Somebody to Love (Justin Bieber song)
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| Single by Justin Bieber | ||||||||||||||
| from the album My World 2.0, Never Say Never: The Remixes and Versus | ||||||||||||||
| A-side | "Never Say Never" | |||||||||||||
| Released | April 20, 2010 | |||||||||||||
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| Recorded | 2009; Short Bus Studios (North Hollywood, California) |
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| Genre | Pop | |||||||||||||
| Length | 3:40 (My World 2.0 version) 3:44 (Remix feat. Usher) 3:28 (Versus version) 3:34 (J-Stax Remix) |
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| Label | Island, RBMG | |||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Justin Bieber, Heather Bright, Jonathan Yip, Ray Romulus, Jeremy Reeves | |||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | The Stereotypes | |||||||||||||
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"Somebody to Love" is a song performed by Canadian recording artist Justin Bieber. The song served as the second single from his album, My World 2.0. It was written by Heather Bright and The Stereotypes, and produced by the latter. The song was originally recorded as a demo by Bieber's mentor, R&B singer, Usher, for his sixth studio album, Raymond v. Raymond (2010). After things went stale with Usher's label, The Stereotypes were encouraged to give the song to Bieber, who recorded it, with Usher performing background vocals. The song is an upbeat pop song, which also derives from R&B genre, while making use of 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 Benny Blanco, features Usher on lead vocals and Bieber as the featured artist. It is included on the follow-up release of Raymond v. Raymond, titled Versus. In Japan, the song was released dually with "Never Say Never" as a 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.
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