Everybody Needs Somebody to Love

~ Recording by The Blues Brothers

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.5Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25Blues BrothersThe Blues BrothersBlues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US1980-06-20
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)SD 16017
1.5Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25Blues BrothersThe Blues BrothersBlues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)ATL 50 715
1.5Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25Blues BrothersThe Blues BrothersThe Blues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)XSD 16017
1.5Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25Blues BrothersThe Blues BrothersBlues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)ATL 50 715
1.5Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25Blues BrothersThe Blues BrothersThe Blues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)16017-2, 250 715
1.5Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25Blues BrothersThe Blues BrothersBlues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)16017-2
1.5Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25Blues BrothersThe Blues BrothersBlues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7567-81471-2
1.5Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25Blues BrothersThe Blues BrothersBlues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7567-81471-2
1.5Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25Blues BrothersThe Blues BrothersBlues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7567-81471-2
1.5Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25Blues BrothersThe Blues Brothers: Original Soundtrack Recording (Price Code (FRANCE): WE 835)The Blues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7567-81471-2
1.1Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25Blues BrothersEverybody Needs Blues BrothersBlues BrothersAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)241 379-2
1.1Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25Blues BrothersEverybody Needs Blues BrothersBlues BrothersAlbum + Compilation
1.1Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:21The Blues BrothersEverybody Needs Somebody to Love / ThinkThe Blues BrothersSingle
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7567-87951-7, A 7951
1.2Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:20Blues BrothersThinkBlues BrothersSingle
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)A7951CD
1.14Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:20Blues BrothersThe Definitive CollectionBlues BrothersAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)82428-2
1.14Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:20Blues BrothersThe Definitive CollectionBlues BrothersAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)CD 82428
1.12Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:24The Blues BrothersThèmes LégendairesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • FR1994-09-11
wea music (“wea” logo with “music” below)9548-33028-2
1.2Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:23Blues BrothersVTM Holiday Party Hits 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint)01.9100.6
1.6Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:20Blues BrothersDrive TimeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1995-03-23
1.5Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25Blues BrothersThe Blues Brothers: Music From the SoundtrackBlues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
  • XE1995-08-29
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7567-82787-2
1.1Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:21Blues BrothersEverybody Needs Somebody to LoveBlues BrothersSingle
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7567-85528-2
1.1Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:20Blues BrothersThe Very Best of the Blues BrothersBlues BrothersAlbum + Compilation
EastWest Records America (this label only briefly used between 1990–91, please read annotations before use)7567 80620-2
1.16Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:23Blues BrothersThe Ultimate Film HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EVA Records (Denmark)8425282
1.5Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25Blues BrothersThe Blues Brothers (Original Soundtrack Recording)Blues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
  • JP1997-11-25
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)AMCY-3052
1.2Everybody Needs Somebody To Love3:23Blues BrothersBlues BrothersBlues BrothersAlbum + Compilation
wea (has logo with just “wea” on it), Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7567-80755-20
1.2Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:23Blues BrothersThe Blues Brothers CompleteBlues BrothersAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1998-05-25
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7567 80840 2
4.1Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:22Blues BrothersLas 101 mejores canciones del planeta TierraVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
DRO East West (use only for releases with the "DRO East West" logo)9548379622
1.2Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:23Blues BrothersThe Blues Brothers: CompleteBlues BrothersAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2000-05-02
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), EastWest7567 80840 2
1.5Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:22Blues BrothersRespect - The Soundtrack to the Soul GenerationVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)524 866 2
1.4Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:22Blues BrothersRespect: The Soundtrack to The Soul GenerationVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)524 863 2
1.2Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:23Blues BrothersThe Blues Brothers: CompleteBlues BrothersAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), CGD East West (New CGD after WEA acquisition)7567 80840-2, EW 805
1.2Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:23Blues BrothersThe Definitive Blues Brothers CollectionBlues BrothersAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7567808405
1.14Everybody Needs Somebody3:25Blues BrothersSimply the Best Movie AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2001-11-19
Warner Music Europe0927 41382-5
2.11Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:22The Blues BrothersB.S.O. Banda sonora original: Las mejores canciones de las mejores películasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008)
1.3Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:23Blues BrothersDie größten SWR1 Filmhits aller ZeitenVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)
1.14Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:20Blues BrothersThe Definitive CollectionBlues BrothersAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)R2 237884
1.8Everybody Needs Somebody to Love (LP version)3:21Blues BrothersSuper Movie HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AT2008-02-28
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008)88697225942
1.17Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:23Blues BrothersDie Hit-Giganten: Film HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AT2008-08-08
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008)88697342252
1.17Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:23Blues BrothersDie Hit-Giganten: Film HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2008-08-08
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008)88697172102
1.8Everybody Needs Somebody To Love3:21Blues BrothersFoute CD van Deckers en Ornelis, Volume 7Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
