When Will I Be Loved ( song ) - wikipedia When Will I Be Loved ( song ) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( September 2016 ) `` When Will I Be Loved '' Single by The Everly Brothers from the album The Fabulous Style of The Everly Brothers B - side `` Be-Bop - A-Lula '' Released May 1960 Format Vinyl, 7 ``, 45 RPM Recorded February 18, 1960 Genre Country Length 2 : 26 Label Cadence Songwriter ( s ) Phil Everly Producer ( s ) Wesley Rose The Everly Brothers singles chronology `` Cathy 's Clown '' ( 1960 ) `` When Will I Be Loved '' ( 1960 ) `` So Sad '' ( 1960 ) `` Cathy 's Clown '' ( 1960 ) `` When Will I Be Loved '' ( 1960 ) `` So Sad '' ( 1960 ) `` When Will I Be Loved '' is a classic popular song written by Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers, who had a US top ten hit with it in 1960. Linda Ronstadt covered the song in 1975, and her version was an even bigger hit in the US peaking at No. 2. Contents 1 The Everly Brothers version 1.1 Background 1.2 Personnel 1.3 Chart performance 1.4 Weekly charts 1.5 Year - end charts 2 Linda Ronstadt version 2.1 Background 3 Charts 3.1 Weekly charts 3.2 Year - end charts 4 Other versions 5 References 6 External links The Everly Brothers version Background The Everly Brothers scored a number 8 hit single with `` When Will I Be Loved '' in the summer of 1960 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The track had been recorded in 1960 while the duo were contracted to Cadence Records ; by 1960 they had moved to Warner Brothers and recording in a more mainstream pop / rock style than previously. The belated release by Cadence of `` When Will I Be Loved '' provided the Everly Brothers with a final rockabilly - style hit. Personnel The session, produced by Archie Bleyer, took place on February 18, 1960 at the RCA Studio in Nashville. Those at the session included : Don Everly -- guitar, vocals Phil Everly -- guitar, vocals Chet Atkins, guitar Hank Garland, guitar Luther Brandon, guitar Lightnin Chance, bass Buddy Harman, drums Floyd Cramer, piano Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1960 ) Peak position Australian ARIA Chart Canadian RPM Top Singles 16 UK Singles Chart US Billboard Hot 100 8 Year - end charts Chart ( 1960 ) Rank US Billboard Hot 100 91 Linda Ronstadt version `` When Will I Be Loved '' Single by Linda Ronstadt from the album Heart Like a Wheel B - side `` It Does n't Matter Anymore '' Released March 25, 1975 Format Vinyl, 7 ``, 45 RPM Genre Country rock, soft rock Length 2 : 04 Label Capitol Songwriter ( s ) Phil Everly Producer ( s ) Peter Asher Linda Ronstadt singles chronology `` You 're No Good '' ( 1974 ) `` When Will I Be Loved '' ( 1975 ) `` Heat Wave '' ( 1975 ) `` You 're No Good '' ( 1974 ) `` When Will I Be Loved '' / `` It Does n't Matter Anymore '' ( 1975 ) `` Heat Wave '' ( 1975 ) Background The song had its highest profile when Linda Ronstadt covered it on her album Heart Like A Wheel. This version rearranges the verses of the Everly Brothers original, transposing the first and fourth verses. Capitol Records was reportedly unsure whether to release `` When Will I Be Loved '' or `` You 're No Good '' as the lead 45 off of Heart Like a Wheel, finally deciding to issue `` You 're No Good '' as the premier single. `` When Will I Be Loved '' was issued as the second single ( in March 1975 ) and hit number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June of that year, as well as number 1 in Cash Box ; only the chart dominance of the year 's biggest hit, `` Love Will Keep Us Together '' by Captain & Tennille, prevented Ronstadt from having consecutive number 1 hit singles on the Hot 100. Billboard did afford a number 1 ranking to `` When Will I Be Loved '' on its C&W chart. As Ronstadt 's `` When Will I Be Loved '' descended the charts, its B - side, a remake of Buddy Holly 's `` It Does n't Matter Anymore '', garnered enough airplay to chart at number 47 Pop, number 20 Adult Contemporary, and number 54 Country. Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 1975 ) Peak position Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks Canadian RPM Country Singles Canadian RPM Top Singles 7 US Billboard Adult Contemporary US Billboard Hot Country Singles US Billboard Hot 100 Year - end charts Chart ( 1975 ) Rank Canada RPM Top Singles 78 Canada RPM Adult Contemporary 23 US Billboard Hot 100 47 US Cash Box 39 Other versions Manfred Mann included a version of the song on their number - one EP in 1966. John Denver recorded a cover of the album on his 1966 album John Denver Sings. However, the album was not released to the general public until 2011. In 1967 Johnny Young & Kompany reached No. 3 in Australia with `` When Will I Be Loved '' charted in tandem with its flip `` Kiss Me Now ''. Sandy Denny recorded a version of the song with Linda Thompson on the rock n ' roll covers album Rock On with The Bunch in 1972. The track was also released as a single that same year. Tanya Tucker recorded `` When Will I Be Loved '' for her 1975 album Tanya Tucker ; the track features a harmony vocal by the song 's composer, Phil Everly. Slik has taken this song on their album Slik in 1976. Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds released a version of the song on their 1980 EP, Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds Sing The Everly Brothers. The 1985 Magnum, P.I. episode `` Let Me Hear the Music '' features a live performance of `` When Will I Be Loved '' by Amanda McBroom while the `` Jami McFame '' episode of According to Jim ( 2008 ) features Jamison Belushi - daughter of series star James Belushi - performing the song. Dolly Parton has performed the song live on numerous occasions, including on her 1987 - 88 TV series Dolly. In the movie Cocktail ( 1988 ), Tom Cruise and Elisabeth Shue dance and sing along to the jukebox which is playing When Will I Be Loved. Ria performed the song in the movie When Will I Be Loved ( 2004 ). Carrie Underwood performed the song on American Idol in 2005. John Fogerty remade `` When Will I Be Loved '' for his 2009 album The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again ; the track is performed as a duet with Bruce Springsteen. The Chapin Sisters remade `` When Will I Be Loved '' for their 2013 album release A Date with the Everly Brothers. Versions of `` When Will I Be Loved '' have also been recorded by Rosemary Clooney, John Denver, The Little River Band, Gram Parsons, Sandy Posey, Ricochet, and Rockpile. Vince Gill recorded the song for the soundtrack of the 1994 movie 8 Seconds. Martina McBride sang the song on the ACM Girls Night Out Broadcast, April 22, 2011. In 2012, The Rifles recorded an acoustic cover for their album Acoustic 2 In 2014, Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day and Miranda Lambert performed the song at the Grammy Awards as a tribute to the song 's writer who died in January 2014. References ^ Jump up to : Poore, Billy ( 1998 ). Rockabilly : a forty - year journey. Milwaukee, WI : Hal Leonard Publishing. p. 170. ISBN 0 - 7935 - 9142 - 2. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1960 / Top 100 Songs of 1960 ''. www.musicoutfitters.com. Jump up ^ Knowles, Christopher ( 1 October 2010 ). `` The Secret History of Rock ' n ' Roll ''. Simon and Schuster -- via Google Books. Jump up ^ The New York Times, 19 November 1974, p. 32 Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits : Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 540. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2008 ). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits : 1944b2008,. Record Research. p. 300. Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. collectionscanada.gc.ca. Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. collectionscanada.gc.ca. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1975 / Top 100 Songs of 1975 ''. www.musicoutfitters.com. Jump up ^ `` Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1975 ''. tropicalglen.com. Jump up ^ `` Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds, Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds Sing The Everly Brothers ''. Retrieved December 3, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Episode Music & Scores ''. Magnum Mania !. 2013 - 01 - 11. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 26. Jump up ^ `` News ''. John Fogerty. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 26. