Baby I Need Your Loving

"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).
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'"

Single by Johnny Rivers

from the album Rewind

B-side

"Gettin' Ready For Tomorrow"

Released

1967

Format

7" single

Genre

R&B, soul, rock, folk

Length

3:08

Label

Imperial

Writer(s)

Holland–Dozier–Holland

Producer(s)

Lou Adler

Johnny Rivers singles chronology

"Poor Side of Town"
(1966)

"Baby I Need Your Lovin'"
(1967)

"The Tracks of My Tears"
(1967)

"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. It is included on his 1967 album Rewind.

Credits

Lead vocals by Johnny Rivers.
Background vocals by The Blossoms: Darlene Love, Fanita James, and Jean King.
Drums by Hal Blaine^[3]
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. O.C. Smith covered it and took it to #52 in 1970. Eric Carmen took it to #62 in 1979.

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. Digital.library.unt.edu.
↑ "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. April 2010. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
↑ Blaine, Hal, with David Goggin, Hal Blaine and the Wrecking Crew, MixBooks, Emeryville, California, 1990

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Four Tops

Abdul "Duke" Fakir Ronnie McNeir Roquel Payton Harold Bonhart Levi Stubbs Renaldo "Obie" Benson Lawrence Payton Theo Peoples

Studio albums	Four Tops (1964) Four Tops Second Album (1965) On Top (1966) Reach Out (1967) Yesterday's Dreams (1968) The Four Tops Now! (1969) Soul Spin (1969) Still Waters Run Deep (1970) Changing Times (1970) Nature Planned It (1972) Keeper of the Castle (1972) Main Street People (1973) Meeting the Minds (1974) Night Lights Harmony (1975) Catfish (1976) The Show Must Go On (1977) At The Top (1978) Tonight! (1981) One More Mountain (1982) Back Where I Belong (1983) Magic (1985) Hot Nights (1986) Indestructible (1988)

Albums with The Supremes	The Magnificent 7 (1970) The Return of the Magnificent Seven (1971) Dynamite (1971)

Other albums	The Ultimate Collection (1997)

Singles (US/UK Top Ten singles)	"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" (1965) "It's the Same Old Song" (1965) "Reach Out I'll Be There" (1966) "Standing in the Shadows of Love" (1966) "Bernadette" (1967) "Walk Away Renée" (1967) "If I Were a Carpenter" (1968) "It's All in the Game" (1970) "Still Water (Love)" (1970) "A Simple Game" (1971) "Keeper of the Castle" (1972) "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)" (1973) "When She Was My Girl" (1981) "Loco in Acapulco" (1988)

Related topics	Discography Members Holland–Dozier–Holland The Supremes

Book:Four Tops

Four Tops singles discography

1960s	1964 "Baby I Need Your Loving" "Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worth While)" 1965 "Ask the Lonely" "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" "It's the Same Old Song" "Something About You" 1966 "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" "Reach Out I'll Be There" "Standing in the Shadows of Love" 1967 "Bernadette" "7-Rooms of Gloom" / "I'll Turn to Stone" "You Keep Running Away" 1968 "Walk Away Renée" "If I Were a Carpenter" "Yesterday's Dreams" "I'm in a Different World" 1969 "What Is a Man" "Do What You Gotta Do" "Don't Let Him Take Your Love from Me"

1970s	1970 "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" (re-issue) "It's All in the Game" "Still Water (Love)" "River Deep – Mountain High" (with The Supremes) 1971 "Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life)" "You Gotta Have Love in Your Heart" (with The Supremes) "In These Changing Times" "MacArthur Park (Part II)" 1972 "A Simple Game" "Bernadette" (re-issue) "Walk with Me, Talk with Me, Darling" "(It's the Way) Nature Planned It" "Keeper of the Castle" 1973 "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)" "Are You Man Enough" "Sweet Understanding Love" 1974 "I Just Can't Get You Out of My Mind" "One Chain Don't Make No Prison" "Midnight Flower" 1975 "Seven Lonely Nights" "We All Gotta Stick Together" 1976 "Catfish" "I'm Glad You Walked into My Life"

1980s	1981 "When She Was My Girl" "Don't Walk Away" 1982 "Let Me Set You Free" "Back to School Again" "Sad Hearts" "Tonight I'm Gonna Love You All Over" 1983 "I Believe in You and Me" "I Just Can't Walk Away" 1985 "Sexy Ways" 1988 "Reach Out I'll Be There" (re-issue) "If Ever a Love There Was" (with Aretha Franklin) "Indestructible" 1989 "Loco in Acapulco"

Book:Four Tops

Johnny Rivers

Live albums	At the Whisky à Go Go Here We à Go Go Again! In Action Meanwhile Back at the Whisky à Go Go ...And I Know You Wanna Dance

Songs	"Memphis" "Maybellene" "Mountain of Love" "Midnight Special" "The Seventh Son" "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" "Secret Agent Man" "(I Washed My Hands In) Muddy Water" "Poor Side Of Town" "Baby I Need Your Lovin'" "The Tracks of My Tears" "Summer Rain" "Into the Mystic" "Fire and Rain" "Sea Cruise" "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" "Blue Suede Shoes" "Six Days on the Road" "Help Me, Rhonda" "Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancing)" "Curious Mind (Um, Um, Um, Um,Um, Um))"

Related articles	Discography

Michael McDonald

Studio albums	If That's What It Takes (1982) No Lookin' Back (1985) Take It to Heart (1990) Blink of an Eye (1993) Blue Obsession (2000) Motown (2003) Motown Two (2004) Soul Speak (2008)

Singles	"I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)" "No Lookin' Back" "Sweet Freedom" "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" "Reach Out, I'll Be There" "Baby I Need Your Lovin'" "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)" "Deck the Halls/Jingle Bells" "Walk On By" "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas!

