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1 Origins and lyrics  




2 Reception  




3 Personnel  




4 Charts  


4.1  Weekly charts  




4.2  Year-end charts  






5 Certifications  




6 Michael Bolton version  


6.1  Charts  


6.1.1  Weekly charts  




6.1.2  Year-end charts  








7 Movie and TV appearances  




8 Other cover versions  




9 References  













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| genre = [[Blue-eyed soul]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QWBPAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA240|title=Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings|last=Sullivan|first=Steve|date=2013|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-8296-6|page=240}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mK1bAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT345|title=Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!: The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé|last=Stanley|first=Bob|date=2014|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|isbn=978-0-393-24270-6|page=345}}</ref>

* [[Blue-eyed soul]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QWBPAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA240|title=Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings|last=Sullivan|first=Steve|date=2013|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-8296-6|page=240}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mK1bAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT345|title=Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!: The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé|last=Stanley|first=Bob|date=2014|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|isbn=978-0-393-24270-6|page=345}}</ref>

* [[Pop music|pop]]<ref name="Segretto 2022">{{cite book|title=33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute – A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999|first=Mike|last=Segretto|date=2022|chapter= 1977|pages= 341–342|publisher=Backbeat|isbn=9781493064601|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jtNtEAAAQBAJ}}</ref>


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* [[Atco Records|Atco]] (United States)

| producer = {{hlist|[[Robert Stigwood]]|[[Ossie Byrne]]}}

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* [[Barry Gibb]]

* [[Robin Gibb]]

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"'''To Love Somebody'''" is a song written by [[Barry Gibb|Barry]] and [[Robin Gibb]]. Produced by [[Robert Stigwood]], it was the second single released by the [[Bee Gees]] from their international debut album, ''[[Bee Gees 1st]]'', in 1967.<ref name=pc49>{{cite web|url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19826/m1/|title=Show 49 - The British are Coming! The British are Coming!: With an emphasis on Donovan, the Bee Gees and the Who. [Part 6]|first=John|last=Gilliland|website=Digital Library|access-date=May 31, 2019}}</ref> The single reached No. 17 in the United States and No. 41 in the United Kingdom. The song's B-side was "[[Close Another Door]]".<ref name="door">{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Bee-Gees-The-To-Love-Somebody/master/20946 |title= Bee Gees - To Love Somebody (original issue) |author=Discogs.com|website= [[Discogs]] }}</ref> The single was reissued in 1980 on [[RSO Records]] with "[[How Can You Mend a Broken Heart]]" as its flipside. The song ranked at number 94 on ''[[NME]]'' magazine's "100 Best Tracks of the Sixties".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/list/100-best-songs-of-the-1960s/263950/article/264170 |title=100 Best Songs of the 1960s |date=26 March 2012 |publisher=[[NME]] |access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref> It was a minor hit in the UK and France. It reached the top 20 in the US. It reached the top 10 in Canada.

"'''To Love Somebody'''" is a song written by [[Barry Gibb|Barry]] and [[Robin Gibb]]. Produced by [[Robert Stigwood]], it was the second single released by the [[Bee Gees]] from their international debut album, ''[[Bee Gees 1st]]'', in 1967.<ref name=pc49>{{cite web|url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19826/m1/|title=Show 49 – The British are Coming! The British are Coming!: With an emphasis on Donovan, the Bee Gees and the Who. [Part 6]|first=John|last=Gilliland|website=Digital Library|access-date=May 31, 2019}}</ref> The single reached No. 17 in the United States and No. 41 in the United Kingdom. The song's B-side was "[[Close Another Door]]".<ref name="door">{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Bee-Gees-The-To-Love-Somebody/master/20946 |title= Bee Gees – To Love Somebody (original issue) |author=Discogs.com|website= [[Discogs]] |year= 1967 }}</ref> The single was reissued in 1980 on [[RSO Records]] with "[[How Can You Mend a Broken Heart]]" as its flipside. The song ranked at number 94 on ''[[NME]]'' magazine's "100 Best Tracks of the Sixties".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/list/100-best-songs-of-the-1960s/263950/article/264170 |title=100 Best Songs of the 1960s |date=26 March 2012 |publisher=[[NME]] |access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref> It was a minor hit in the UK and France. It reached the top 20 in the US. It reached the top 10 in Canada.


