"Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" is a song written by Bert Berns, Solomon Burke and Jerry Wexler, and originally recorded by Solomon Burke under the production of Bert Berns at Atlantic Records in 1964. Burke's version charted in 1964, but missed the US top 40, peaking at #58. "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" was a hit because of its appearance in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers. The song was also included on the band's Definitive Collection album. In 1989 it was released as a single in the UK, backed by "Think" and it peaked at #12.