Somebody to Love (Justin Bieber song)

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"Somebody to Love"
North Hollywood, California)
Genre
Length3:40 (
RBMG
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)The Stereotypes
Justin Bieber singles chronology
"Eenie Meenie"
(2010) 		"Somebody to Love"
(2010) 		"Never Say Never"
(2010)
Usher singles chronology
"OMG"
(2010) 		"Somebody to Love" (remix)
(2010) 		"There Goes My Baby"
(2010)
Music video
"Somebody to Love" Remix featuring Usher on
YouTube

"Somebody to Love" is a song by Canadian singer

Eurodisco influences. It impacted US mainstream and rhythmic radio on April 20, 2010. The remix of the song featuring Usher was featured on Bieber's first compilation album My Worlds: The Collection and his second remix album Never Say Never: The Remixes
.

Usher re-recorded featured vocals for the official remix of the song, which was released on June 25, 2010. A variation of the track with slightly different production done by

double A-side
single. The song received positive reviews, with critics complimenting the track's dance feel, and the lyrical content. "Somebody to Love" became Bieber's third consecutive top ten hit in Canada, and his fourth consecutive top twenty single in the United States. It also reached the top twenty in Germany, New Zealand and Australia.

The accompanying music video for the official remix, directed by

seventh series of The X Factor
in the United Kingdom.

Background

In a Q&A with Rap-Up, Jonathan Yip of The Stereotypes confirmed that record was originally made for Usher, but things did not go through right with his label. According to Yip, Perez Hilton was the one who recommended the song for Bieber, and after that the producers agreed. Yip said that Usher's label, Jive Records "wasn't sure what they wanted to do with the record for Usher", so they contacted Bieber's manager, Scooter Braun, and Bieber was able to record the track. On the remix, Yip commented, "Usher's now back on the record, on the remix, so we can't really complain."[1] A variation of the track with slightly different production, featuring Usher as lead vocalist and Bieber as the guest vocalist, is included on a follow-up release to his sixth studio album, titled Versus. The Versus version of the song was produced by Benny Blanco.[2]

Composition and critical reception

'Somebody to Love'
A sample of "Somebody to Love", which features as "thumping
Eurodisco
beats"
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"Somebody to Love" is a

common time, the song is written in the key of G minor, and Bieber's vocals span from the low note of G3 to high note of C5. It follows the basic chord progression of Cm7–B♭–F.[7]

The song has been described by Jocelyn Vena of

Eurodisco."[8] Lauren Carter of the Boston Herald called the track "fun and upbeat" and said, "is a standout and the track to download – give listeners time to dance or daydream, as the case may be."[9]

Fraser McAlpine of BBC Music wrote that "Somebody to Love is a straightforward plea for a soul mate; it says something we’ve all felt."[10] Monica Herrera of Billboard commented, "Somebody to Love" offers the clearest evidence yet that he's more than capable of clearing the hurdle from teen to adult stardom."[11]

Chart performance

In the United States, "Somebody to Love" entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart at number ninety-eight.[12] After weeks of steadily ascending the charts, the single reached a peak of fifteen on the issue week July 17, 2010.[13] The song received digital sales after the release of

Pop Songs chart and US Latin Pop Songs, respectively.[15]

The song performed well in several international markets. "Somebody to Love" entered the

European Hot 100
.

Music video

Background

Bieber performing jerkin'-esque choreography with dancers and in a scene with a calligraphy backdrop and flame outline with Usher

The music video for the official remix version featuring Usher was filmed during the week of May 9, 2010, directed by Dave Meyers.[20] The video was choreographed by Jamaica Craft, notable for her work with choreography on videos for Usher and Ciara.[20] Rather than a storyline as in Bieber's previous videos, the video focuses on a dance and choreography aspect.[20] Meyers stated that he wanted the video to be more playful, stating,

We're bringing Justin into the world of dance on this one, giving Justin the chance to integrate to different styles of dance. So we kind of kept it simple with the art direction, just real graphic and really highlighting the dance. No big story lines, no crowds of people, just real clean.[20]

A preview of the video was posted on

You Make Me Wanna".[25]

Synopsis and reception

The video features Bieber dancing along several dance crews along a black backdrop, and a scene with ninjas and a flame outline.

chandeliers before uniting with Bieber dancing in the scene aided by Poreotics.[3] Then Bieber and Usher sing and dance with Medea Sirkas in ninja attire in front of a background of Chinese calligraphy ("Love") and flames, before returning to the black backdrop and metal chandeliers as Bieber dances with Simrin Player and LXD in a scene with bookbags.[3]
The ending features Bieber and several of the dancers featured performing group choreography before cutting to Bieber and Usher with the in front of the calligraphy and flames.

