"You Need Love" | ||||
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Single by Styx | ||||
from the album Styx II | ||||
B-side | "You Better Ask" | |||
Released | 2 May 1975 | |||
Recorded | 1972 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 3:47 | |||
Label | Wooden Nickel | |||
Songwriter(s) | Dennis DeYoung | |||
Producer(s) | John Ryan | |||
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"You Need Love" is a song by Styx written by Dennis DeYoung. Following the success of the 1974 re-release of the single "Lady" from the album Styx II, "You Need Love" from that album was released as a follow-up single.
Cash Box said "with a dynamite synthesizer-guitar-rhythm-vocal intro leading the way, Styx explodes with lightning-quick guitar work and a slick pace that breaks it all up" and praised the guitar solos and organ passage. Record World said that "Guitar virtuosity melds with brilliant vocal harmonies, adding further excitement to their burgeoning career."
Personnel
- James Young: lead vocals, lead guitar
- Dennis DeYoung: keyboards, backing vocals
- John Curulewski: rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Chuck Panozzo: bass guitar
- John Panozzo: drums
Charts
Chart (1975) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Hot 100 | 88 |
References
- "Styx singles".
- Rock on MV (2014-09-23), Styx - You Need Love? - 4/2/1976 - Winterland (Official), retrieved 2018-02-20
- downhilldreamer (2006-03-04), Styx - Lady, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2018-02-20
- "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. April 26, 1975. p. 26. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
- "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. April 26, 1975. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
- "Styx Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
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