YOU MIGHT NEED SOMEBODY (Shola Ama)
"You Might Need Somebody" is a 1980 song by Tom Snow and Nan O'Byrne, first recorded by American singer and guitarist Turley Richards. His version reached no. 54 in the US, but the song is best known from Shola Ama's 1997 version which reached no. 4 in the UK Singles Chart. Randy Crawford recorded a version in 1981 which reached no. 11 in the UK. (More from Wikipedia)
Nan O'Byrne wrote the lyrics for Black Russian's second single "Mystified" and the flip side of the first single, "Love's Enough"; and she co-wrote the lyrics for two other songs on the album. Nan O'Byrne also co-wrote "You Might Need Somebody" that was a UK hit for Randy Crawford in 1981, and "You Might Need Somebody" was later a hit for Shola Ama in 1997; "You Might Need Somebody" was first recorded by Turley Richards in 1980, and "You Might Need Somebody" was also covered by Joe Walsh.
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