To Love Somebody (song)

The band's manager Robert Stigwood wanted Barry Gibb to write a soul song for Otis Redding.^[2] Barry, along with Robin wrote "To Love Somebody," a soulful ballad in the style of Sam & Dave or The Rascals. Redding died in an aeroplane crash before having a chance to record the song, and the Bee Gees recorded "To Love Somebody" at IBC Studios, London in March 1967 and released as a single in mid-July 1967 in the US.

1 Chart performance
- 1.1 Michael Bolton version
2 Cover versions
3 Movie Soundtracks
4 References

Chart performance

Chart	Peak position
Australia	6
Belgium	8
Canada	9
France	63
Netherlands	13
United Kingdom	41
United States	17

Michael Bolton version

End of year chart (1993)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[3]	83

Cover versions

One of the most famous Gibb compositions, "To Love Somebody" was covered by hundreds of artists, most notably:

Clay Aiken
The Animals (1968)
P. P. Arnold (1968)
B3
Jimmy Barnes
Blue Rodeo
Michael Bolton
James Carr
Eagle-Eye Cherry (on Y tu mamá también soundtrack)
Joe Cocker
Leonard Cohen
Billy Corgan feat. Robert Smith (found on the 2005 album TheFutureEmbrace)
Billy "Crash" Craddock (from 1989's Back on Track)
Roberta Flack (on the 1971 album Quiet Fire)
The Flying Burrito Brothers
Gallon Drunk
Michael Johns (on the 2009 album Hold Back My Heart)
Tom Jones
Janis Joplin (on the 1969 album I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!)
Ronan Keating feat. Brian McFadden
Sandy Lam (on the 1997 album Wonderful World)
Lulu (November 1967)
Miguel Mateos, plays in live shows
The Mighty Sparrow
Little Milton (on the 1998 Malaco album For Real)
Mule
Gram Parsons
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap on their 1968 album, Woman, Woman^[4]
Damien Rice & Ray LaMontagne
Silver Ginger 5
Nina Simone (1969 single [UK #5] and album To Love Somebody)
Simply Red
Slobberbone
Jimmy Somerville (UK #8)
Jordin Sparks
Dusty Springfield
Rod Stewart with Booker T. and the M.G.'s
Bonnie Tyler (on the 1988 album Hide Your Heart)
Hank Williams, Jr. (on the 1979 album Family Tradition)
Dara Puspita

Movie Soundtracks

"To Love Somebody" has been featured in several movies including:

References

^ Show 49 - The British are Coming! The British are Coming!: With an emphasis on Donovan, the Bee Gees and the Who. [Part 6] : UNT Digital Library
^ 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.
^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1993". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1993. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
^ Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, Woman, Woman Retrieved September 28, 2011

Preceded by "I Will Be Here for You" by Michael W. Smith	Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one single (Michael Bolton version) November 14–21, 1992	Succeeded by "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston