A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)

"A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)" is a 1981 song recorded by American R&B vocalist and songwriter Ray Parker Jr., along with his group, Raydio. It led their 1981 album, A Woman Needs Love, the last Parker recorded with Raydio. The song was a hit on both the Billboard pop and soul charts in early 1981. It was Parker's first song to hit number-one on the R&B chart, and also reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100.^[1] It is ranked as the 16th biggest U.S. hit of 1981.

The song was written as an antithetical answer to the earlier Raydio hit, "Jack And Jill," also written and performed by Ray Parker, Jr. "Jack And Jill" is written from "Jack's" perspective of being neglected, just as "A Woman Needs Love" is written from "Jill's" perspective, as indicated by the lyrics, "by the time poor Jack returned up the hill, somebody else had been loving Jill."

Personnel

Raydio

• Arnell Carmichael – lead & backing vocals
• Ray Parker Jr. – vocals, guitars, bass

Additional personnel

• Jack Ashford – tambourine
• Michael Boddicker – synthesizers
• Ollie E. Brown – percussion
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars
• Sylvester Rivers – piano, synthesizers
• Larry Tolbert – drums

References

External links

• All Music

Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio
Albums	Raydio Rock On Two Places at the Same Time A Woman Needs Love The Other Woman Woman Out of Control Sex and the Single Man After Dark I Love You Like You Are I'm Free
Singles	"Jack and Jill" "You Can't Change That" "A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)" "That Old Song" "The Other Woman" "I Still Can't Get Over Loving You" "Ghostbusters"
Band members and collaborators	Jerry Knight Ollie E. Brown Jack Ashford Herbie Hancock Natalie Cole Glenn Medeiros
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