Somebody to Love

E403531
single song

"Somebody to Love" is a 1976 gospel-influenced rock song by the British band Queen, showcasing Freddie Mercury's powerful vocals and complex multi-tracked harmonies.

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Label Occurrences
Somebody to Love canonical 5
Somebody to Love (George Michael with Queen) 1
Somebody to Love (Remix) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
albumSide Side One ⓘ
artist Queen ⓘ
chartPositionIreland 1 ⓘ
chartPositionNetherlands 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUKSingles 2 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 13 ⓘ
composer Freddie Mercury ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
featuresMusician Brian May ⓘ
John Deacon ⓘ
Roger Taylor ⓘ
genre gospel rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasBside White Man ⓘ
hasLiveVersion Live at Wembley '86 ⓘ
surface form: Somebody to Love (Live at Wembley 1986)
hasMusicalFeature gospel-influenced arrangement ⓘ
multi-tracked vocal harmonies ⓘ
piano-driven accompaniment ⓘ
hasNotableCover Somebody to Love self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Somebody to Love (George Michael with Queen)
hasTheme faith and doubt ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ
search for love ⓘ
includedIn Queen live setlists in the late 1970s and 1980s ⓘ
isTrackNumber 2 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadVocalsBy Freddie Mercury ⓘ
length 4:56 ⓘ
partOfAlbum A Day at the Races ⓘ
performedAt Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert ⓘ
performer Queen ⓘ
producer Queen ⓘ
Roy Thomas Baker ⓘ
recordingYear 1976 ⓘ
recordLabel EMI Records ⓘ
Elektra Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1976-11-19 ⓘ
releaseYear 1976 ⓘ
usesInstrumentation bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
piano ⓘ
usesVocalTechnique falsetto ⓘ
multi-part choir-style vocals ⓘ
vocalist Freddie Mercury ⓘ
writer Freddie Mercury ⓘ

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Freddie Mercury → wroteSong → Somebody to Love ⓘ
Acid Eaters → hasTrack → Somebody to Love ⓘ
Queen → notableWork → Somebody to Love ⓘ
Somebody to Love → hasRemix → Somebody to Love ⓘ
this entity surface form: Somebody to Love (Remix)
Glee: The Music, Volume 1 → includesTrack → Somebody to Love ⓘ
Loose → hasPart → Somebody to Love ⓘ
Somebody to Love → hasNotableCover → Somebody to Love self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Somebody to Love (George Michael with Queen)