I Need Love
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| "I Need Love" | ||
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| Single by LL Cool J | ||
| from the album Bigger and Deffer | ||
| Released | Fall 1987 | |
| Format | 12" vinyl | |
| Recorded | 1987 | |
| Genre | Hip hop | |
| Length | 5:23 | |
| Label | Def Jam | |
| Writer(s) | LL Cool J, L.A. Posse | |
| Producer(s) | LL Cool J, L.A. Posse | |
| Chart positions | ||
| LL Cool J singles chronology | ||
| "You'll Rock" (1986) |
"I Need Love" (1987) |
"I'm Bad" (1987) |
- For other uses, see I Need Love (disambiguation). You may have arrived here while searching for Seal’s single "Love’s Divine"
I Need Love was the first single from LL Cool J's second album, Bigger and Deffer. The song is considered the first rap ballad and was released in the fall of 1987. It reached #1 on the R&B/Hip Hop charts and was a well-received single on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, reaching #14. The single won a Soul Train Music Award for Best Rap - Single in 1987. The song was parodied in 2000 by Brooklyn rapper Necro in his song 'I Need Drugs', which alters the lyrics to a narrative of a man's addiction to crack cocaine.
