Artist: Bryan Adams
Video: From YouTube.
Here's a fun game: get some friends together and watch this video. Every time Bryan Adams pumps his fist, take a drink. Have a designated driver and paramedics standing by.
“Somebody” is the second of three Bryan Adams’ videos in the countdown. One of several hits on the “Reckless” album, it peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100. It’s a pretty straightforward good-time rocker: simple repetitive chorus, infectious guitar hook, easy to sing along.
There is also a classic Depeche Mode song with the same title, released right around the same time. Which “Somebody” is better? You decide.
The video for the Bryan Adams song is a live concert performance. Just Bryan in jeans and a white t-shirt rockin’ out with the band. And the crowd is going CRAZY. They are relentless in their lust and adoration.
Finally, note that the new poll is a bit unusual. All of the choices for favorite song have already survived a cut. It will get tougher as we narrow down to a single greatest song of 1985. You can hardly contain your excitement, can you?
As a once-rabid Depeche Mode fan, I'd have to say it's a toss-up...depends on my mood. Theirs is more for each of us singly as an introspective individual, but this one is for the bunch of us all, more about solidarity: Everybody needs somebody!
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