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Written by: Darby Slick
Produced by: Rick Jarrard
Released: Feb. '67 on RCA
Charts: 15 weeks
Top spot: No. 5
"Somebody" was about "doubt and disillusionment," according to Darby Slick, who wrote it while in the Great Society. His sister-in-law Grace brought it to the Airplane, whose hard-edged rendition became one of the San Francisco scene's first hits.
Appears on: Surrealistic Pillow (RCA)