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. Wilson Pickett covered the song in 1966, and his version made it to #29 pop, and #19 R&B in early 1967. Other notable versions of Everybody Needs Somebody to Love were recorded by The Rolling Stones and The Blues Brothers.