The Rolling Stones

Released: January 15, 1965

Songwriter: Jerry Wexler Bert Berns Solomon Burke

Producer: Andrew Loog Oldham

[Verse 1]
I'm so glad to be here tonight and I'm so glad to be home
And I believe I've got a message
For every woman and every man here tonight
That ever needed somebody to love
Someone to stay with them all the time
When they're up and when they're down
You know, sometimes you get what you want
And then you go and lose what you have
And I believe every woman and every man here tonight
Listen to my song and it save the whole world. Listen to me

[Bridge]
Everybody wants somebody
Everybody wants somebody to love
Someone to love
Someone to kiss
Sometime to miss, now
Someone to squeeze
Someone to please
And I need you you you
I need you you you
I need you you you
I need you you you

[Verse 2]
Oh, sometimes I feel like
I feel a little sad inside
My baby mistreats me
And I kind of get a little little mad
I need you you you
To see me through, babe
When the sun go down
Is nobody else around

That's when I need you baby
That's when I say I love you[x2]
Let me hear you say yeah[x4]
I need you you you you
Somebody to see me through, baby
I need you you you[x3]

[Verse 3]
When the sun goes down
Isn’t nobody else around
That's when I'm all by myself
That's when I need your loving darling
That's when I need you so bad
You're the one I really need bad [???]
I need you
To see me through baby
In the morning time too
When the sun goes down
Isn’t nobody else around
I need your loving so bad
Everybody needs somebody to love
I'm not afraid to be by myself but I just need to be somebody to love

[Verse 4]
All the time[x3]
All the time, babe
I said all the time, babe[x2]
I need you
I need your loving so bad
Let me hear you say yeah[x4]
Uh, huh, huh, huh
Uh huh, huh huh huh
Yeah, I need you baby so bad bad bad, bad bad, bad bad bad bad
I need you
I need you you you
I need your loving babe
I need your loving darling Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs somebody

Formed in London in 1962, The Rolling Stones led the “British Invasion” along with The Beatles and were so successful their influence can be seen in arguably every rock ‘n’ roll band that followed.

Three of the current members have been there since the band’s singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards, who write the majority of the band’s catalogue and also produced some albums as The Glimmer Twins; and drummer Charlie Watts. The fourth official member is guitarist Ronnie Wood, who has been there since 1975 (the keyboardist and bassist who play in studio and live are usually not listed). The Stones have released more than 20 studio albums, and even as age caught up on them, continued to be a huge attraction on the live circuit, with big stadium tours continuing through the 1990s, 2000s and into the 2010s.

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