"Somebody" was Adams' third top 20 hit on the Canadian chart. "Somebody" reached number 13 on the Canadian singles chart and remained in the top 20 for six weeks. The song was Adams' second number one hit on the Top Rock Tracks chart, where it spent two weeks, and peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Somebody" was released in the winter of 1985 and became one of the most successful songs from Reckless on the American rock charts and arguably one of Adams' most recognizable and popular songs. Rather like 'Run to You,' 'Somebody' is just slightly too schematic to qualify as an all-time heartland rock classic, but it still sounds good on the radio." Chart performance A gift to an entire generation of cover bands working the bar circuit, 'Somebody' has a chorus so simple and catchy that you can actually sing along to it even if you've never actually heard the song before, and Adams and his indispensable musical partner, Jim Vallance, helpfully point out the feasibility of said activity by incorporating a large, somewhat ragged group of backing vocalists for the lengthy vamp of a fadeout.
Stewart Mason from Allmusic said "Following the Big Rawk Anthem (' Run to You') and the Sensitive Power Ballad (' Heaven'), 'Somebody' covers the third base as a straight-ahead singalong pop song with a killer chorus.
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