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{{short description|1987 single by LL Cool J}}
{{About|the LL Cool J song|other songs with the same title|I Need Love (disambiguation)}}
{{About|the song by LL Cool J|other songs with the same title|I Need Love (disambiguation)}}
{{Refimprove|date=August 2010}}
{{More citations needed|date=August 2010}}
{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| name = I Need Love
| name = I Need Love
| cover = I need Love.jpg
| cover = I need Love.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| type = single
| type = single
| artist = [[LL Cool J]]
| artist = [[LL Cool J]]
| album = [[Bigger and Deffer]]
| album = [[Bigger and Deffer]]
| released = July 13, 1987
| B-side = My Rhyme Ain't Done
| released = July 13, 1987
| format = [[Gramophone record|12"]], [[7" vinyl]], [[CD Single|CD]]
| recorded = 1987
| recorded = 1987
| studio =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = [[Hip hop soul]]
| genre = [[Golden age hip hop]]
| length = 5:23
| label = * [[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]]
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| length = 5:23
| label = [[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]], [[Columbia Records|Columbia]], [[Sony Music Entertainment|CBS Records]]
* [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
* [[Sony Music Entertainment|CBS]]
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| writer = [[LL Cool J|James Todd Smith]]
| producer = [[LL Cool J]], [[L.A. Posse]]
| writer = * [[LL Cool J|James Smith]]
* L.A. Posse
| prev_title = [[I'm Bad]]
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| producer = * [[LL Cool J]]
| prev_year = 1987
* [[L.A. Posse]]
| next_title = [[Go Cut Creator Go]]
| next_year = 1987
| prev_title = [[I'm Bad]]
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| prev_year = 1987
| next_title = [[Going Back to Cali (LL Cool J song)|Going Back to Cali]]
| next_year = 1988
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|NEUX-HYRtUA|"I Need Love"}}}}
}}
}}


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"'''I Need Love'''" is the second single from [[LL Cool J]]'s second album, ''[[Bigger and Deffer]]''. The single reached number 1 on the [[Hot Black Singles]] and number 14 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] while becoming one of the first rap songs to enjoy mainstream popularity in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], rising to number 8 in the [[UK Singles Chart]]. The single won a [[Soul Train Music Award for Best Rap Single]] in [[1988 Soul Train Music Awards]]. The song was listed as number 13 on [[About.com]]'s Top 100 Rap Songs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rap.about.com/od/top10songs/ss/Top100RapSongs_9.htm|title=100 Greatest Rap Songs|author=Henry Adaso|work=About.com Entertainment|access-date=2008-01-25|archive-date=2011-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827110016/http://rap.about.com/od/top10songs/ss/Top100RapSongs_9.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
"'''I Need Love'''" is the second single from [[LL Cool J]]'s second album, ''[[Bigger and Deffer]]''.
==Background==
The drums were played with a [[Roland TR-808]] and the keyboard tone was played with a [[Yamaha DX7]] using the Fulltines patch.
==Reception==
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It reached #1 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] and #14 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] while becoming one of the first rap songs to enjoy mainstream popularity in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], reaching #8 in the [[UK Singles Chart]]. The single won a [[Soul Train Music Award for Best Rap Single]] in [[1988 Soul Train Music Awards]]. The song ranked #13 on [[About.com]]'s Top 100 Rap Songs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rap.about.com/od/top10songs/ss/Top100RapSongs_9.htm|title=100 Greatest Rap Songs|author=Henry Adaso|work=About.com Entertainment}}</ref> Number 60 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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==Charts==
==Charts==
{{col-start}}
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
{{col-2}}
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!Chart (1987)

