Linda Ronstadt - When Will I Be Loved? (1975)

"When Will I Be Loved" is a classic popular song written by Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers, who had a hit with it in 1960. Linda Ronstadt covered the song in 1975 and her version was an even bigger hit.

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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 third 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 priemier 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 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 — a feat she did perform on the Cash Box Top 100 Singles chart on June 21, 1975, which ranked "When Will I Be Loved" at number 1 ("You're No Good" had been number 1 in both Billboard and Cash Box February 15, 1975). Billboard did afford a number 1 ranking to "When Will I Be Loved" on its C&W chart, where it was Ronstadt's first of several chart-toppers.

As Ronstadt's "When Will I Be Loved" descended the charts, its B-side, a remake of Buddy Holly's "It Doesn't Matter Anymore", garnered enough airplay to chart at number 47 Pop, number 20 Adult Contemporary and number 54 Country.