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(Top) 1 Personnel 1.1 Mary Wells version 1.2 Jimmy Ruffin version 1.3 Temptations version 1.4 Gladys Knight & the Pips version 1.5 The Miracles version 1.6 The Velvelettes version 2 References

Everybody Needs Love (The Temptations song)

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"Everybody Needs Love"
SongbyThe 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"

SinglebyGladys 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

"Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me"
(1967)

"Everybody Needs Love"
(1967)

"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
(1967)

"Everybody Needs Love"

SinglebyJimmy 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

"Don't You Miss Me A Little Bit, Baby?"
(1967)

"Everybody Needs Love"
(1968)

"Don't Let Him Take Your Love From Me"
(1968)

"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.

Personnel[edit]

Mary Wells version[edit]

Lead vocals by Mary Wells
Background vocals by The Love Tones: Joe Miles, William "Mickey" Stevenson, and Stan Bracely, with Eddie KendricksofThe Temptations
Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers

Jimmy Ruffin version[edit]

Lead vocals by Jimmy Ruffin
Background vocals by The Andantes: Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, and Louvain Demps
Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers

Temptations version[edit]

Lead vocals by Eddie Kendricks and Melvin Franklin
Background vocals by Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams, David Ruffin, and Otis Williams
Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers

Gladys Knight & the Pips version[edit]

Lead Vocals by Gladys Knight
Background Vocals by Merald "Bubba" Knight, Edward Patten and William Guest
Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers

The Miracles version[edit]

Lead Vocals by William "Smokey" Robinson
Background Vocals by Claudette Robinson, Pete Moore, Ronnie White, and Bobby Rogers
Guitar by Marv Tarplin `
Other instrumentation by The Funk Brothers

The Velvelettes version[edit]

Lead Vocals by Carolyn Gill
Background Vocals by The Andantes: Louvain Demps, Marlene Barrow, and Jackie Hicks
Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers

References[edit]

^ Cub Koda. "The Temptin' Temptations - The Temptations | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-09-30.

^ The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 7: 1967 [liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records

^ "Vintage Stock - Mary Wells | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-09-30.

^ "Don't Forget the Motor City". Dftmc.info. Retrieved 2016-09-30.

The Temptations

Otis Williams
Ron Tyson
Terry Weeks
Tony Grant
Jawan Jackson

Studio albums

Cover albums

Live albums

Other albums

Compilations

Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits II
Anthology
Emperors of Soul
The Ultimate Collection
My Girl: The Very Best of the Temptations
Psychedelic Soul

Singles
(US/UK Top 10)

"My Girl"
"Get Ready"
"Ain't Too Proud to Beg"
"Beauty Is Only Skin Deep"
"(I Know) I'm Losing You"
"All I Need"
"You're My Everything"
"I Wish It Would Rain"
"I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)"
"Cloud Nine"
"I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"
"Run Away Child, Running Wild"
"I Can't Get Next to You"
"Psychedelic Shack"
"Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)"
"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)"
"Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"
"Masterpiece"
"Let Your Hair Down"
"Happy People"
"Shakey Ground"
"Treat Her Like a Lady"
"The Motown Song"
"My Girl" (reissue)

Category

v t e Gladys Knight & the Pips
Gladys Knight Merald "Bubba" Knight William Guest Edward Patten Brenda Knight Eleanor Guest Langston George
Studio albums	Everybody Needs Love Nitty Gritty If I Were Your Woman Neither One of Us All I Need Is Time Imagination I Feel a Song 2nd Anniversary The One and Only Visions All Our Love
Soundtrack albums	Claudine
Compilation albums	The Ultimate Collection
Singles	"Every Beat of My Heart" "Letter Full of Tears" "Giving Up" "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me" "Everybody Needs Love" "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" "The End of Our Road" "It Should Have Been Me" "I Wish It Would Rain" "The Nitty Gritty" "If I Were Your Woman" "I Don't Want to Do Wrong" "Help Me Make It Through the Night" "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" "The Look of Love" "Midnight Train to Georgia" "I've Got to Use My Imagination" "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" "On and On" "I Feel a Song (In My Heart)" "The Way We Were/Try to Remember" "Save the Overtime (For Me)" "Hero" "Love Overboard" "Baby, Don't Change Your Mind"
Related topics	Discography Aaliyah Barry Hankerson

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