You Need Love (Styx song)

"You Need Love"
Single by Styx
from the album Styx II
B-side"You Better Ask"
Released2 May 1975 [1]
Recorded1972
GenreRock
Length3:47
LabelWooden Nickel
Songwriter(s)Dennis DeYoung
Producer(s)John Ryan
Styx singles chronology
"Lady"
(1973) 		"You Need Love"
(1975) 		"Lorelei"
(1976)

"You Need Love" is a song by Styx written by Dennis DeYoung.[2] Following the success of the 1974 re-release of the single "Lady" from the album Styx II, "You Need Love" from that album was released as a follow-up single.[3]

Cash Box said "with a dynamite synthesizer-guitar-rhythm-vocal intro leading the way, Styx explodes with lightning-quick guitar work and a slick pace that breaks it all up" and praised the guitar solos and organ passage.[4] Record World said that "Guitar virtuosity melds with [Styx'] brilliant vocal harmonies, adding further excitement to their burgeoning career."[5]

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1975) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 88

References

  1. ^ "Styx singles".
  2. ^ Rock on MV (2014-09-23), Styx - You Need Love? - 4/2/1976 - Winterland (Official), retrieved 2018-02-20[dead YouTube link]
  3. ^ downhilldreamer (2006-03-04), Styx - Lady, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2018-02-20
  4. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. April 26, 1975. p. 26. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  5. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. April 26, 1975. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  6. ^ "Styx Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2024.


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