In a 2017 interview with ''[[Piers Morgan's Life Stories]]'', Barry was asked "of all the songs that you've ever written, which song would you choose?" Barry said that "To Love Somebody" was the song that he'd choose as it has "a clear, emotional message".<ref>[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VTyiYB8cMMY Piers Morgan's Life Stories: Barry Gibb] YouTube - Interview</ref> The song has been recorded by many other artists, including [[Janis Joplin]], [[Roberta Flack]], [[Lulu (singer)|Lulu]], James Carr, [[the Sweet Inspirations]], [[Nina Simone]], [[the Flying Burrito Brothers]], [[Bonnie Tyler]], [[Slobberbone]] and [[Jimmy Somerville]].

In a 2017 interview with ''[[Piers Morgan's Life Stories]]'', Barry was asked "of all the songs that you've ever written, which song would you choose?" Barry said that "To Love Somebody" was the song that he'd choose as it has "a clear, emotional message".<ref>[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VTyiYB8cMMY Piers Morgan's Life Stories: Barry Gibb] YouTube – Interview</ref> The song has been recorded by many other artists, including [[Janis Joplin]], [[Roberta Flack]], [[Lulu (singer)|Lulu]], James Carr, [[the Sweet Inspirations]], [[Nina Simone]], [[the Flying Burrito Brothers]], [[Bonnie Tyler]], [[Slobberbone]] and [[Jimmy Somerville]].


==Origins and lyrics==

==Origins and lyrics==


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At the request of [[Robert Stigwood]], the band's manager, [[Barry Gibb|Barry]] and [[Robin Gibb]] wrote "To Love Somebody", a soulful ballad in the style of [[Sam & Dave]] or [[The Rascals]], for [[Otis Redding]].<ref>Melinda Bilyeu, Hector Cook, Andrew Môn Hughes (2004). ''The Bee Gees: Tales of the Brothers Gibb'' Omnibus Press, {{ISBN|978-1-84449-057-8}}, p. 134.</ref> Redding came to see Barry at the Plaza in [[New York City]] one night. Robin claimed that "Otis Redding said he loved our material and would Barry write him a song".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OvYUAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT138 |title=The Bee Gees: The Biography |author=David N. Meyer |date=9 July 2013 |isbn=9780306821578 |access-date=5 December 2014}}</ref>

At the request of [[Robert Stigwood]], the band's manager, [[Barry Gibb|Barry]] and [[Robin Gibb]] wrote "To Love Somebody", a soulful ballad in the style of [[Sam & Dave]] or [[The Rascals]], for [[Otis Redding]].<ref>Melinda Bilyeu, Hector Cook, Andrew Môn Hughes (2004). ''The Bee Gees: Tales of the Brothers Gibb'' Omnibus Press, {{ISBN|978-1-84449-057-8}}, p. 134.</ref> Redding came to see Barry at the Plaza in [[New York City]] one night. Robin claimed that "Otis Redding said he loved our material and would Barry write him a song".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OvYUAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT138 |title=The Bee Gees: The Biography |author=David N. Meyer |date=9 July 2013 |publisher=Hachette Books |isbn=9780306821578 |access-date=5 December 2014}}</ref>


The Bee Gees recorded "To Love Somebody" at IBC Studios, London with "Gilbert Green" and "End of My Song" in April 1967 and released it as a single in mid-June. Redding died in a plane crash later that year, before having a chance to record the song.

The Bee Gees recorded "To Love Somebody" at IBC Studios, London with "Gilbert Green" and "End of My Song" in April 1967 and released it as a single in mid-June. Redding died in a plane crash later that year, before having a chance to record the song.