Record labels	Warner Bros. Reprise Universal Music Group Motown

Related articles	Discography The Doobie Brothers Toto Amy Holland

Holland–Dozier–Holland

Brian Holland Lamont Dozier Eddie Holland

Songs	1962 "Dearest One" "Old Love (Let's Try It Again)" "Darling, I Hum Our Song" 1963 "Leaving Here" "Locking Up My Heart" "What Goes Up Must Come Down" / "Come on Home" "Tie a String Around Your Finger" "Come and Get These Memories" / "Jealous Lover" "You Lost the Sweetest Boy" "Heat Wave" / "A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)" "(He Won't Be True) Little Girl Blue" "Mickey's Monkey" "Too Hurt to Cry, Too Much in Love to Say Goodbye" / "Come on Home" "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes" / "Standing at the Crossroads of Love" "I Gotta Dance to Keep From Crying" "Quicksand" / "Darling I Hum Our Song" "Live Wire" / "Old Love (Let's Try It Again)" "Run, Run, Run" / "I'm Giving You Your Freedom" "Can I Get a Witness" 1964 "A Tear from a Woman's Eyes" "My Lady Bug Stay Away from That Beatle" "Like a Nightmare" / "If You Were Mine" "In My Lonely Room" "Just Ain't Enough Love" "Where Did Our Love Go" "Baby Don't You Do It" "Guarantee for a Lifetime" "Baby I Need Your Loving" / "Call on Me" "Candy to Me" / "If You Don't Want My Love" "Whisper You Love Me Boy" "Baby Love" / "Ask Any Girl" "Come See About Me" / (You're Gone But) Always in My Heart" "Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worth While)" / "Love has Gone" "You're a Wonderful One" "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" 1965 "Where Did You Go" "Stop! In the Name of Love" / "I'm in Love Again" "You've Been a Long Time Coming" "Who Could Ever Doubt My Love" "Nowhere to Run" "Back in My Arms Again" / "Whisper You Love Me Boy" "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" "The Only Time I'm Happy" "Mother Dear" / "He Holds His Own" "Nothing but Heartaches" / "He Holds His Own" "Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things)" "It's the Same Old Song" / "Your Love Is Amazing" "Mother Dear" / "Who Could Ever Doubt My Love" "I Hear a Symphony" / "Who Could Ever Doubt My Love" "Something About You" "Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)" "Darling Baby" "There's a Ghost in My House" 1966 "(I'm a) Roadrunner" "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)" "Ask any Man" "My World Is Empty Without You" "Put Yourself in My Place" "There's No Love Left" "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" / "Just as Long as You Need Me" "Helpless" / "A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)" "Call on Me" "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart" / "He's All I Got" "Who Could Ever Doubt My Love" "I Like Everything About You" "I Guess I'll Always Love You" "Nothing but Soul" "Love's Gone Bad" / "Put Yourself in My Place" "You Can't Hurry Love" / "Put Yourself in My Place" "Little Darling (I Need You)" "Reach Out I'll Be There" / "Until You Love Someone" "Stay in My Lonely Arms" "You Keep Me Hangin' On" / "I Wanna Mother You, Smother You With Love" "You Keep Me Hangin' On" / "Remove This Doubt" "Standing in the Shadows of Love" / Since You've Been Gone" "I'm Ready for Love" "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need" "Heaven Must Have Sent You" 1967 "Just One Last Look" "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" / There's No Stopping Us Now" "Your Love Is Amazing" "Jimmy Mack" / "Third Finger, Left Hand" "Bernadette" / "I Got a Feeling" "My World Is Empty Without You" "The Happening" / "All I Know About You" "Just Ain't Enough Love" "7-Rooms of Gloom" / "I'll Turn to Stone" "I Understand My Man" "Your Unchanging Love" / "I'll Take Care of You" "Reflections" / "Going Down for the Third Time" "One Way Out" "You Keep Me Running Away" / "If You Don't Want My Love" "I Got a Feeling" "In and Out of Love" / "I Guess I'll Always Love You" 1968 "Whisper You Love Me Boy" "Forever Came Today" "I'm in a Different World" 1969 "We've Got a Way Out Love" "Crumbs off the Table" 1970 "Give Me Just a Little More Time" "(You've Got Me) Dangling on a String" "Everything's Tuesday" "Band of Gold" "Westbound #9" 1972 "The Day I Found Myself" "Don't Leave Me Starvin' for Your Love" "Why Can't We Be Lovers" 1973 "You're Gonna Need Me" 1975 "We're Almost There" "Just a Little Bit of You" "Early Morning Love" "Where Do I Go from Here" 1976 "I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking" "High Energy" "Let Yourself Go" 1982 "We Can Never Light That Old Flame Again"

Related topics	Motown Hot Wax Records Invictus Records List of songs written by Holland, Dozier and Holland

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