Upon release, the song was a respectable success on the charts and became the fourth top ten hit from the album on the Billboard Hot 100.

Following the release of the album, due to strong digital downloads, the song peaked at number eight on the singles chart in South Korea.

One of the members of the band, James Valentine spoke to Billboard and revealed their plans to release their fourth studio album in early 2012.

[7] According to Chris Payne of Billboard, Tedder and Zancanella's influence is all over the song and inches through the verses "before bubbling over just before the chorus kicks in.

"[8] Adam Markovitz of Entertainment Weekly in a review of the album, wrote that the song together with "Daylight" have "thickly" produced choruses.

[10] Nate Chinen of The New York Times described the lyrical theme of the song as "a plea for salvation on the dance floor or some other horizontal surface".

[11] Suzanne Byrne of RTÉ.ie wrote that "Love Somebody" alongside "Daylight", "The Man Who Never Lied" and "Lucky Strike" are potential single releases.

[12] Brittany Frederick of StarPulse called the song "earnest",[13] while Cameron Adams of Herald Sun described it as Coldplay "trying to be" Katy Perry.

[8] Adam Markovitz of Entertainment Weekly was more critical towards Levine's vocals on "Love Somebody" and wrote that the singer's voice is processed in a high disaffected whine — "like a male Rihanna or an android castrato", which according to him, it's ideal for tracing the contours of a pop hook.

[24] Directed by Rich Lee, the video features Levine and Emily Ratajkowski as his love interest, with the Maroon 5 members are all covered in grey paint.