Robin said, "Everyone told us what a great record they thought it was, Other groups all raved about it but for some reason people in Britain just did not seem to like it." Barry said, "I think the reason it didn't do well here was because it's a soul number, Americans loved it, but it just wasn't right for this country".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KugbDQHX0R8C&q=tales+of+the+brothers+gibb |title= Bee Gees: Tales Of The Brothers Gibb |last=Hughes |first=Andrew |year= 2009 |access-date=21 December 2012|isbn=9780857120045}}</ref>

Robin said, "Everyone told us what a great record they thought it was, Other groups all raved about it but for some reason people in Britain just did not seem to like it." Barry said, "I think the reason it didn't do well here was because it's a soul number, Americans loved it, but it just wasn't right for this country".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KugbDQHX0R8C&q=tales+of+the+brothers+gibb |title= Bee Gees: Tales Of The Brothers Gibb |last=Hughes |first=Andrew |year= 2009 |publisher= Omnibus Press |access-date=21 December 2012|isbn=9780857120045}}</ref>


Barry Gibb explained in a June 2001 interview with ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' magazine:

Barry Gibb explained in a June 2001 interview with ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' magazine:


<blockquote>It was for [[Robert Stigwood|Robert (Stigwood)]]. I say that unabashedly. He asked me to write a song for him, personally. It was written in New York and played to Otis but, personally, it was for Robert. He meant a great deal to me. I don't think it was a homosexual affection but a tremendous admiration for this man's abilities and gifts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=6356 |title= To Love Somebody - Bee Gees |author=Songfacts.com}}</ref></blockquote>

<blockquote>It was for [[Robert Stigwood|Robert (Stigwood)]]. I say that unabashedly. He asked me to write a song for him, personally. It was written in New York and played to Otis but, personally, it was for Robert. He meant a great deal to me. I don't think it was a homosexual affection but a tremendous admiration for this man's abilities and gifts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=6356 |title= To Love Somebody – Bee Gees |author=Songfacts.com}}</ref></blockquote>


==Reception==

==Reception==

''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' described the single as a "smooth, easy beat ballad" that "should put them right back up there at the top of the Hot 100."<ref name=bb>{{cite news|newspaper=Billboard|accessdate=2021-02-25|date=July 8, 1967|page=18|title=Spotlight Singles|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1967/Billboard%201967-07-08.pdf}}</ref>

''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' described the single as a "smooth, easy beat ballad" that "should put them right back up there at the top of the Hot 100."<ref name=bb>{{cite news|newspaper=Billboard|accessdate=2021-02-25|date=July 8, 1967|page=18|title=Spotlight Singles|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1967/Billboard%201967-07-08.pdf}}</ref> ''[[Record World]]'' said that it "is well written; the group, the Gee Bees [sic], sing it well."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Sleepers of the Week|magazine=Record World|date=July 8, 1967|page=1|accessdate=2023-06-24|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/60s/67/RW-1967-07-08.pdf}}</ref>


==Personnel==

==Personnel==
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|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brothersgibb.org/download/page-1.pdf |title=Songs Written by the Gibb Family on the International Charts |publisher=brothersgibb.org |access-date=18 January 2015}}</ref>

|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brothersgibb.org/download/page-1.pdf |title=Songs Written by the Gibb Family on the International Charts |publisher=brothersgibb.org |access-date=18 January 2015 |archive-date=23 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923194739/http://www.brothersgibb.org/download/page-1.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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|Belgium ([[Ultratop|Ultratop 50 Flanders]])<ref name="flanders">{{cite web|url=http://www.brothersgibb.org/download/page-1.pdf |title=Songs Written by the Gibb Family on the International Charts - part 1 |publisher=brothersgibb.org |access-date=18 January 2015}}</ref>

|Belgium ([[Ultratop|Ultratop 50 Flanders]])<ref name="flanders">{{cite web |url=http://www.brothersgibb.org/download/page-1.pdf |title=Songs Written by the Gibb Family on the International Charts – part 1 |publisher=brothersgibb.org |access-date=18 January 2015 |archive-date=23 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923194739/http://www.brothersgibb.org/download/page-1.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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|Germany ([[Media Control Charts]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/song.asp?artist=Bee+Gees&title=To+Love+Somebody&country=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808234257/http://www.officialcharts.de/song.asp?artist=Bee+Gees&title=To+Love+Somebody&country=de |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 August 2014 |title=Bee Gees - To Love Somebody |publisher=officialcharts.de |access-date=18 January 2015}}</ref>

|Germany ([[Media Control Charts]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/song.asp?artist=Bee+Gees&title=To+Love+Somebody&country=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808234257/http://www.officialcharts.de/song.asp?artist=Bee+Gees&title=To+Love+Somebody&country=de |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 August 2014 |title=Bee Gees – To Love Somebody |publisher=officialcharts.de |access-date=18 January 2015}}</ref>

