I Want Somebody

"I Want Somebody" is a song from the May 1970 album Nature Will Take Everything.

Composition
"I Want Somebody" was a love song Melvin wrote just for the album. He said: "I had these soppy lyrics and then I jammed on guitar and thought: 'good progression' so then I wrote the riff and then that was it. I had 'I Want Somebody'."

Recording
The song was recorded in January 1970, with overdubs in February and then it was mixed in March.

Personnel

 * Luke Melvin - lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, harmonica
 * George Harrison - backing vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar
 * John Lennon - backing vocals, rhythm guitar
 * Billy Preston - keyboards
 * Ringo Starr - drums