"Everybody Needs Love" | |
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Song by The Temptations | |
from the album The Temptin' Temptations | |
Released | November 1, 1965 |
Recorded | Hitsville USA (Studio A); 1965 |
Genre | Soul |
Length | 3:00 |
Label | Gordy |
Songwriter(s) |
Norman Whitfield Edward Holland, Jr. |
Producer(s) | Norman Whitfield |
"Everybody Needs Love" | ||||
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Single by Gladys Knight & the Pips | ||||
from the album Everybody Needs Love | ||||
B-side | "Stepping Closer To Your Heart" | |||
Released | June 12, 1967 | |||
Recorded | Hitsville USA (Studio A); 1966 | |||
Genre | Soul | |||
Length | 3:04 | |||
Label |
Soul S 35034 | |||
Songwriter(s) |
Norman Whitfield Edward Holland, Jr. | |||
Producer(s) | Norman Whitfield | |||
Gladys Knight & the Pips singles chronology | ||||
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"Everybody Needs Love" | ||||
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Single by Jimmy Ruffin | ||||
from the album Ruff 'N' Ready | ||||
A-side | "I'll Say Forever My Love" | |||
Released | February 13, 1968 | |||
Recorded | Hitsville USA (Studio A); 1965 | |||
Genre | Soul | |||
Length | 3:04 | |||
Label |
Soul S 35043 | |||
Songwriter(s) |
Norman Whitfield Edward Holland, Jr. | |||
Producer(s) | Norman Whitfield | |||
Jimmy Ruffin singles chronology | ||||
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"Everybody Needs Love" is a 1964 Motown song by Norman Whitfield and Edward Holland, Jr. The first version released was by The Temptations for their album The Temptin' Temptations in 1965 [1] (it also got airplay on some radio stations in the U.S.), but the most successful version was on a single by Gladys Knight & the Pips, which peaked at #39 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and #3 on the Billboard R&B singles chart, in 1967. [2] Other Motown acts that recorded this song were Mary Wells (who was the first to record it, though it was not released until after she left the company), [3] which featured Eddie Kendricks of The Temptations in the background, Jimmy Ruffin, The Velvelettes, and The Miracles. [4] All versions of the song were produced by Whitfield.