Atlantic (1980)
We're moving on to the "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love" single and there are a few different versions out there. We'll start off with one of the most basic, the Atlantic single from Germany. Like a lot of single released off of the Blues Brothers soundtrack, this one repurposes the soundtrack's cover art as the single's cover. Nothing fancy and nothing particularly exciting. Although it's one of my favorite iconic images of the Blues Brothers, it does tend to get recycled a lot.
I find the choice of B side a bit odd as well since it's not really a Blues Brothers song. Aretha Franklin's "Think" is on the flip side and while it's certainly a great song and obviously appears in the movie, it strikes me as a weird choice for the b side of a single that's credited to The Blues Brothers. If anything, it seems more like a split single to me.
This isn't a one off occurrence, as we go through the soundtrack singles you'll see a few other interesting pairings like this. Luckily, they're all pretty great songs. Though in a perfect world, I'd lose the extra backing vocals in "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love" and just use the version that appears in the movie.
The Blues Brothers - "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love":
Aretha Franklin - "Think":
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