“I Need Your Love” is a music by American band Stylish from their second studio album C’est Stylish (1978). That includes a solo lead vocal by Alfa Anderson, the music grew to become a really profitable follow-up to their hit single “Le Freak“.
In line with Kathy Sledge, the music was initially slated to be recorded by Sister Sledge; their background vocals have been stored on the ultimate observe. Sister Sledge ended up recording “He’s the Biggest Dancer“, which was alleged to be recorded by Stylish.
In the US, “I Need Your Love” reached primary on the BillboardDance Membership Songs chart in November 1978 and quantity 5 on the Scorching R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in April 1979. It additionally peaked at quantity seven on the Billboard Scorching 100 in Could 1979 and remained on the chart for 19 weeks. In the UK, it reached quantity 4 on the UK Singles chart(the very best place of any Stylish singles) and spent 11 weeks on the chart.
In 2015 the music was carried out in a brand new model by Girl Gaga, for a vogue marketing campaign by Tom Ford.
Billboard rated the music as a robust follow-up to “Le Freak” with a “catchy, rhythmic hook.” Money Field stated it has “funky rhythm guitar work, a classy association of horns, strings, piano and tubular bells, rippling bass work and glorious feminine vocals.”File World stated it was “extra laid again [than ‘Le Freak’] with out compromising [Chic’s] distinctive sound.”