Love Somebody (Rick Springfield song)

"Love Somebody"
Single by Rick Springfield
from the album Hard to Hold
B-side"The Great Lost Art of Conversation"
Released1984
GenreHard rock, Power pop[1]
Length3:30
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Rick Springfield
Producer(s)
  • Rick Springfield
  • Bill Drescher
Rick Springfield singles chronology
"Souls"
(1983) 		"Love Somebody"
(1984) 		"Don't Walk Away"
(1984)

"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.

  1. ^ Tucker, Ken (March 30, 1984). "Albums". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
  2. ^ Scheurer, Timothy (1989). American Popular Music: The Age of Rock. Bowling Green University Popular Press. p. 255. ISBN 9780879724672. Retrieved March 21, 2021 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (1993). The Guinness Who's who of Seventies Music. Guinness Publishing. p. 382. ISBN 9780851127279. Retrieved March 21, 2021 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Ryan, Mike (April 2, 2014). "Remembering the "Other" Rock Movie From 1984: Rick Springfield's 'Hard To Hold'". New Music United. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  5. ^ "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. March 10, 1984. p. 15. Retrieved 2022-07-23.