If You Needed Somebody

1990 single by Bad Company
"If You Needed Somebody"
Single by Bad Company
from the album Holy Water
ReleasedNovember 1990[1]
Length4:21
LabelAtco
Songwriter(s)
  • Brian Howe
  • Terry Thomas
Producer(s)Terry Thomas
Bad Company singles chronology
"Holy Water"
(1990)
"If You Needed Somebody"
(1990)
"Walk Through Fire"
(1991)

"If You Needed Somebody" is a song by Bad Company. It was released in 1990 as the second single from their album Holy Water.[2][3][4][5]

The power ballad[6] is the band's first top 40 hit since 1979's "Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy", peaking at No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Chart performance

Chart (1990-91) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 16
US Billboard Album Rock Tracks[7] 2
Canada RPM Top 100 51

References

  1. ^ "Great Rock Discography". p. 35.
  2. ^ Stockdale, Charles; Andrews, Colman; Harrington, John (March 13, 2020). "The Biggest Comebacks in Music History". 24/7 Wall St. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  3. ^ Giles, Jeff (July 11, 2015). "Why Bad Company Struggled Through the Platinum-Selling 'Holy Water'". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  4. ^ Bukszpan, Daniel (2003). The Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal. Barnes & Noble Publishing. p. 27. ISBN 9780760742181. Retrieved September 15, 2020 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Moskowitz, David (November 10, 2015). The 100 Greatest Bands of All Time. ABC-Clio. p. 30. ISBN 9781440803406. Retrieved September 15, 2020 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Bad Company Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic.
  7. ^ a b "If You Needed Somebody (US)". Music VF. Retrieved September 15, 2020.


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