Baby I Need Your Loving
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| "Baby I Need Your Loving" | ||||
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| File:Four Tops - Baby I Need Your Loving.jpg | ||||
| Single by Four Tops | ||||
| from the album Four Tops | ||||
| B-side | "Call on Me" | |||
| Released | July 10, 1964 | |||
| Recorded | Hitsville U.S.A. (Studio A); July 8, 1964 | |||
| Genre | Soul, pop | |||
| Length | 2:45 | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Holland–Dozier–Holland | |||
| Producer(s) | Brian Holland Lamont Dozier | |||
| Four Tops singles chronology | ||||
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"Baby I Need Your Loving" is a 1964 hit single recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland,[1] the song was the group's first Motown single and their first pop Top 20 hit, making it to number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100 in the fall of 1964. It was also their first million-selling hit single. Rolling Stone ranked The Four Tops' original version of the song at #390 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[2]
Personnel
- Lead vocals by Levi Stubbs.
- Background Vocals by Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Lawrence Payton, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, and The Andantes: Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, and Louvain Demps.
- Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (strings).
- Piano by Earl Van Dyke
- Bass by James Jamerson
- Guitar by Robert White
- Drums by Benny Benjamin
- String arrangements by Paul Riser
- Written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Edward Holland, Jr..
- Produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier.
Johnny Rivers' version
| "Baby I Need Your Lovin'" | ||||
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| Single by Johnny Rivers | ||||
| from the album Rewind | ||||
| B-side | "Gettin' Ready For Tomorrow" | |||
| Released | 1967 | |||
| Genre | R&B, soul, rock, folk | |||
| Length | 3:08 | |||
| Label | Imperial | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Holland–Dozier–Holland | |||
| Producer(s) | Lou Adler | |||
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"Baby, I Need Your Lovin'" was a slower, 1967 cover by Johnny Rivers. It reached #3 on Billboard Hot 100, topping the original version in chart performance.[3] It is included on his 1967 album Rewind.
Personnel
- Lead vocals by Johnny Rivers.
- Background vocals by The Blossoms: Darlene Love, Fanita James, and Jean King.
- Instrumentation by The Wrecking Crew
- Drums by Hal Blaine[4]
- Piano by Larry Knechtel
- Guitar by Mike Deasy
- Bass by Joe Osborn
- String arrangements by Marty Paich
- Produced by Lou Adler
- Written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Edward Holland, Jr..
Cover versions
The Fourmost released their version of this song, reaching #24 in the UK in November 1964.[citation needed] O.C. Smith covered it and took it to #52 in 1970.[5] Eric Carmen took it to #62 in 1979.[6] Marvin Gaye also covered it as a duet twice, first with Kim Weston in 1966 and later with Tammi Terrell in 1969.
References
- Hits Of The Sixties: The Million Sellers - By Demitri Coryton and Joseph Murrells (pg 100).
- ^ Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 50 - The Soul Reformation: Phase three, soul music at the summit. [Part 6] : UNT Digital Library" (audio). Pop Chronicles. University of North Texas Libraries.
- ^ "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. April 2010. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ Blaine, Hal, with David Goggin, Hal Blaine and the Wrecking Crew, MixBooks, Emeryville, California, 1990
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X