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!Peak<br/>position
===Weekly charts===
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{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Weekly chart performance for "I Need Love"
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! scope="col"| Chart (1987)
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! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
|-
{{single chart|Austria|13|artist=L.L. Cool J|song=I Need Love|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 18, 2021}}
|Austrian Singles Chart
|align="center"|13
|-
|-
{{single chart|Flanders|6|artist=L.L. Cool J|song=I Need Love|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 18, 2021}}
|Dutch Top 40
|align="center"|3
|-
|-
{{single chart|Ireland2|10|artist=LL Cool J|song=I Need Love|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 2, 2023}}
|German Singles Chart
|align="center"|6
|-
|-
{{single chart|Dutch40|3|year=1987|week=44|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 18, 2021}}
|Swiss Singles Chart<ref>[http://www.hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=LL+Cool+J&titel=I+Need+Love&cat=s hitparade.ch]</ref>
|align="center"|6
|-
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|3|artist=L.L. Cool J|song=I Need Love|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 18, 2021}}
|UK Singles Chart
|align="center"|8
|-
|-
{{single chart|Switzerland|6|artist=L.L. Cool J|song=I Need Love|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 18, 2021}}
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{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|14|artist=LL Cool J}}
|-
|-
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|8|artist=LL Cool J|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 18, 2021}}
|US ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot Black Singles]]
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|align="center"|1
|-
|-
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{{single chart|Billboardhot100|14|artist=LL Cool J|rowheader=true}}
|-
!scope="row" | US ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot Black Singles]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/ll-cool-j/chart-history/bsi/|title=LL Cool J Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=2021-10-02}}</ref>
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|style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{single chart|West Germany|6|songid=1698|artist=L.L. Cool J|song=I Need Love|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 18, 2021}}
|}
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+1987 year-end chart performance for "I Need Love"
! scope="col"| Chart (1987)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1987|title=Jaaroverzichten 1987|publisher=Ultratop|accessdate=March 18, 2021}}</ref>
| 63
|-
! scope="row"| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1987|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1987|publisher=Dutch Top 40|accessdate=March 18, 2021}}</ref>
| 33
|-
! scope="row"| Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1987&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1987|website=dutchcharts.nl|accessdate=March 18, 2021}}</ref>
| 29
|-
!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/88/Record-Mirror-1988-01-23-OCR.pdf|title=Gallup Year End Charts 1987: Singles|magazine=[[Record Mirror]]|page=36|date=January 23, 1988|accessdate=April 7, 2022}}</ref>
|97
|-
!scope="row"|US Hot Crossover Singles (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JCgEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22i+knew+you+were+wating%22|date=December 26, 1987 |title=1987 The Year in Music & Video: Top Hot Crossover Singles |magazine=Billboard |volume=99 |issue=52 |page=Y-27|accessdate=April 7, 2022}}</ref>
| 17
|}
{{col-end}}


==Covers and samples==
==Covers and samples==
The music, both melody and beats were lifted from an instrumental by Brooklyn songwriter Jayson Dyall entitled "Zoraida's Heartbeat" which was written and recorded in 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=OWJgDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT149&lpg=PT149&dq=jayson+dyall+zoraida's+heartbeat&source=bl&ots=US6fLUaSqT&sig=j4-NL7ZImZVww8JW-cqehp_j6yw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjD9ZC3z5jcAhWIIIgKHbMfBGAQ6AEIMTAC#v=onepage&q=jayson+dyall+zoraida's+heartbeat&f=false|title=Listening to Rap: An Introduction|first=Michael|last=Berry|date=14 June 2018|publisher=Routledge|via=Google Books}}</ref>
The music, both melody and beats, were lifted from an instrumental by Brooklyn songwriter Jayson Dyall entitled "Zoraida's Heartbeat" which was written and recorded in 1984.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OWJgDwAAQBAJ&q=jayson+dyall+zoraida%27s+heartbeat&pg=PT149|title=Listening to Rap: An Introduction|first=Michael|last=Berry|date=14 June 2018|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781315315867|via=Google Books}}</ref> This song, along with other songs on a cassette tape of several raw recordings by Jayson Dyall, was presented to LL Cool J by an associate, who met Dyall through a music classifieds ad in early 1986 and told him he could get LL to listen to his music. Dyall never received any acknowledgment from LL Cool J or Def Jam Records for originally writing the music for this song.