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|Netherlands ([[Dutch Top 40]])<ref name="dutch">{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Bee+Gees&titel=To+Love+Somebody&cat=s |title=Bee Gees - To Love Somebody |publisher=Dutch Charts |access-date=18 January 2015}}</ref>

|Netherlands ([[Dutch Top 40]])<ref name="dutch">{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Bee+Gees&titel=To+Love+Somebody&cat=s |title=Bee Gees – To Love Somebody |publisher=Dutch Charts |access-date=18 January 2015}}</ref>

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|[[UK Singles]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/bee%20gees/ |title=Bee Gees - Chart history |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=18 January 2015}}</ref>

|[[UK Singles]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/bee%20gees/ |title=Bee Gees – Chart history |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=18 January 2015}}</ref>

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|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/281091/bee-gees/chart?page=4&f=379 |title=Bee Gees - Chart History |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=18 January 2015}}</ref>

|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/281091/bee-gees/chart?page=4&f=379 |title=Bee Gees – Chart History |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=18 January 2015}}</ref>

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| artist = [[Michael Bolton]]

| artist = [[Michael Bolton]]

| album = [[Timeless: The Classics]]

| album = [[Timeless: The Classics]]

| B-side = "Now That I Found You"

| B-side = Now That I Found You

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| released = {{Start date|1992|09}}

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| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]

| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]

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| writer =

* [[Barry Gibb]]

* [[Barry Gibb]]

* [[Robin Gibb]]

* [[Robin Gibb]]

| producer =

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| producer = {{hlist|[[David Foster]]|Michael Bolton}}

* [[David Foster]]

* Michael Bolton

| prev_title = Steel Bars

| prev_title = Steel Bars

| prev_year = 1992

| prev_year = 1992

| next_title = [[Drift Away]]

| next_title = [[Drift Away#Michael Bolton version|Drift Away]]

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| next_year = 1992

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{{singlechart|Australia|39|artist=Michael Bolton|song=To Love Somebody|access-date=15 April 2019}}

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|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1992/MM-1992-11-21.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=9|issue=47|page=23|date=21 November 1992|access-date=5 May 2020}}</ref>

|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1992/MM-1992-11-21.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=9|issue=47|page=23|date=21 November 1992|access-date=5 May 2020}}</ref>

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"To Love Somebody" has been used in several movies including ''[[I Love You Phillip Morris]]'', ''[[Y Tu Mamá También]]'', ''[[Melody (1971 film)|Melody]]'', ''[[The Wrong Man (1993 film)|The Wrong Man]]'', ''[[My Entire Life]]'', ''[[50/50 (2011 film)|50/50]]'', ''[[Joy (film)|Joy]]'', and ''[[Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery|Glass Onion]]''.

"To Love Somebody" has been used in several movies including ''[[I Love You Phillip Morris]]'', ''[[Y Tu Mamá También]]'', ''[[Melody (1971 film)|Melody]]'', ''[[The Wrong Man (1993 film)|The Wrong Man]]'', ''[[My Entire Life]]'', ''[[50/50 (2011 film)|50/50]]'', ''[[Joy (film)|Joy]]'', and ''[[Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery|Glass Onion]]''.


The Bee Gees' version appears in a [[2019 in American television|2019]] [[TV commercial]] for [[Facebook]] Groups.

The Bee Gees' version appears in a 2013 television commercial for [[Coca-Cola Life]].

The Bee Gees' version also appears in a [[2019 in American television|2019]] [[TV commercial]] for [[Facebook]] Groups.


The Bee Gees' version also appears in a 2019 [[McDonald's]] television commercial.

The Bee Gees' version also appears in a 2019 [[McDonald's]] television commercial.
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==Other cover versions==

==Other cover versions==

*1967: [[Siluete]] recorded a Serbo-Croatian version, entitled "Voleti nekog", releasing it on the EP ''Kišu sam tražio'' (''I Asked for Rain'').<ref name="janjatović207">{{cite book|last=Janjatović|first=Petar|title= EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960–2006|year=2007|publisher=self-released|location=Belgrade|page=207}}</ref>