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` Thank God I 'm a Country Boy '' by John Denver Cash Box Top 100 Singles number - one single ( Linda Ronstadt version ) June 21, 1975 Succeeded by `` Love Will Keep Us Together '' by Captain & Tennille Preceded by `` Window Up Above '' by Mickey Gilley Billboard Hot Country Singles number - one single ( Linda Ronstadt version ) June 14, 1975 Succeeded by `` You 're My Best Friend '' by Don Williams Preceded by `` Reconsider Me '' by Narvel Felts RPM Country Tracks number - one single ( Linda Ronstadt version ) July 19, 1975 Succeeded by `` Yellow House of Love '' by Patti MacDonnell The Everly Brothers Studio albums The Everly Brothers Songs Our Daddy Taught Us It 's Everly Time A Date with the Everly Brothers Both Sides of an Evening Instant Party ! Christmas with the Everly Brothers and the Boystown Choir The Everly Brothers Sing Great Country Hits Gone Gone Gone Rock'n Soul Beat & Soul In Our Image Two Yanks in England The Hit Sound of the Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers Sing Roots Stories We Could Tell Pass the Chicken & Listen EB 84 Born Yesterday Some Hearts Live albums Everly Brothers Show Compilation albums The Everly Brothers ' Best Greatest Hits Vol. III The New Album All They Had to Do Was Dream Heartaches and Harmonies Stories We Could Tell : The RCA Years Too Good to Be True Give Me a Future Singles `` Bye Bye Love '' `` Wake Up Little Susie '' `` This Little Girl of Mine '' `` Should We Tell Him '' `` All I Have to Do Is Dream '' `` Bird Dog '' `` Devoted to You '' `` Problems '' `` Take a Message to Mary '' `` Poor Jenny '' `` ( Till ) I Kissed You '' `` Let It Be Me '' `` Cathy 's Clown '' `` When Will I Be Loved '' `` So Sad ( To Watch Good Love Go Bad ) '' `` Like Strangers '' `` Be-Bop - A-Lula '' `` Lucille '' `` Walk Right Back '' `` Ebony Eyes '' `` Temptation '' `` Do n't Blame Me '' `` Crying in the Rain '' `` That 's Old Fashioned ( That 's the Way Love Should Be ) '' `` Do n't Ask Me to Be Friends '' `` Love Her '' `` Ai n't That Lovin ' You, Baby '' `` That 'll Be the Day '' `` The Price of Love '' `` Love Is Strange '' `` ( You Got ) The Power of Love '' `` Somebody Help Me '' `` Bowling Green '' `` Love of the Common People '' `` Carolina in My Mind '' `` Not Fade Away '' `` The Air That I Breathe '' ( Phil Everly solo ) `` Brother Jukebox '' ( Don Everly solo ) `` Dare to Dream Again '' ( Phil Everly solo ) `` On the Wings of a Nightingale '' `` Do n't Worry Baby '' `` Ballad of a Teenage Queen '' Related topics Discography List of songs Gibson Everly Brothers Flattop Venetia Stevenson Edan Everly James Best Book Linda Ronstadt Stone Poneys albums The Stone Poneys featuring Linda Ronstadt Evergreen, Volume 2 Linda Ronstadt, Stone Poneys and Friends, Vol. III Studio albums Hand Sown... Home Grown Silk Purse Linda Ronstadt Do n't Cry Now Heart Like a Wheel Prisoner in Disguise Hasten Down the Wind Simple Dreams Living in the USA Mad Love Get Closer What 's New Lush Life For Sentimental Reasons Canciones de Mi Padre Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind Mas Canciones Frenesí Winter Light Feels Like Home Dedicated to the One I Love We Ran A Merry Little Christmas Hummin ' to Myself Collaborations Trio Santiago Trio II Western Wall : The Tucson Sessions Adieu False Heart Compilations Different Drum Greatest Hits Greatest Hits, Volume 2 The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt Mi Jardin Azul : Las Canciones Favoritas Duets Hit singles `` Different Drum '' `` Long, Long Time '' `` You 're No Good '' `` When Will I Be Loved '' `` Heat Wave '' `` Love Is a Rose '' `` The Tracks of My Tears '' `` That 'll Be the Day '' `` Blue Bayou '' `` It 's So Easy '' `` Poor Poor Pitiful Me '' `` Tumbling Dice '' `` Back in the U.S.A. '' `` Ooh Baby Baby '' `` Just One Look '' `` Alison '' `` How Do I Make You '' `` Hurt So Bad '' `` I Ca n't Let Go '' `` I Knew You When '' `` What 's New ? '' `` Somewhere Out There `` Do n't Know Much '' `` All My Life '' `` When Something Is Wrong With My Baby '' `` Walk On '' Related topics Discography Mr. Plow Book Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=When_Will_I_Be_Loved_(song)&oldid=836411871 '' Categories : 1960 songs 1960 singles 1975 singles 2009 singles Songs written by Phil Everly The Everly Brothers songs Linda Ronstadt songs Nick Lowe songs Dave Edmunds songs John Fogerty songs Bruce Springsteen songs Little River Band songs Song recordings produced by Peter Asher Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one singles RPM Country Tracks number - one singles RPM Adult Contemporary number - one singles Cadence Records singles Capitol Records singles Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from September 2016 All articles needing additional references Articles with hAudio microformats Pages using div col with deprecated parameters Talk Contents About Wikipedia 日本 語 Edit links This page was last edited on 14 April 2018, at 17 : 17. 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Question: who sang the song when will i be loved
Answer: Linda Ronstadt