“To Be Loved” was Jackie Wilson’s first hit, and also the song Jackie performed more than any other in his career. Backed with “Come Back to Me,” was released in February 1957 and eventually reached #22 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #7 on Billboard’s R&B chart.
[Verse 1]
Someone to care
Someone to share
Lonely hours and moments of despair
To be loved, to be loved (To be loved)
Oh what a feeling to be loved
[Verse 2]
Someone to kiss
Someone to miss
When you're away
To hear from each day
To be loved, to be loved (To be loved, to be loved)
Oh what a feeling to be loved
[Bridge]
Some wish to be a king or a queen
Some wish for fortune and fame
But to be, truly, truly, truly loved is
More than all of these things, oh, oh
[Verse 3]
Someone to kiss
Someone to miss
When you're away to hear from each day
To be loved, to be loved (To be loved, to be loved)
Oh what a feeling to be loved
To be loved, to be loved, oh what a feeling (To be loved, to be loved)
To be - be loved
To Be Loved was written by Gwen Gordy Fuqua & Roquel Davis & Berry Gordy.
To Be Loved was produced by Milton DeLugg.