I Need to Be in Love
| "I Need to Be in Love" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| A-side | "I Need to Be in Love" |
| B-side | "Sandy" |
"I Need to Be in Love" is a song written by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis. It was released as a single on May 21, 1976. It was featured on the "A Kind of Hush" album, which was released on June 11 of the same year. The single featured a version without the piano lead-in and starts immediately with a flute introduction by Bob Messenger. Richard Carpenter recalled that it was Karen Carpenter's favorite Carpenters song.[1]
The song peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100[2] and number 36 in the UK charts.[3] In 1995, it was released as a CD single in Japan, after being chosen for the theme song of the drama Miseinen. It was taken from the best-selling compilation 22 Hits of the Carpenters (promoted as a double A-side with "Top of the World"). Richard Carpenter claims that "It became one of the biggest sellers of 1995, ultimately going quadruple platinum. In more ways than one, Karen would have loved that!"[1] "I Need to Be in Love" was also The Carpenters' fourteenth number one on the Easy Listening chart.[4]
Cover versions
- Filipino bossa nova singer Sitti recorded a cover of this song for her second album My Bossa Nova.
- This song was sung by the Pakistani pop singer Hadiqa Kiyani as a tribute to The Carpenters.
Chart performance
| Chart (1976) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 25 |
| U.S. Billboard Easy Listening | 1 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 31 |
| Oricon (Japanese) Singles Chart | 62 |
| UK Singles Chart | 36 |
| Chart (1995) | Peak position |
| Oricon | 5 |
See also
References
- ^ a b Carpenters •• I Need To Be In Love
- ^ "I Need to Be in Love" USA chart history, Billboard.com. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
- ^ Carpenters UK chart history, The Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 48.
