Prince

Released: November 19, 1996

Songwriter: Brenda Lee Eager Hilliard Wilson Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro]
Somebody's somebody
Somewhere, someone

[Verse 1]
It's 2 o'clock in the morning and I just can't sleep
Outside the rain is pouring, I'm lonely as can be
Maybe tonight'll be different than the nights before
I need to feel someone beside me, I can't be alone no more

[Chorus]
Tonight I want to be somebody's somebody
Tonight I want to belong to someone
(Someone)
Tonight I want to be somebody's somebody
Tonight I want somebody that'll do it until the job gets done
(Oh yeah)

[Verse 2]
This big old world can be so empty living in it all alone
I realize, in its best disguise, a pretty house don't make a home
There's a hunger deep inside of me, how the fire burns
I want to give good love to someone and get good love in return, oh

[Chorus]
Tonight I want to be somebody's somebody
(Somebody's somebody)
Tonight I want to belong to someone
(Someone)
Tonight I want to be somebody's somebody
(I want to be somebody's somebody)
Tonight I want somebody that'll do it until the job gets done
(Oh yeah)

[Spoken Interlude]
Someone to hold me in that hour midnight
Someone to console me when things ain't goin' too right
Someone to bring me dinner sometime, yeah
(Mine, all mine)
Somebody to can call all mine

[Verse 3]
It's 2:05 in the morning and I got no one to call
I'm longin' to hear another voice inside these lonely walls
(Lonely walls)
Maybe tonight'll be different than the nights before (Maybe not)
I need to feel someone beside me
I cannot be alone no more (No more, no more!)

[Chorus]
Tonight I want to be somebody's somebody
(Somebody's somebody)
Tonight I want to belong to someone
(I don't want to be alone)
Tonight I want to be somebody's somebody
(I don't want to wait another day, no)
Tonight I want somebody that'll do it until the job gets done
(I'll do it over and over and over and over, yeah)
Tonight I want to be somebody's somebody
(Ooh, I don't want to wait, no!)
Tonight I want to belong to someone
(Can I belong to you, baby? Oh yeah!)
Tonight I want to be somebody's somebody
(Ooh, slow, deep and long)
Tonight I want somebody that'll do it until the job gets done
(Do me over and over and over and over)
Tonight I want to be somebody's somebody

[Outro]
Oh yeah
If you're out there, come on, baby
I'll keep it hot for you
(Tonight I want to be somebody's somebody)
Come on, baby
(Tonight I want somebody that'll do it until the job gets done, oh yeah)
Done
Somebody's somebody

An American singer-songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist, and actor that produced 22 RIAA-platinum albums during his 40-year career, Prince may be known for one of many different things – his turn as “The Kid” in the iconic film/album/8 ½ minute ballad “Purple Rain”, being the writer behind the acclaimed anthem “Kiss,” rivaling Michael Jackson at the pinnacle of his career, being the inspiration behind censorship laws, or being the artist addressed as an unpronounceable symbol throughout the 1990s—but while many know of Prince, most don’t fully understand the impact his legacy left on this world.

Going by many aliases throughout his life, Prince Rogers Nelson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on June 7, 1958 with his father’s (John L. Nelson) stage name as his own given one. Growing up, Prince suffered from serious epileptic seizures at a very young age, but he had wrote his first composition of many by age seven, and outside of his love for basketball, he wanted music to be his purpose in life. His tumultuous childhood, witnessing alcoholism and abuse, caused him to find refuge in neighbor André Cymone’s home in his teens, where the two competed in local band competitions, leading to Prince’s introduction to Morris Day alongside music with his cousin’s band 94 East, leading him to be courted by record labels and ultimately signed to Warner Bros. Records with complete creative control; at 19, his debut album, For You (1978) was released – Prince played all 19 instruments on the record.

Influenced by the likes of Miles Davis, Rick James, and James Brown, Prince desired to form a music dynasty and after the success of his next albums – the platinum-selling Prince (1979), the sexually-charged Dirty Mind (1980), and politically-motivated Controversy (1981) – he negotiated for the ability to form his own label and manage artists of his own. Prince’s trademark sexual/religious rhetoric within pop-and-dance, funk-rock sound gained him a following, but his opening slates for Rick James and The Rolling Stones were both negatively received and facing bankruptcy, the young artist began to reach for mainstream popularity. Cashing on the drug-influenced doomsday mania of the times, 1982’s 1999 easily achieved that mainstream appeal, landing him on MTV, music charts, and radio stations across the world.

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