Who originally did Baby I Need Your Lovin?

"Baby, I Need Your Loving"
(originally by Four Tops)

Baby, I need your lovin'
Baby, I need your lovin'

Although you're never near
Your voice I often hear
Another day, another night
I long to hold you tight
'Cause I'm so lonely

Baby, I need your lovin'
I got to have all your lovin'
Baby, I need your lovin'
Got to have all your lovin'

Some say it's a sign of weakness
For a man to beg
Then weak I'd rather be
If it means havin' you to keep
'Cause lately I've been losin' sleep

Baby, I need your lovin'
I got to have all your lovin'
Baby, I need your lovin'
Got to have all your lovin'

Empty nights
Echo your name
Sometimes I wonder
Will I ever be the same

Oh yeah, when you see me smile
You know
Things have gotten worse
Any smile you might see
Has all been rehearsed

Darlin', I can't go on without you
This emptiness won't let me live without you
This loneliness inside me, darlin'
Makes me feel not alive, honey

Baby, I need your lovin'
I got to have all your lovin'
Baby, I need your lovin'
Got to have all your lovin'

Baby, I need your lovin'
I got to have all your lovin'
Baby, I need your lovin'
Got to have all your lovin'

Writer(s): Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland, Brian Holland

album: "Rewind" (1967)

Who originally did Baby I Need Your Lovin?

1. The dynamics of the track are outstanding. Listen to how the band backs off the intensity during the verses. Sometimes this is done by just eliminating some arrangement elements (which also happens here), but in this case you can actually feel the band holding back a little to leave room for the vocal. It’s a classic example of how it’s done.

2. Listen to how important the finger snaps are, as they act as the backbone of the song. This is actually brilliant in that they replace the snare with a softer sound that better fits the arrangement.

3. Take notice how the brass provides a quiet counterpoint to the guitar on the right side during the verse.

4. The song was cut in the early days of stereo, so the panning is interesting. The drums, bass and piano are on the left side, while the guitar, horns and strings are on the right.

5. This is one of the few Motown songs where the bass isn’t featured. In fact, it blends into the track so well that the notes are difficult to distinguish. It also sounds like an upright rather than the standard Precision bass used on most of the label’s hits.

6. The band is made up of the best jazz players in Detroit, but yet they play ver disciplined parts, which isn’t easy for fluid players with a lot of technique. Like The Wrecking Crew from LA, these guys knew how to make a track work.

It’s always a pleasure to hear an instrumental track of a big hit, and “Baby, I Need Your Lovin'” is no exception. We get an X-ray view inside a great arrangement.

  • IntroductionBaby I Need Your Loving
  • Personnel
  • Johnny Rivers' version
  • Cover versions
  • References

Baby I Need Your Loving

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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 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number four in Canada in the fall of 1964. It was also their first million-selling hit single.

Quick facts: "Baby I Need Your Loving", Single by Four Top... "Baby I Need Your Loving"

Who originally did Baby I Need Your Lovin?
Single by Four Topsfrom the album Four TopsB-side"Call on Me"ReleasedJuly 10, 1964 (1964-07-10)RecordedJuly 8, 1964StudioHitsville U.S.A. (Studio A)GenreSoul, popLength2:45LabelMotownSongwriter(s)Holland–Dozier–HollandProducer(s)Brian Holland, Lamont DozierFour Tops singles chronology"Pennies from Heaven"
(1962)"Baby I Need Your Loving"
(1964)"Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worth While)"
(1964)Close

Cash Box described it as "an intriguing rock-a-cha-cha beat pleader...that [the Four Tops] carve out with solid sales authority."[2] Rolling Stone ranked the Four Tops' original version of the song at No. 400 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[3]

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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 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number four in Canada in the fall of 1964. It was also their first million-selling hit single.

Quick facts: "Baby I Need Your Loving", Single by Four Top... "Baby I Need Your Loving"

Who originally did Baby I Need Your Lovin?
Single by Four Topsfrom the album Four TopsB-side"Call on Me"ReleasedJuly 10, 1964 (1964-07-10)RecordedJuly 8, 1964StudioHitsville U.S.A. (Studio A)GenreSoul, popLength2:45LabelMotownSongwriter(s)Holland–Dozier–HollandProducer(s)Brian Holland, Lamont DozierFour Tops singles chronology"Pennies from Heaven"
(1962)"Baby I Need Your Loving"
(1964)"Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worth While)"
(1964)Close

Cash Box described it as "an intriguing rock-a-cha-cha beat pleader...that [the Four Tops] carve out with solid sales authority."[2] Rolling Stone ranked the Four Tops' original version of the song at No. 400 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[3]

Who did Baby I Need Your Loving first?

"Baby I Need Your Loving" is a 1964 hit single recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. ... Baby I Need Your Loving..

Who sang the original I Need Your Lovin?

I Need Your Lovin' (also: "Need Your Lovin'") is a popular rhythm and blues song written by Bobby Robinson and Don Gardner. Gardner, teamed up with singer Dee Dee Ford and scored a Top 20 hit with the song in 1962.

Who wrote Baby I Need Your Loving by the Four Tops?

Eddie HollandBaby I Need Your Loving / Lyricistnull

When did Johnny Rivers Release Baby I Need Your Lovin?

1967Baby I Need Your Lovin’ / Releasednull