"Somebody Loves You" is a song from English singer-songwriter Nik Kershaw, released in 1999 as the lead single from his fifth studio album 15 Minutes. The song was written and produced by Kershaw.

Following his declining commercial success from 1986, Kershaw, fed up of the lifestyle as a pop star, retreated into production work and songwriting for other artists, including writing the UK number one "The One and Only" for Chesney Hawkes. In the late 1990s, Kershaw returned to the studio to record 15 Minutes, his first album in a decade. "Somebody Loves You" was the first of two singles from the album and was released in February 1999. It reached No. 70 in February 1999. Despite the limited commercial success, "Somebody Loves You" received extensive radio play in the UK.

Speaking to Amanda Cagan and Melissa Sprawl in 1999, Kershaw said of the song's lyrical message: "When you're up onstage, it feels like there's so much love coming off the audience. While it's good to experience that, you have to remember it's not for you, but something being projected onto you. You can enjoy it while it's happening, but it's very dangerous if you start believing it." He expanded further in a 1998 interview with Kuno On Line: "That's basically about being on stage and being famous. It's a negative look on what you get when you are famous, and when I was famous. I became the person I was playing in publicity. You know, you walk into a room. You didn't have to try too hard. Everyone knew who you were. It's just the images and pictures for me of that time, when I was onstage and saw the faces singing all those songs back to me. It was weird. And the chorus, "Somebody Loves You", that's really what it feels like. There is all this love coming back towards you. You have stop and think, "How much of that is really you?" You aren't what they think you are."

The single was released by Eagle Records on CD in the UK only. The single used a "Radio Edit"/"Single Edit" of the song, cutting its duration by approximately a minute.

Two CD editions of the single were released. The first featured an acoustic version of "Wouldn't It Be Good" and a live acoustic version of "The Riddle". For the "Part 2" CD single, two alternative extra tracks were featured: "The Wrong Man" and "Woman". Both were non-album tracks. A promo CD-R acetate was also issued in a custom title sleeve.

Additionally, the song was also issued as a promotional only single in America. Released as a "Limited Edition CD-Pro", the single featured the same track-listing as the "Part 2" UK CD single. It featured a CD disc picture of Kershaw with glittery holographic glasses and had a custom back picture insert. An acoustic version of the song would later appear on Kershaw's solo-acoustic studio album No Frills, released in 2010.

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