"I Need You" | ||||
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Single by Maurice White | ||||
from the album Maurice White | ||||
B-side | "Believe in Magic" | |||
Released | 1985 | |||
Genre | Rhythm and blues, soul | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Mary Unobsky, Priscilla Coolidge, William Smith | |||
Producer(s) | Maurice White | |||
Maurice White singles chronology | ||||
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" I Need You" is a song by American singer-songwriter Maurice White released in 1985 by Columbia Records.[1] The song reached No. 20 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and No. 30 on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart.[2][3]
"I Need You" was produced by Maurice White and composed by Mary Unobsky, Priscilla Coolidge and William Smith.[1]
The single's B-side was "Believe in Magic". Both "I Need You" and "Believe in Magic" came from Maurice White's 1985 self-titled album.[1]
People proclaimed that "the brisk ballad (I) Need You is terrific too, especially welcome for White’s stirring vocal."[4] Simon Warner of Popmatters noted that the song has "enough lush hooks".[5] Andrew Hamilton of Allmusic also called I Need You "a classy ballad tenderized by White's crafty read."[6]