ARS Entertainment (Belgium label)06007 5309679
1.5Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25The Blues BrothersThe Blues Brothers: Original Soundtrack RecordingThe Blues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
  • XW2011-08-09
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label)
1.5Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:21Blues BrothersHitarchief Top 2000, Volume 4Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • BE2012-01-01
ARS Entertainment (Belgium label)
1.10Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:21Blues BrothersHit’Z’RoadVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2016-04-08
Warner Music France0190295995041
1.6Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25The Blues Brothers80’s Essential HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
X5 Music Group
1.59Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:21The Blues BrothersSmash Hits: The 80sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • IE2017-06-23
  • GB2017-06-23
Rhino (reissue label)
2.6Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:23The Blues BrothersDie Hit Giganten: Best of Funk & SoulVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2017-11-03
SME Media (Sony Music)88985473752
1.14Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:20Blues BrothersThe Definitive CollectionBlues BrothersAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2017-11-30
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)WPCR-26233
1.32Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25Blues BrothersRadio Pop Hits 80’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
X5 Music Group
3.19Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:19Blues BrothersSmash Hits: The 80sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)0190295804176
1.26Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25Blues BrothersThe Greatest 80’s HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
X5 Music Group
1.17Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25The Blues BrothersAbsolute CinemaVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
X5 Music Group
1.22Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25The Blues BrothersHits from the ScreensVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
X5 Music Group
1.13Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25The Blues BrothersMovie HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
X5 Music Group
1.18Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25Blues BrothersFilm Soundtrack ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
X5 Music Group
1.33Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25The Blues BrothersSing Along Rock SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
X5 Music Group
1.32Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25The Blues Brothers80’s GoldVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
X5 Music Group
1.34Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25Blues BrothersMovie HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2020-03-13
  • NZ2020-03-13
  • US2020-03-13
X5 Music Group
1.27Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25The Blues Brothers80s Top HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2020-03-20
X5 Music Group
1.49Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25Blues Brothers80 from the 80’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2020-04-10
X5 Music Group
1.40Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25The Blues BrothersSing‐a‐Long AnthemsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
X5 Music Group
1.42Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:21The Blues Brothers80s Smash HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)
1.63Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25The Blues Brothers80's Radio GoldVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2020-12-11
X5 Music Group
1.64Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25The Blues Brothers80er Pop HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
X5 Music Group
2.3Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25Blues Brothers32 Mega MastersVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.5Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:18Blues BrothersAmerican Music Legends: Blues BrothersBlues BrothersAlbum + Compilation
1.15Everybody Needs Somebody3:21Blues BrothersMastermix Classic Cuts 5: PartyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985)CC005
1.10Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25Blues BrothersMastermix Jock in a Box, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985)
1.17Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:24Blues BrothersSimply the Best Movie AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.5Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25Blues BrothersThe Blues BrothersThe Blues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)16017-2
1.5Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25Blues BrothersThe Blues BrothersBlues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)CD 82787
1.5Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25Blues BrothersThe Blues Brothers (Original Soundtrack Recording)Blues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)82787-2
1.5Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25Blues BrothersThe Blues Brothers: Music From the SoundtrackBlues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7567-82787-2
1.5Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25The Blues BrothersThe Blues Brothers: Original Soundtrack Recording (FRANCE CA 835)The Blues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)250 715 (16017-2), 7567-81471-2
Promotion
1.12Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:24Blues BrothersDrakkar Noir: Best of Rock, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
PolyGramCD283426
Bootleg
1.5Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:23Blues BrothersMusic From the Soundtrack & 10 Bonus TracksBlues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7567-82787-2
1.5Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:22Blues BrothersThe Blues BrothersBlues BrothersAlbum + Soundtrack
(unknown)
1.6Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:20Blues BrothersDrive TimeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1995-03-23
1.2Everybody Needs Somebody to Love3:25Blues BrothersThe Blues BrothersBlues BrothersAlbum
  • DE2017-05-21
X5 Music Group

Relationships

producer:Bob Tischler
bass guitar:Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter)
drums (drum set):Willie "Too Big" Hall
guitar:Steve Cropper
Matt Murphy (US blues guitarist)
keyboard:Murphy Dunne
saxophone:Tom “Bones” Malone (US trombonist)
Lou Marini
trumpet:Al Rubin
vocals:Elwood J. Blues (Saturday Night Live character portrayed by Dan Aykroyd)
Jake E. “Joliet” Blues (Saturday Night Live character portrayed by John Belushi)
background vocals arranger:Paul Schaffer (pianist, bandleader, Dave Letterman's sidekick)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1992)
WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1992)
DJ-mixes:Walking on Mixed Tracks by Hahnstudios (order: 2)
has remixes:Everybody Needs Somebody (C@ in the H@ remix) by Blues Brothers
recording of:Everybody Needs Somebody to Love (cover)

Related works

Everybody Needs Somebody to Love

writer:Bert Russell Berns
Solomon Burke
Jerry Wexler
publisher:BERT RUSSELL MUSIC L L C 301
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated)
Fujipacific Music, Inc.
KEETCH CAESAR AND DINO MUSIC INC
Musical Lights Tokyo
later translated parody versions:Everybody Needs Somebody to Drink
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