If You Needed Somebody

"If You Needed Somebody"
Single by Bad Company
from the album Holy Water
ReleasedNovember 1990
Length4:21
LabelAtco
Songwriter(s)
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.

The power ballad 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 16
US Billboard Album Rock Tracks 2
Canada RPM Top 100 51

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