Monica Herrera of Billboard said Usher's "star power is clearly rubbing off on the 16-year-old", commenting that Bieber "shows off his smoothest moves yet " and "tackles his toughest choreography."[25] Jocelyn Vena of MTV News commented, "While Bieber had previously teased his dancing skills in the "Baby" video, he really channeled Usher's smooth moves in this newest clip."[3] Tamar Antai also of MTV said, "Usher does most of the heavy lifting where dancing is concerned, and Justin Bieber, who's more of a singer than a dancer, is in no danger of upstaging Usher on the dance floor."[24] Antai compared Bieber's moves to Usher in his "Caught Up" video, commenting "it's nice to see Justin expanding the scope of talents to include pelvic thrusts, Matrix-style slo-mo leans" and, "it's also nice to see Justin looking a little more mature and sophisticated in a hoodie and leather jacket....and his videos are growing up with him, as this is his flashiest, most grandiose video yet.[24] Antai also commented on the appeal of the video, commending Meyers, "who put that classic early '00s-style big-money polish on the piece – for employing fire, shirtless dudes, white ninjas..."[24]

Live performances

Bieber performed "Somebody to Love" on multiple occasions, including as a part of his set list on the

Drake on June 21, 2010, at the 2010 MuchMusic Video Awards.[28] The song was performed with "Baby" at Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular on July 4, 2010.[29]

"Somebody to Love" was also performed with "U Smile" and "Baby" at the

The X Factor in the United Kingdom on November 28, 2010.[34]

Other versions

Sam Evans (Chord Overstreet) in the Glee cover of the song

The song was covered in the thirteenth episode of the

second season of Glee, "Comeback". It was performed by the characters Sam, Artie, Puck, and Mike, in their attempts to emulate Bieber's mannerisms to reignite their girlfriends' interest in them. The performance bared similarities to the song's music video and Bieber's dance moves.[35]

Track listing

Credits and personnel

Source[40]

Charts

Weekly charts

Notes: All chartings are conjunctions of the single/album version and remix, with the exception of Australia and Sweden, which are chartings of the official remix version exclusively.
Chart (2010–2011) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[17] 20
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[19] 35
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[41] 43
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[42] 15
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[43] 10
Canada
CHR/Top 40 (Billboard)[44]
 33
Canada
Hot AC (Billboard)[45]
 46
European Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[46] 33
Germany (Official German Charts)[47] 16
Ireland (IRMA)[48] 33
Israel (Media Forest)[49] 10
Japan (
Japan Hot 100)[18]
 3
Mexico Airplay (Billboard)[50]
 48
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[51] 12
Scotland (OCC)[52] 31
Spain (
Airplay Chart)[53]
 19
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[54] 54
UK Singles (OCC)[16]
 33
US Billboard Hot 100[13] 15
US
Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[15]
 20
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[55] 21

Year-end charts

Chart (2010) Position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[56] 87
Chart (2011) Position
Brazil (Crowley)[57] 45

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[58] Platinum 70,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[59] Gold 45,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[60] Gold 7,500*
Norway (IFPI Norway)[61] Platinum 10,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[62] Silver 200,000‡
United States (RIAA)[63] 3× Platinum 3,000,000‡

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Version Format
United States May 20, 2010[64] Album version
Canada May 24, 2010[65]
AC
airplay
United Kingdom May 31, 2010[66] CD single
New Zealand June 25, 2010[67] Official remix Digital download
United States June 29, 2010[68][69]
  • Digital download
  • Urban
    airplay
Japan August 18, 2010 (2010-08-18)[38][39] CD single

References

Notes

Citations

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