Everybody Needs Love
Studio album by
Gladys Knight & the Pips
ReleasedSeptember 1967
Recorded1966–1967
StudioHitsville U.S.A., Detroit
GenreSoul
Length34:12
LabelSoul
SS 706
ProducerNorman Whitfield, Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, Smokey Robinson
Gladys Knight & the Pips chronology
Gladys Knight and the Pips
(1965) 		Everybody Needs Love
(1967) 		Feelin' Bluesy
(1968)
Singles from Everybody Needs Love
  1. "Just Walk In My Shoes"
    Released: June 7, 1966
  2. "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me"
    Released: March 16, 1967
  3. "Everybody Needs Love"
    Released: June 12, 1967
  4. "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"
    Released: September 28, 1967
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]

Everybody Needs Love is the third album by Gladys Knight & the Pips and their first album for Motown Records' Soul imprint. The LP, chiefly produced by Norman Whitfield, features the singles "Just Walk in My Shoes" (the 1966 group's Motown debut), "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me", "Everybody Needs Love" and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine".

"Everybody Needs Love", which peaked at number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100, was Knight & the Pips first major Motown hit, but "Grapevine", which peaked at number 2, was a major success for the group and Motown. Selling over 2.5 million copies, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" became Motown's best-selling single to that point.[3] Its success would be overshadowed by Marvin Gaye's version of the song, which would be issued on Motown's Tamla label a year after Knight & the Pips' recording.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Everybody Needs Love"Norman Whitfield, Edward Holland, Jr.2:57
2."I'll Be Standing By"Valerie Simpson, Nickolas Ashford2:22
3."Since I've Lost You"Whitfield, Barrett Strong2:34
4."I Heard It Through the Grapevine"Whitfield, Strong2:58
5."You Don't Love Me No More"Whitfield, Strong, Roger Penzabene2:28
6."Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone"Whitfield, Sylvia Moy, Cornelius Grant2:26
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me"Strong, Penzabene, Grant2:54
8."He's My Kind of Fella"Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol2:53
9."Yes, I'm Ready"Barbara Mason3:00
10."My Bed of Thorns"William "Smokey" Robinson2:52
11."Do You Love Me Just a Little, Honey"Bristol, Fuqua, Vernon Bullock, Gladys Knight2:59
12."Just Walk in My Shoes"Helen Lewis Mastor, Kay Lewis Miller2:26

Charts

Chart (1967) Peak
[4]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 60
U.S. Billboard Top R&B LPs 12
Singles
Year Single Chart positions[4]
US US
R&B 		UK[5]
1966 "Just Walk in My Shoes" 129 — 35
1967 "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me" 98 — 13
"Everybody Needs Love" 39 3 —
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" 2 1 47

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Lowe, John. Everybody Needs Love review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
  2. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 405.
  3. ^ George, Nelson (1985, rev. 2003). Where Did Our Love Go: The Rise and Fall of the Motown. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-7119-9511-6.
  4. ^ a b "US Charts > Gladys Knight & the Pips". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  5. ^ "UK Charts > Gladys Knight & the Pips". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2011-10-16.

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