"Somebody to Love" is a rock song that was originally written and recorded by 1960s folk-psychedelic band the Great Society and later by the psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane. Rolling Stone magazine ranked Jefferson Airplane's recording #274 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
"Somebody to Love" is a song written by Freddie Mercury and performed by English rock band Queen featured on the 1976 album A Day at the Races.
"To Love Somebody" is the second single released by the Bee Gees from their debut LP, Bee Gees 1st. As stated many times by Barry Gibb, their manager Robert Stigwood wanted Barry to write a soul song for Otis Redding for him to record. Barry, along with Robin came up with "To Love Somebody", a soulful ballad in the style of Sam & Dave or The Rascals. Redding died in a plane crash before he could record the song. The Bee Gees decided to record their own version of the song with Barry taking the lead and the result was a pop standard. Covered by hundreds of artists, most notably Nina Simone (on the 1969 album To Love Somebody), Janis Joplin (on the 1969 album I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!), Rod Stewart, The Animals, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Billy Corgan, Jimmy Somerville, Tom Jones, Simply Red, Blue Rodeo, Jimmy Barnes, Michael Bolton, Slobberbone, Gallon Drunk and Silver Ginger 5, it has become one of the most famous Gibb compositions.