*1967: [[Siluete]] recorded a Serbo-Croatian version, entitled "Voleti nekog", releasing it on the EP ''Kišu sam tražio'' (''I Asked for Rain'').<ref name="janjatović207">{{cite book|last=Janjatović|first=Petar|title= EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960–2006|year=2007|publisher=self-released|location=Belgrade|page=207}}</ref>
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*1968: [[Nina Simone]] covered "To Love Somebody" released on her album ''[[To Love Somebody (album)|To Love Somebody]]'', which reached number 5 in the UK and became her second British hit single after "[[Ain't Got No, I Got Life]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/28085/nina-simone/ |title=Nina Simone |work=The Official Charts Company }}</ref> It also reached number 10 in the [[Dutch Charts]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Nina+Simone&titel=To+Love+Somebody&cat=s |title=Nina Simone – To Love Somebody |work=Dutch Charts }}</ref> and number 17 in Ireland.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement?page=1&search_type=artist&placement=Nina+Simone |title=Nina Simone |work=The Irish Charts }}</ref> ''[[Cash Box]]'' called her version an "excellent performance."<ref name=cb>{{cite magazine |title=CashBox Record Reviews |date=February 10, 1968 |page=30 |access-date=2022-01-12 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1968/CB-1968-02-10.pdf |magazine=Cash Box}}</ref>

*1968: [[The Sweet Inspirations]] recorded the song, which reached number 30 on the R&B charts.

*1968: [[The Sweet Inspirations]] recorded the song as part of their album ''[[What the World Needs Now Is Love (Sweet Inspirations album)|What the World Needs Now Is Love]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Drake |first=Howard |date=2020 |title=The Sweet Inspirations Albums (Top Albums) |url=https://www.musicvf.com/The+Sweet+Inspirations.alb |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105185607/https://www.musicvf.com/The+Sweet+Inspirations.alb |archive-date=5 November 2023 |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=Music VF, US & UK hits charts |publisher=VF Entertainment }}</ref> They also recorded it as a single, which reached number 30 on the R&B charts.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Drake |first=Howard |date=2020 |title=To Love Somebody (song by The Sweet Inspirations) |url=https://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=To+Love+Somebody+by+The+Sweet+Inspirations&id=45204 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105190135/https://musicvf.com/song.php?title=To+Love+Somebody+by+The+Sweet+Inspirations&id=45204 |archive-date=2023-11-05 |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=Music VF, US & UK hits charts |publisher=VF Entertainment}}</ref>

*1968: [[Gary Puckett & The Union Gap]] included this song on their Gold-selling debut album "[[Woman, Woman (album)|Woman, Woman]]".

*1968: [[Gary Puckett & The Union Gap]] included this song on their Gold-selling debut album [[Woman, Woman (album)|''Woman, Woman'']].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gary Puckett – Woman, Woman Album Reviews, Songs & More |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/woman-woman-mw0000422295 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105191133/https://www.allmusic.com/album/woman-woman-mw0000422295 |archive-date=2023-11-05 |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=AllMusic |publisher=NETAKTION LLC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Blueee |date=5 December 2022 |title=Woman, Woman is the Gold-selling debut album by Gary Puckett and The Union Gap, on vinyl record LP disc Stock Photo |url=https://www.alamy.com/woman-woman-is-the-gold-selling-debut-album-by-gary-puckett-and-the-union-gap-on-vinyl-record-lp-disc-image501376661.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105191418/https://www.alamy.com/woman-woman-is-the-gold-selling-debut-album-by-gary-puckett-and-the-union-gap-on-vinyl-record-lp-disc-image501376661.html |archive-date=2023-11-05 |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=Alamy Stock Photo |language=en}}</ref>
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*1969: Busty Brown released a reggae version of the song on the Upsetters label, catalog number US-308. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2179443-Busty-Brown-The-Upsetters-To-Love-Somebody-Farmers-In-The-Den | title=Busty Brown / The Upsetters - to Love Somebody / Farmers in the den | website=[[Discogs]] }}</ref>

*1969: [[Janis Joplin]] on her ''[[I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!]]'' album
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*1969: [[Busty Brown]] released a reggae version of the song on the Upsetters label, catalog number US-308.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2179443-Busty-Brown-The-Upsetters-To-Love-Somebody-Farmers-In-The-Den | title=Busty Brown / The Upsetters – to Love Somebody / Farmers in the den | website=[[Discogs]] }}</ref>

*1969: [[James Carr (musician)|James Carr]] released this song as a single and reached number 44 on the [[Top R&B Singles|R&B Charts]].

