 Suzanne Byrne of RTÉ.ie wrote that " Love Somebody " alongside " Daylight " , " The Man Who Never Lied " and " Lucky Strike " are potential single releases . Brittany Frederick of StarPulse called the song " earnest " , while Cameron Adams of Herald Sun described it as Coldplay " trying to be " Katy Perry . Similarly as Adams , PopMatters ' Evan Sawdey wrote that " Love Somebody " is the group 's " sky @-@ scraping Coldplay moment " . Jeremy Thomas of 411 Mania labeled the song as one of the more emotional tracks on Overexposed and a " rare moment where the overhanging production tricks ease up just enough to make for an honest @-@ to @-@ God song with emotion and not just a laser scope aimed at the Billboard charts . 
