligraphy ("Love") and flames, before returning to the black backdrop and metal chandeliers as Bieber dances with Simrin Player and LXD in a scene with bookbags. [3] The ending features Bieber and several of the dancers featured performing group choreography before cutting to Bieber and Usher with the in front of the calligraphy and flames.

Monica Herrera of Billboard said Usher's "star power is clearly rubbing off on the 16-year-old", commenting that Bieber "shows off his smoothest moves yet " and "tackles his toughest choreography." [25] Jocelyn Vena of MTV News commented, "While Bieber had previously teased his dancing skills in the "Baby" video, he really channeled Usher's smooth moves in this newest clip." [3] Tamar Antai also of MTV said, "Usher does most of the heavy lifting where dancing is concerned, and Justin Bieber, who's more of a singer than a dancer, is in no danger of upstaging Usher on the dance floor." [24] Antai compared Bieber's moves to Usher in his "Caught Up" video, commenting "it's nice to see Justin expanding the scope of talents to include pelvic thrusts, Matrix-style slo-mo leans" and, "it's also nice to see Justin looking a little more mature and sophisticated in a hoodie and leather jacket....and his videos are growing up with him, as this is his flashiest, most grandiose video yet. [24] Antai also commented on the appeal of the video, commending Meyers, "who put that classic early '00s-style big-money polish on the piece – for employing fire, shirtless dudes, white ninjas..." [24]

Live performances

Bieber performed "Somebody to Love" on multiple occasions, including as a part of his set list on the My World Tour. On most televised performances the song was performed alongside "Baby" and more of his previous songs. He performed the song at a number of venues, in Wales at Radio 1's Big Weekend on May 22, 2010. [26] Additionally Bieber performed it on Today with "Baby" and "One Time" on June 4, 2010 [27] He performed the song with "Baby," assisted by Drake on June 21, 2010, at the 2010 MuchMusic Video Awards. [28] The song was performed with "Baby" at Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular on July 4, 2010. [29]

"Somebody to Love" was also performed with "U Smile" and "Baby" at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12, 2010, accompanied by a full dance team and band. [30] For the performance, Bieber, donning a black and red letter jacket and a '50s style cardigan, drove into the Nokia Theater in a 1957 red Chevrolet car, and was chased by girls (paying homage to The Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night." [31] He then proceeded to perform "U Smile" as an introduction, followed by "Baby" and "Somebody to Love", which had dance parts in which his background dancers wore the same attire as him. [31] During the "Somebody to Love" performance Bieber and backup dancers performed an elaborate dance routine including younger children, which was followed by a drum solo by the singer. [31] During the performance of the song, black and red confetti fell from the sky. [31] Critics appreciated the performance, [32] [33] with a Jocelyn Vena of MTV News calling Bieber a "triple threat." [31] "Baby" and "Somebody to Love" were performed by Bieber on the seventh series of The X Factor in the United Kingdom on November 28, 2010. [34]

Other versions

Sam Evans (Chord Overstreet) in the Glee cover of the song Comeback Glee.jpg
Sam Evans (Chord Overstreet) in the Glee cover of the song

The song was covered in the thirteenth episode of the second season of Glee , "Comeback". It was performed by the characters Sam, Artie, Puck, and Mike, in their attempts to emulate Bieber's mannerisms to reignite their girlfriends' interest in them. The performance bared similarities to the song's music video and Bieber's dance moves. [35]

Track listing

"Somebody to Love"
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Remix single
Single by Justin Bieber featuring Usher
from the album My World 2.0, Never Say Never: The Remixes and Versus
A-side "Never Say Never"
ReleasedJune 28, 2010
Recorded2009
Studio Short Bus Studios
(North Hollywood, California)
Genre
Length3:40 ( My World 2.0 version)
3:44 (remix featuring Usher)
3:28 ( Versus version)
3:34 (J-Stax remix)
Label Island, RBMG
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) The Stereotypes
Justin Bieber singles chronology
"Eenie Meenie"
(2010)		"Somebody to Love"
(2010)		"Never Say Never"
(2010)
Usher singles chronology
"OMG"
(2010)		"Somebody to Love" (remix)
(2010)		"There Goes My Baby"
(2010)

Credits and personnel

Source [40]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2010–2011)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [17] 20
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [19] 35
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [41] 43
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia) [42] 15
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [43] 10
Canada CHR/Top 40 ( Billboard ) [44] 33
Canada Hot AC ( Billboard ) [45] 46
European Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [46] 33
Germany (Official German Charts) [47] 16
Ireland (IRMA) [48] 33
Israel (Media Forest) [49] 10
Japan (Japan Hot 100) [18] 3
Mexico Airplay ( Billboard ) [50] 48
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [51] 12
Scotland (OCC) [52] 31
Spain (Airplay Chart) [53] 19
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [54] 54
UK Singles (OCC) [16] 33
US Billboard Hot 100 [13] 15
US Mainstream Top 40 ( Billboard ) [15] 20
US Rhythmic ( Billboard ) [55] 21

Year-end charts

Chart (2010)Position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [56] 87
Chart (2011)Position
Brazil (Crowley) [57] 45

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [58] Platinum70,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [59] Gold45,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ) [60] Gold7,500*
Norway (IFPI Norway) [61] Platinum10,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [62] Silver200,000‡
United States (RIAA) [63] 3× Platinum3,000,000‡

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateVersionFormat
United StatesMay 20, 2010 [64] Album version
CanadaMay 24, 2010 [65] Top 40, AC airplay
United KingdomMay 31, 2010 [66] CD single
New ZealandJune 25, 2010 [67] Official remixDigital download
United StatesJune 29, 2010 [68] [69]
  • Digital download
  • Urban airplay
JapanAugust 18, 2010 [38] [39] CD single

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