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"Somebody Loves You" is a song from English singer-songwriter Nik Kershaw. It was released as the lead single from Kershaw's fifth studio album ''15 Minutes'' in 1999. ==Background== Following a decline in Kershaw's commercial success starting in 1986, the 1989 album ''The Works'' failed to achieve much commercial success, and Kershaw, fed up of the lifestyle as a pop star, retreated into doing production and writing for other artists, including writing the UK number one Chesney Hawkes song "The One and Only". The album ''15 Minutes'' was Kershaw's first release for a decade, released in 1999. "Somebody Loves You" was the first of two singles from the album, and whilst the album and the second single failed to enter the UK charts, "Somebody Loves You" peaked at #70 for one single week in February 1999. The album followed in April 1999. It was his first chart entry since the 1989 single "One Step Ahead". "Somebody Loves You" was written and produced by Kershaw who would write most of his material solely. Kershaw's reputation was seriously reassessed after the release of the highly acclaimed ''15 Minutes'' and the quality of "Somebody Loves You" reaffirmed Nik as one of the UK's finest songwriting talents and finally started laying the image of the 80s Nik Kershaw to rest. Reinvigorated by the critical acclaim, the extensive radio play of the single, along with the second single "What Do You Think of It So Far?", and record company demands for more of the same, work began in 2000 on the follow-up album, ''To Be Frank'', which was released in 2001. In the Express of 7 February 1999, an interview with Kershaw by James O'Brian spoke of the song and stated ''"His first single in a decade called "Somebody Loves You", hits the streets soon and could well propel him back into the charts."'' Kershaw's reply was ''""That doesn't matter overmuch. I'm not-doing this for the money, I'm doing it because all songwriters want their stuff heard by as many people as possible. I feel more protective of this album than anything before. Real life started for me when I turned my back on stardom and "15 Minutes" is nothing if not real."'' In a 28 January 1999 interview with Kershaw by Amanda Cagan and Melissa Sprawl, the authors noted that "Somebody Loves You," dealt directly with a concept close to the artist: the idea and misconception of stardom. Kershaw explained ''"When you're up onstage, it feels like there's so much love coming off the audience. While it's good to experience that, you have to remember it's not for you, but something being projected onto you. You can enjoy it while it's happening, but it's very dangerous if you start believing it."'' In a 1998 interview by Sven Kardelke for Kuno On Line, Kardelke asked ''"Could you please tell us something about the lyrical content of some of your new songs?"'' For "Somebody Loves You", Kershaw stated ''"That's basically about being on stage and being famous. It's a negative look on what you get when you are famous, and when I was famous. I became the person I was playing in publicity. You know, you walk into a room. You didn't have to try too hard. Everyone knew who you were. It's just the images and pictures for me of that time, when I was onstage and saw the faces singing all those songs back to me. It was weird. And the chorus, "Somebody Loves You", that's really what it feels like. There is all this love coming back towards you. You have stop and think, "How much of that is really you?" You aren't what they think you are."'' In 3 April 1999 issue of the Billboard magazine, an article based on Kershaw by Charles Karel Bouley II noted ''"Kershaw returns May 4 with a collection that aims to be more than a comeback attempt for a faded pop star. More accurately, it's a sharp chronicle of an artist's experience in becoming a "normal" person after a bout of fame. In fact, the lead single is "Somebody Loves You," which takes a sharp poke at the hollow adoration of stardom."'' Kershaw revealed ''"During the '80s, I was 'Nik Kershaw: Pop Star'. That's what everybody else wanted me to be. I tried to play that role. It's very difficult to know who you are when all of that is going on. When it all finished in 1989, I went through a period of really wondering who I really was, because I wasn't a pop stay anymore."'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Somebody Loves You (Nik Kershaw song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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