Review: My World 2.0 Single #2 - "Somebody to Love"

Song: "Somebody to Love" (Single #2)
From Album: My World 2.0
Release Date: April 20, 2010

About a month after My World 2.0 was released, Justin released "Somebody to Love" as his second single from the album. So let's talk about it...

Let's say there's a show being performed and you have multiple performers coming out one after the other. You don't want to be the one that has to follow the showstopping performance of the evening, or follow the biggest star there. But somebody has to, usually, and that's the way it goes. I could say the same goes for Justin and "Baby." "Baby" is his most successful song of his entire career. How do you top that? I say, it's darn near hard to do. But Justin was able to match it.

The first time I heard this song was when it was covered during season 2 of Glee. When I did first hear it performed on that show, I thought, this is a great song. It's got a catchy hook. It's a song that transcends teen pop (since there's R&B influences once again), and can be enjoyed by people outside of his fan base. I always say that it doesn't matter whether you like a certain artist or not; a good song is a good song, plain and simple. Even if I were a full-on non-Bieber fan who couldn't stand him, I would still have to recognize the significance, quality, and hook of songs like this one as well as ones like "Baby." There's no getting around that.

The hook, what grabs you in where you go, that's a catchy song, is of course in the chorus. There's also some other moments during the song where you hear Justin singing the lyrics a little bit faster; those parts are used to great effect as well. And "Somebody to Love" received positive reviews among the critics, which solidifies the standing of the song further.

Apparently, "Somebody to Love" was originally supposed to be on one of Usher's records. But that was scrapped, and was eventually recorded by Justin. Usher provided background vocals to the song. And not too long after Justin released the single, the two of them did a remix of the song, and Usher ended up having considerably more vocal time. I listened to this remix, and enjoyed that version as well. I don't think any of the changes affected the quality at all.

And they did a music video for the remix version. With the storyline of the song, they could have easily translated that story into a music video. But instead, it was just as if they were performing on a stage; the focus was very much on the choreography and dance moves of Justin, Usher and the background dancers. And they pulled it off quite brilliantly, I thought.

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