"When Somebody Loves You"
Single by Alan Jackson
from the album When Somebody Loves You
B-side"Meat and Potato Man"
ReleasedMarch 5, 2001
Recorded2000
GenreCountry
Length3:28
LabelArista Nashville 69049
Songwriter(s)Alan Jackson
Producer(s)Keith Stegall
Alan Jackson singles chronology
"www.memory"
(2000) 		"When Somebody Loves You"
(2001) 		"Where I Come From"
(2001)

"When Somebody Loves You" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released in March 2001 as the second single and title track from the album of the same name. It peaked at number 5 on the Hot Country Songs chart.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Jackson's "warm-throated delivery turns it into a treasure." She goes on to say that there is a "tender, vulnerable quality to his performance, ideally underscored by the mandolin and dobro that enhance the production."[1]

Music video

The music video was directed by Chris Rogers and is filmed entirely in black and white, except for one rose, seen at the end of the video. It was one of CMT's Top 20 most-played videos of 2001.

Chart performance

"When Somebody Loves You" debuted at number 42 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of March 10, 2001.

Chart (2001) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 5
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 52

Year-end charts

Chart (2001) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 33

References

  1. ^ Billboard, March 10, 2001
  2. ^ "Alan Jackson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. ^ "Alan Jackson Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  4. ^ "Best of 2001: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2001. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
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