Little Darling (I Need You)
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"Little Darling (I Need You)" is a 1966 single written and produced by Holland-Dozier-Holland and recorded and released by Marvin Gaye on the Tamla label.
This song was released after the modest success of the Miracles-produced single "Take This Heart of Mine" in hopes that Gaye's work with the hit-making trio Holland-Dozier-Holland would bring him back to the pop top ten.
Similarly conceived with the same musical background as their previous collaboration, "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)", the song has the singer declaring to his woman to stay beside him promising her that he'll be "(her) number-one fool".
While it reached the top forty of the Billboard Top R&B Singles chart peaking at number sixteen, it did not perform as well as "Take This Heart of Mine" on the pop charts, peaking at number 47.
The song was subsequently recorded by the Flirtations in 1971, and in 1977 by The Doobie Brothers for their seventh studio album Livin' on the Fault Line.
Marvin Gaye Personnel
- Lead vocals by Marvin Gaye
- Background vocals by The Andantes: Marlene Barrow, Jackie Hicks and Louvain Demps
- Written by Holland-Dozier-Holland
- Produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier
- Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
The Doobie Brothers, Personnel
- Michael McDonald – keyboards, synthesizer, vocals
- Patrick Simmons – guitar, backing vocals
- Jeff "Skunk" Baxter - guitar
- Tiran Porter – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Keith Knudsen – drums backing vocals
- John Hartman – drums
Additional Musicians
- Bobby LaKind – congas, backing vocals
- Rosemary Butler – backing vocals
- David Paich – horn and string arrangements
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