I Need You (The Walker Brothers EP)

I Need You
EP by The Walker Brothers
Released June 1966 (1966-06)[1]
Recorded 1966
Genre Pop, baroque pop, blue-eyed soul
Length 10:10
Label Philips
Producer John Franz
The Walker Brothers chronology
"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore"
(1966)
I Need You
(1966)
"(Baby) You Don't Have to Tell Me"
(1966)

I Need You is an Extended Play by the American pop group The Walker Brothers. It was released in 1966 reached number one on the UK EP Chart.[2] It was released following the group's second UK #1 single when the group were at the height of their popularity.

The EP was produced by John Franz, Ivor Raymonde and Reg Guest directed the musical accompaniment and the group's live backing band The Quotations performed on "Everything's Gonna Be All Right". The EP is also notable as it includes the original Scott Walker and John Franz composition "Young Man Cried". In Australia "Young Man Cried" was omitted from the EP and replaced with the album track "Land of 1,000 Dances" from the group's debut album.

All four tracks have since been re-released on the expanded edition of the group's début album.

Track listing

Philips - 434 568 BE (UK)
Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Looking for Me"  Randy Newman 2:11
2. "Young Man Cried"  Scott Engel, John Franz 2:33
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
3. "Everything's Gonna Be All Right"  Willie Mitchell 2:16
4. "I Need You"  Carole King, Gerry Goffin 3:10
Philips - PE 45 (Australia)[3]
Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "I Need You"  Carole King, Gerry Goffin 3:10
2. "Looking For Me"  Randy Newman 2:11
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
3. "Land of 1,000 Dances"  Chris Kenner 2:35
4. "Everything's Gonna Be All Right"  Willie Mitchell 2:16

Personnel

Chart positions

Chart (1966) Peak
position
UK EP chart[2] 1

References

  1. "45cat - The Walker Brothers - I Need You - Philips - UK". 45cat. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
  2. 1 2 "UK EP chart listing". www.everyhit.com. 2000-03-16. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
  3. "45cat - The Walker Brothers - I Need You - Philips - Australia". 45cat. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
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