Love Somebody (Rick Springfield song)

"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]

"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)

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