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Pretenders – I Need Somebody (BBC Live Session) | Track profile | Dork

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I Need Somebody (BBC Live Session)

From Pretenders (Deluxe Edition)

Track 18

4:04

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"I Need Somebody (BBC Live Session)" is a track by Pretenders, from the album Pretenders (Deluxe Edition). The track is 4:04 long.

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Pretenders

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Track details

From Pretenders (Deluxe Edition)

4:04

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Album

Pretenders (Deluxe Edition)

11th January 1980

Track number

18

1Precious (2018 Remaster)
3:36
2The Phone Call (2018 Remaster)
2:29
3Up the Neck (2018 Remaster)
4:27
4Tattooed Love Boys (2018 Remaster)
2:59
5Space Invader (2018 Remaster)
3:27
6The Wait (2018 Remaster)
3:37
7Stop Your Sobbing (2018 Remaster)
2:40
8Kid (2018 Remaster)
3:06
9Private Life (2018 Remaster)
6:25
10Brass in Pocket (2018 Remaster)
3:04
11Lovers of Today (2018 Remaster)
5:51
12Mystery Achievement (2018 Remaster)
5:25
13Cuban Slide (2021 Remaster)
4:32
14Porcelain (2021 Remaster)
3:52
15The Wait (Single Version) [2021 Remaster]
3:09
16Nervous But Shy (2021 Remaster)
1:44
17Swinging London (2021 Remaster)
1:54
—Brass in Pocket - 2006 Remaster
3:06
1The Phone Call (Demo) [2021 Remaster]
2:21
2Suicide (Demo)
3:31
3Brass in Pocket (Demo) [2021 Remaster]
3:47
4Precious (Demo) [2021 Remaster]
3:44
5The Wait (Demo) [2021 Remaster]
3:07
6I Can't Control Myself (Demo) [2021 Remaster]
4:23
7Stop Your Sobbing (Demo) [2021 Remaster]
2:22
8Tequila (Demo) [2021 Remaster]
5:20
9Kid (Demo) [2021 Remaster]
4:03
10I Go to Sleep (Demo)
2:39
11Do I Love You (with Sunshine Boys)
2:58
12The Wait (BBC Live Session)
3:28
13Up The Neck (BBC Live Session)
3:52
14Stop Your Sobbing (BBC Live Session)
2:44
15Private Life (BBC Live Session)
6:43
16Cuban Slide (BBC Live Session)
3:53
17Mystery Achievement (BBC Live Session)
4:53
18I Need Somebody (BBC Live Session)
4:04
19Tattooed Love Boys (BBC Live Session)
3:12
1The Wait (BBC Live in London, Jan. 1979)
3:42
2Stop Your Sobbing (BBC Live in London, Jan. 1979)
2:59
3Kid (BBC Live in London, Jan. 1979)
3:41
4Cuban Slide (BBC Live in London, Jan. 1979)
4:58
5Brass In Pocket (BBC Live in London, Jan. 1979)
3:14
6Tattooed Love Boys (BBC Live in London, Jan. 1979)
3:25
7Mystery Achievement (BBC Live in London, Jan. 1979)
5:09
8Space Invader (Live in Boston, March 1980)
2:42
9The Wait (Live in Boston, March 1980)
3:21
10Precious (Live in Boston, March 1980)
3:23
11Kid (Live in Boston, March 1980)
3:30
12Private Life (Live in Boston, March 1980)
6:12
13Cuban Slide (Live in Boston, March 1980)
4:39
14The Phone Call (Live in Boston, March 1980)
2:34
15Talk of the Town (Live in Boston, March 1980)
3:24
16Tattooed Love Boys (Live in Boston, March 1980)
3:45
17Up the Neck (Live in Boston, March 1980)
5:55
18Mystery Achievement (Live in Boston, March 1980)
6:13
19Stop Your Sobbing (Live in Boston, March 1980)
6:12

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