 The band 's lead singer Adam Levine co @-@ wrote " Love Somebody " with 3OH ! 3 singer Nathaniel Motte , Noel Zancanella , and OneRepublic 's Ryan Tedder . The latter two also produced it and provided programming and keys . Tedder and Zancanella also co @-@ wrote and co @-@ produced another song for Overexposed titled " Lucky Strike " . " Love Somebody " was engineered by Smith Carlson at the Patriot Studios in Denver and Noah " Mailbox " Passovoy at the Conway Studios in Los Angeles ; Eric Eylands served as the engineering assistant . Serban Ghenea mixed the song at the Mixstar Studios in Virginia Beach . John Hanes served as engineer for mix , while Phil Seaford as mixing assistant . 