*1969: [[James Carr (musician)|James Carr]] released this song as a single and reached number 44 on the [[Top R&B Singles|R&B Charts]].
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*1969: [[Nina Simone]] covered "To Love Somebody" released on her album ''[[To Love Somebody (album)|To Love Somebody]]'', which reached number 5 in the UK and became her second British hit single after "[[Ain't Got No, I Got Life]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/28085/nina-simone/ |title=Nina Simone |work=The Official Charts Company }}</ref> It also reached number 10 in the [[Dutch Charts]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Nina+Simone&titel=To+Love+Somebody&cat=s |title=Nina Simone - To Love Somebody |work=Dutch Charts }}</ref> and number 17 in Ireland.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement?page=1&search_type=artist&placement=Nina+Simone |title=Nina Simone |work=The Irish Charts }}</ref> ''[[Cash Box]]'' called her version an "excellent performance."<ref name=cb>{{cite magazine |title=CashBox Record Reviews |date=February 10, 1968 |page=30 |access-date=2022-01-12 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1968/CB-1968-02-10.pdf |magazine=Cash Box}}</ref>

*1977: [[Narvel Felts]] released the song, reaching number 22 on the Hot Country Singles chart.

*1977: [[Narvel Felts]] released the song, reaching number 22 on the Hot Country Singles chart.

*1989: [[Billy "Crash" Craddock]] from ''[[Back on Track (Billy Craddock album)|Back on Track]]''; peaked at number 91 on the ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' Country Tracks chart in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9198&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Country Tracks|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=3 March 1990|access-date=8 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224000542/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9198&type=1&interval=24|archive-date=24 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

*1989: [[Billy "Crash" Craddock]] from ''[[Back on Track (Billy Craddock album)|Back on Track]]''; peaked at number 91 on the ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' Country Tracks chart in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9198&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Country Tracks|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=3 March 1990|access-date=8 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224000542/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9198&type=1&interval=24|archive-date=24 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

*1990: [[Jimmy Somerville]] released a version that reached number 8 in the United Kingdom, becoming his most recent Top 10 entry in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/25885/jimmy-somerville/|title=Jimmy Somerville|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=4 August 2020}}</ref> It also charted highly in several other countries, reaching number 7 in Ireland<ref>{{cite web|url=http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement?page=1&search_type=artist&placement=Jimmy%20Somerville|title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know - Jimmy Somerville|publisher=IRMA|access-date=21 November 2020}}</ref> and attaining high positions in Austria, the Netherlands, and New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Jimmy+Somerville&titel=To+Love+Somebody&cat=s|title=Charts.nz – Jimmy Somerville – To Love Somebody|publisher=[[Official New Zealand Music Chart|Top 40 Singles]]|access-date=4 August 2020}}</ref>

*1990: [[Jimmy Somerville]] released a version that reached number 8 in the United Kingdom, becoming his most recent Top 10 entry in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/25885/jimmy-somerville/|title=Jimmy Somerville|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=4 August 2020}}</ref> It also charted highly in several other countries, reaching number 7 in Ireland<ref>{{cite web|url=http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement?page=1&search_type=artist&placement=Jimmy%20Somerville|title=The Irish Charts – All there is to know – Jimmy Somerville|publisher=IRMA|access-date=21 November 2020}}</ref> and attaining high positions in Austria, the Netherlands, and New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Jimmy+Somerville&titel=To+Love+Somebody&cat=s|title=Charts.nz – Jimmy Somerville – To Love Somebody|publisher=[[Official New Zealand Music Chart|Top 40 Singles]]|access-date=4 August 2020}}</ref>

*1991: [[Rita Marley]] covered the song in her album ''We Must Carry On'', released on May 14, 1991.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=sebcat |last2=Phoenix712 |date=December 29, 2017 |orig-date=Submitted July 25, 2017 |title=Original versions of To Love Somebody by Rita Marley |url=https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/638139 |access-date=October 1, 2023 |website=SecondHandSongs}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cheikh Tidiane NDAO |date=June 5, 2012 |title=RITA MARLEY – To Love Somebody (We Must Carry On) |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=xzAx2rOldKM |website=YouTube}}</ref>
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*2005: [[Billy Corgan]] covered the song on his debut solo album [[TheFutureEmbrace]], featuring additional vocals by [[Robert Smith (musician) | Robert Smith]].

