Somebody Wants To Love You

Written By - Wes Farrell, Jim Cretecos and Mike Appel.

On your own, far away from home

There doesn't seem to be a friend when you're alone

People stare, you wonder if they care

So, you turn your back on someone with love to spare

Try to see, it's gotta be

Lovin' one another is the only possibility

So, when you're down and losin' ground

Don't get to thinkin' love can't be found

Hey, stop, stop!

And look around

Somebody wants to love you

Stop, stop!

And turn around

Somebody wants to love you

Ooh...

Hey, you! It's nothin' new

Love will be around no matter what you do

Or will you try every alibi

And fool yourself some more then wonder why

So try to see, it's gotta be

When you turn your back on love, you miss the opportunity

And once again, you're at a dead end

And nowhere to turn without a friend

Hey, stop, stop!

And look around

Somebody wants to love you

Stop, stop!

And turn around

Somebody wants to love you

Love you...

Hey, stop, stop!

And look around

Somebody wants to love you

Stop, stop!

And turn around

Somebody wants to love you

Hey, stop, stop!

And look around

Somebody wants to love you

Stop, stop!

And turn around

Somebody wants to love you

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As David explains in the following excerpt from the book “C’mon Get Happy…Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family Bus” by David Cassidy & Chip Deffaa, his voice on the first two of The Partridge Family records, his voice was altered.

“Wes had some problem with the way I naturally sounded. He had me double-track vocals (the way Neil Sedaka had so often done) to give my voice added pop-ness. And by altering the tape speed, he was able to raise the pitch of my voice a half-tone above what it actually was, so that on records I sounded a little younger, lighter than in real life.”

The following two recordings highlight this. The first recording is a small part of the original recording from 1970 LP “The Partridge Family Album”. The second recording has been provided by John Gomolka who altered the original track to better reflect David’s true voice.

"Somebody Wants To Love You" - Part of original recording

"Somebody Wants To Love You" - altered to reflect David’s true voice.

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