Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland,[1] the song was the group's first Motown single and their first pop Top 20 hit, making it to number eleven on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number four in Canada in the fall of 1964. With me always stay, 'cause I love you. So please don't go away. Ooo, I need your lovin'. Ooo, I need your lovin'. (I need your lovin') Oh, ooo, I need your lovin'. It reached #3 on Billboard Hot 100, topping the original version in chart performance. [3] The song reached #1 in Canada. Written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Edward Holland Jr. Learn how and when to remove this template message, Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worth While), "Show 50 - The Soul Reformation: Phase three, soul music at the summit. [Part 6] : UNT Digital Library", "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time", List of cover versions of "Baby I Need Your Loving", I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch), Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu, A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday), Too Hurt to Cry, Too Much in Love to Say Goodbye, When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes, Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While), List of songs written by Holland, Dozier and Holland, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baby_I_Need_Your_Loving&oldid=978471199, Song recordings produced by Brian Holland, Song recordings produced by Lamont Dozier, Articles needing additional references from March 2014, All articles needing additional references, Pages using infobox song with unknown parameters, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Rolling Stone ranked The Four Tops' original version of the song at #390 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[2]. It was also their first million-selling hit single. It is included on his 1967 album Rewind. "Baby I Need Your Lovin'" was covered in 1967 by Johnny Rivers, who performed it at a somewhat slower tempo. This page was last edited on 15 September 2020, at 03:45. And I couldn't stand it being away, girl. (I need your lovin', baby) Inspite of all the wrong I've done, I'll make it up to ya. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song was the group's first Motown single and their first pop Top 20 hit, making it to number eleven on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number four in Canada in the fall of 1964. Even if it takes all my life, I'll prove my love to ya. "Baby I Need Your Loving" is a 1964 hit single recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. "Baby I Need Your Loving" is a 1964 hit single recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. Produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier.