Somebody to Love

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"Somebody to Love" is a 1967 psychedelic rock song, originally by The Great Society and made famous by Jefferson Airplane, that became one of the defining anthems of the San Francisco counterculture era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
albumVersionBy Jefferson Airplane ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Someone to Love (working title) ⓘ
artist Jefferson Airplane ⓘ
associatedWithMovement San Francisco counterculture ⓘ
associatedWithScene Haight-Ashbury music scene ⓘ
bSideOfSingleByJeffersonAirplane She Has Funny Cars ⓘ
chartSuccess major hit in the United States ⓘ
composer Darby Slick ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
describedAs anthem of the San Francisco counterculture era ⓘ
era 1960s rock ⓘ
genre psychedelic rock ⓘ
hasTitle Somebody to Love ⓘ
includedOnAlbum Surrealistic Pillow ⓘ
label RCA Victor ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadVocalistOnHitVersion Grace Slick ⓘ
madeFamousBy Jefferson Airplane ⓘ
notableFor association with the Summer of Love ⓘ
powerful vocals by Grace Slick ⓘ
prominent electric guitar ⓘ
originalArtist The Great Society ⓘ
originalReleaseYear 1966 ⓘ
performedBy Jefferson Airplane ⓘ
The Great Society ⓘ
performedLiveBy Jefferson Airplane at major rock festivals ⓘ
placeOfOrigin San Francisco ⓘ
recordedBy Jefferson Airplane ⓘ
The Great Society ⓘ
releaseYear 1967 ⓘ
writer Darby Slick ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jefferson Airplane → notableWork → Somebody to Love ⓘ
Jefferson Airplane → notableSong → Somebody to Love ⓘ
Let's Roll → hasTrack → Somebody to Love ⓘ
subject linked to: Let’s Roll
Jack Casady → notableSongPerformance → “Somebody to Love” ⓘ
linked to: Somebody to Love
Grace Slick → notableWork → Somebody to Love ⓘ
Grace Slick → notableSongContribution → sang lead vocals on Somebody to Love ⓘ
linked to: Somebody to Love
Surrealistic Pillow → hasPart → Somebody to Love ⓘ
Surrealistic Pillow → significantSong → Somebody to Love ⓘ