| "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" | ||||
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| Single by Solomon Burke | ||||
| B-side | "Looking for My Baby" | |||
| Released | July 1964 | |||
| Recorded | May 28, 1964 | |||
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| Label | Atlantic (2241) | |||
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| Producer(s) | Bert Berns | |||
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"Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" is a song written by Bert Berns, Solomon Burke, and Jerry Wexler, and originally recorded by Burke under the production of Berns at Atlantic Records in 1964. Burke's version charted in 1964, but missed the US top 40, peaking at number 58.
The song is ranked number 429 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.