This song, along with other songs on a cassette tape of several raw recordings by Jayson Dyall was presented to LL Cool J by one of Cool J's associates, who met Jayson through a music classifieds ad in early 1986 and told him he can get LL to listen to his music. Jayson Dyall never received any acknowledgment from LL Cool J or Def-Jam Records for originally writing the music for this song.
*Irish singer-songwriter [[Luka Bloom]] recorded a cover version of the song on his [[1992 in music|1992]] album ''The Acoustic Motorbike''.
*Irish singer-songwriter [[Luka Bloom]] recorded a cover version of the song on his [[1992 in music|1992]] album ''The Acoustic Motorbike''.
*R&B group [[Blaque]] experts the composition of the sample of the song on their track "Don't Go Looking for Love", originally appeared on their 1999 [[Blaque (album)|self-titled debut album]].
*R&B group [[Blaque]] sampled the song on their track "Don't Go Looking for Love", which originally appeared on their 1999 [[Blaque (album)|self-titled debut album]].
*Rapper [[Necro (rapper)|Necro]] used the beat on his song "[[I Need Drugs (song)|I Need Drugs]]", which was released on his [[2000 in music|2000]] album, ''[[I Need Drugs]]''.
*Rapper [[Necro (rapper)|Necro]] used the beat on his song "[[I Need Drugs (song)|I Need Drugs]]", which was released on his [[2000 in music|2000]] album, ''[[I Need Drugs]]''.
*[[Romeo Miller|Master P]] sampled this song on his single "I Need Dubs", featuring son [[Romeo Miller|Romeo]], of his 2005 album ''[[Ghetto Bill]]''.
*[[Romeo Miller|Master P]] sampled this song on his single "I Need Dubs", featuring son [[Romeo Miller|Romeo]], on his 2005 album ''[[Ghetto Bill]]''.
*[[Amanda Blank]] sampled the song on "A Love Song" from her 2009 album ''[[I Love You (Amanda Blank album)|I Love You]]''.
*[[Amanda Blank]] sampled the song on "A Love Song" from her 2009 album ''[[I Love You (Amanda Blank album)|I Love You]]''.
*[[Krizz Kaliko]] copied lyrics of the song for the first few lines of his song "Anxiety," off his debut album ''[[Vitiligo]] by saying, "When I'm alone in my room, sometimes I stare at the wall/And in the back of my mind, I hear my conscious call/Telling me I need a gun."
*[[Krizz Kaliko]] copied lyrics of the song for the first few lines of his song "Anxiety", on his debut album ''[[Vitiligo]]'' by saying, "When I'm alone in my room, sometimes I stare at the wall/And in the back of my mind, I hear my conscious call/Telling me I need a gun."
*[[Yo Gotti]] sampled the song on his single "Let's Vibe" featuring [[Pleasure P]].
*[[Yo Gotti]] sampled the song on his single "Let's Vibe" featuring [[Pleasure P]].
*[[Rick Ross (rapper)|Rick Ross]] sampled the song on the single, "[[Aston Martin Music]]" featuring [[Drake (entertainer)|Drake]] and [[Chrisette Michele]] from the rapper's 2010 album, ''[[Teflon Don (album)|Teflon Don]].''
*[[Rick Ross (rapper)|Rick Ross]] interpolated the lyrics on the single "[[Aston Martin Music]]" featuring [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] and [[Chrisette Michele]] from his 2010 album ''[[Teflon Don (album)|Teflon Don]].''
*Jagged Edge sampled the song called "Promise (Cool JD Remix)".
* In 2016, New Orleans (rapper) [[Www.ErykLeone.com|Eryk Leone]] paid homage to the hip hop pioneer with his own remake version of "I Need Love" from the triple platinum "Bigger and Deffer" album.


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 11:17, 30 August 2024

This article is about the song by LL Cool J. For other songs with the same title, see I Need Love (disambiguation).
"I Need Love"
Single by LL Cool J
from the album Bigger and Deffer
B-side"My Rhyme Ain't Done"
ReleasedJuly 13, 1987
Recorded1987
GenreHip hop soul
Length5:23
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
LL Cool J singles chronology
"I'm Bad"
(1987) 		"I Need Love"
(1987) 		"Going Back to Cali"
(1988)
Music video
"I Need Love" on YouTube

"I Need Love" is the second single from LL Cool J's second album, Bigger and Deffer. The single reached number 1 on the Hot Black Singles and number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 while becoming one of the first rap songs to enjoy mainstream popularity in the UK, rising to number 8 in the UK Singles Chart. The single won a Soul Train Music Award for Best Rap Single in 1988 Soul Train Music Awards. The song was listed as number 13 on About.com's Top 100 Rap Songs.[1]

Track listing

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A-side

  1. "I Need Love" – 5:23

B-side

  1. "I Need Love" (edit) – 4:15
  2. "My Rhyme Ain't Done" – 3:45

Charts

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Covers and samples

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The music, both melody and beats, were lifted from an instrumental by Brooklyn songwriter Jayson Dyall entitled "Zoraida's Heartbeat" which was written and recorded in 1984.[17] This song, along with other songs on a cassette tape of several raw recordings by Jayson Dyall, was presented to LL Cool J by an associate, who met Dyall through a music classifieds ad in early 1986 and told him he could get LL to listen to his music. Dyall never received any acknowledgment from LL Cool J or Def Jam Records for originally writing the music for this song.

References

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  1. ^ Henry Adaso. "100 Greatest Rap Songs". About.com Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2011-08-27. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
  2. ^ "L.L. Cool J – I Need Love" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  3. ^ "L.L. Cool J – I Need Love" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  4. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – I Need Love". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  5. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 44, 1987" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  6. ^ "L.L. Cool J – I Need Love" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  7. ^ "L.L. Cool J – I Need Love". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  8. ^ "LL Cool J: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  9. ^ "LL Cool J Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  10. ^ "LL Cool J Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  11. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – L.L. Cool J – I Need Love" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  12. ^ "Jaaroverzichten 1987". Ultratop. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  13. ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1987". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  14. ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1987". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  15. ^ "Gallup Year End Charts 1987: Singles" (PDF). Record Mirror. January 23, 1988. p. 36. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  16. ^ "1987 The Year in Music & Video: Top Hot Crossover Singles". Billboard. Vol. 99, no. 52. December 26, 1987. p. Y-27. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  17. ^ Berry, Michael (14 June 2018). Listening to Rap: An Introduction. Routledge. ISBN 9781315315867 – via Google Books.
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