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1975 single by Styx
"You Need Love"
Single by Styx
from the album Styx II
B-side"You Better Ask"
Released2 May 1975
Recorded1972
GenreRock
Length3:47
LabelWooden Nickel
Songwriter(s)Dennis DeYoung
Producer(s)John Ryan
Styx singles chronology
"Lady"
(1973)
"You Need Love"
(1975)
"Lorelei"
(1976)

"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

Charts

Chart (1975) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 88

References

  1. "Styx singles".
  2. Rock on MV (2014-09-23), Styx - You Need Love? - 4/2/1976 - Winterland (Official), retrieved 2018-02-20
  3. downhilldreamer (2006-03-04), Styx - Lady, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2018-02-20
  4. "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. April 26, 1975. p. 26. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  5. "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. April 26, 1975. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  6. "Styx Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
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