*1997: Released as a single by [[Gallon Drunk]] – also on their 1996 LP [[In the Long Still Night]].

*2001: [[Eagle-Eye Cherry]] covered the song for the film ''Y tu mamá también.''
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*2005: [[Billy Corgan]] covered the song on his debut solo album ''[[TheFutureEmbrace]]'', featuring additional vocals by [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]].

*2013: [[Michael Bublé]] covered this song for his eighth studio album ''[[To Be Loved]]'', the album's fifth single. It reached number 13 in Poland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bestsellery.zpav.pl/airplays/top/archiwum.php?year=2014&idlisty=1203#title|title=Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video|publisher=[[Polish music charts|Polish Airplay Top 100]]|access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref>

*2013: [[Michael Bublé]] covered this song for his eighth studio album ''[[To Be Loved]]'', the album's fifth single. It reached number 13 in Poland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bestsellery.zpav.pl/airplays/top/archiwum.php?year=2014&idlisty=1203#title|title=Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video|publisher=[[Polish music charts|Polish Airplay Top 100]]|access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref>

*2016: [[Dexys Midnight Runners|Dexys]] (a.k.a. Dexys Midnight Runners) recorded a version for their UK Top 10 album ''Let The Record Show: Dexys Do Irish And Country Soul''.

*2020: [[The Revivalists]] covered this song on their EP ''Made in Muscle Shoals.''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/made-in-muscle-shoals-mw0003347228|publisher=AllMusic Guide|title=Made in Muscle Shoals The Revivalists|access-date=22 June 2022}}</ref>

*2020: [[The Revivalists]] covered this song on their EP ''Made in Muscle Shoals.''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/made-in-muscle-shoals-mw0003347228|publisher=AllMusic Guide|title=Made in Muscle Shoals The Revivalists|access-date=22 June 2022}}</ref>


==References==

==References==

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==External links==

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"To Love Somebody"
Single by the Bee Gees
from the album Bee Gees' 1st
B-side"Close Another Door"
ReleasedJune 1967
RecordedApril 1967
Genre
Length3:02
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
The Bee Gees UK singles chronology
"New York Mining Disaster 1941"
(1967) 		"To Love Somebody"
(1967) 		"Massachusetts"
(1967)
The Bee Gees US singles chronology
"New York Mining Disaster 1941"
(1967) 		"To Love Somebody"
(1967) 		"Holiday"
(1967)
Alternative cover
Japanese cover of "To Love Somebody"
Music video
"To Love Somebody"onYouTube

"To Love Somebody" is a song written by Barry and Robin Gibb. Produced by Robert Stigwood, it was the second single released by the Bee Gees from their international debut album, Bee Gees 1st, in 1967.[4] The single reached No. 17 in the United States and No. 41 in the United Kingdom. The song's B-side was "Close Another Door".[5] The single was reissued in 1980 on RSO Records with "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" as its flipside. The song ranked at number 94 on NME magazine's "100 Best Tracks of the Sixties".[6] It was a minor hit in the UK and France. It reached the top 20 in the US. It reached the top 10 in Canada.

In a 2017 interview with Piers Morgan's Life Stories, Barry was asked "of all the songs that you've ever written, which song would you choose?" Barry said that "To Love Somebody" was the song that he'd choose as it has "a clear, emotional message".[7] The song has been recorded by many other artists, including Janis Joplin, Roberta Flack, Lulu, James Carr, the Sweet Inspirations, Nina Simone, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Bonnie Tyler, Slobberbone and Jimmy Somerville.

Origins and lyrics[edit]

"To Love Somebody"

"To Love Somebody" is a soul ballad recorded by the Bee Gees.
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At the request of Robert Stigwood, the band's manager, Barry and Robin Gibb wrote "To Love Somebody", a soulful ballad in the style of Sam & DaveorThe Rascals, for Otis Redding.[8] Redding came to see Barry at the Plaza in New York City one night. Robin claimed that "Otis Redding said he loved our material and would Barry write him a song".[9]

The Bee Gees recorded "To Love Somebody" at IBC Studios, London with "Gilbert Green" and "End of My Song" in April 1967 and released it as a single in mid-June. Redding died in a plane crash later that year, before having a chance to record the song.

