"Everybody's Got The
Right To Love"
(written by L. Stallman)
Recorded by The Supremes (Mary Wilson, Cindy Birdsong, and Jean Terrell)
#21 pop; 8 weeks on the pop charts
#11 r&b; 10 weeks on the r&b charts
Single produced by Frank Wilson
from Motown album #705, Right On (1970)
Lead: Jean Terrell
Say I!
When you're alone and in a corner
Your only mourner
Is a face that appears in the nearest mirror
You've got to get it going
And somehow knowing
You're gonna have it better
Than you've ever had it because...
Everybody needs somebody
Everybody's got the right to love--
Everybody needs somebody
Everybody's got the right to love--
If it were me
(Say I!)
I'd say I
But if it's you
(Say yeah)
Say yeah
Cause if you can give in for a minute
Put your soul in it
We can get it together
And forever love--
(Everybody)
So what's the use of running boy
You know there ain't no fun in running
You need somebody
Somebody to love because...
(Everybody needs somebody
Everybody's got the right to love--)
You've got the right to say "I, need somebody"
(Everybody needs somebody
Everybody's got the right to love--)
I need you, you need me
Come together, talk to me
Oh yeah!
Everybody needs somebody
Everybody's got the right to love--
Everybody needs somebody
Everybody's got the right to love--
Now you can have all the things that you desire
But without love you just can't survive
Cause you need love to warm your heart at night
When you're all alone and no comfort's in sight
Yeah
You need somebody
Everybody needs somebody
Everybody's got the right to love--
Everybody needs somebody
Everybody's got the right to love--
Everybody needs somebody
Everybody's got the right to love--
Everybody needs somebody
Everybody's got the right to love--