Robin said, "Everyone told us what a great record they thought it was, Other groups all raved about it but for some reason people in Britain just did not seem to like it." Barry said, "I think the reason it didn't do well here was because it's a soul number, Americans loved it, but it just wasn't right for this country".[10]

Barry Gibb explained in a June 2001 interview with Mojo magazine:

It was for Robert (Stigwood). I say that unabashedly. He asked me to write a song for him, personally. It was written in New York and played to Otis but, personally, it was for Robert. He meant a great deal to me. I don't think it was a homosexual affection but a tremendous admiration for this man's abilities and gifts.[11]

Reception[edit]

Billboard described the single as a "smooth, easy beat ballad" that "should put them right back up there at the top of the Hot 100."[12] Record World said that it "is well written; the group, the Gee Bees [sic], sing it well."[13]

Personnel[edit]

Charts[edit]

Certifications[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[21] Silver 200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Michael Bolton version[edit]

"To Love Somebody"
SinglebyMichael Bolton
from the album Timeless: The Classics
B-side"Now That I Found You"
ReleasedSeptember 1992 (1992-09)
Length4:08
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Michael Bolton singles chronology
"Steel Bars"
(1992) 		"To Love Somebody"
(1992) 		"Drift Away"
(1992)

American singer Michael Bolton covered and released it as a single from his 1992 album Timeless: The Classics. His version reached number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and became his fourth single to peak at number two in Canada, his highest position in that country. It is also his highest-charting single in France, where it reached number seven.

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1992–1993) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[22] 39
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[23] 2
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[24] 1
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[25] 31
France (SNEP)[26] 7
Germany (Official German Charts)[27] 61
Ireland (IRMA)[28] 13
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[29] 36
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[30] 35
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[31] 32
UK Singles (OCC)[32] 16
USBillboard Hot 100[33] 11
USAdult Contemporary (Billboard)[34] 1
USPop Airplay (Billboard)[35] 6
USRhythmic (Billboard)[36] 31

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1992) Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[37] 55
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[38] 26
Chart (1993) Position
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[39] 9
USBillboard Hot 100[40] 83
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[41] 33

Movie and TV appearances[edit]

"To Love Somebody" has been used in several movies including I Love You Phillip Morris, Y Tu Mamá También, Melody, The Wrong Man, My Entire Life, 50/50, Joy, and Glass Onion.

The Bee Gees' version appears in a 2013 television commercial for Coca-Cola Life.

The Bee Gees' version also appears in a 2019 TV commercial for Facebook Groups.

The Bee Gees' version also appears in a 2019 McDonald's television commercial.

The Bee Gees’ version also appears in the newly released, Baker 4 video.

Other cover versions[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sullivan, Steve (2013). Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings. Scarecrow Press. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-8108-8296-6.
  • ^ Stanley, Bob (2014). Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!: The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 345. ISBN 978-0-393-24270-6.
  • ^ Segretto, Mike (2022). "1977". 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute – A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. Backbeat. pp. 341–342. ISBN 9781493064601.
  • ^ Gilliland, John. "Show 49 – The British are Coming! The British are Coming!: With an emphasis on Donovan, the Bee Gees and the Who. [Part 6]". Digital Library. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  • ^ Discogs.com (1967). "Bee Gees – To Love Somebody (original issue)". Discogs.
  • ^ "100 Best Songs of the 1960s". NME. 26 March 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  • ^ Piers Morgan's Life Stories: Barry Gibb YouTube – Interview
  • ^ Melinda Bilyeu, Hector Cook, Andrew Môn Hughes (2004). The Bee Gees: Tales of the Brothers Gibb Omnibus Press, ISBN 978-1-84449-057-8, p. 134.
  • ^ David N. Meyer (9 July 2013). The Bee Gees: The Biography. Hachette Books. ISBN 9780306821578. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  • ^ Hughes, Andrew (2009). Bee Gees: Tales Of The Brothers Gibb. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857120045. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  • ^ Songfacts.com. "To Love Somebody – Bee Gees".
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  • ^ "Sleepers of the Week" (PDF). Record World. 8 July 1967. p. 1. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
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