Everybody Needs Love (Marvin Gaye song)

For other uses, see Everybody Needs Love (disambiguation).

"Everybody Needs Love"

Song by Marvin Gaye from the album Here, My Dear

Released

1978

Recorded

1977

Genre

Soul

Length

5:48

Label

Tamla

Writer(s)

Ed Townsend
Marvin Gaye

Producer(s)

Marvin Gaye

Here, My Dear track listing

14 tracks
Side one "Here, My Dear" "I Met a Little Girl" "When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You" "Anger" Side two "Is That Enough" "Everybody Needs Love" "Time to Get It Together" Side three "Sparrow" "Anna's Song" "When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You (instrumental)" Side four "A Funky Space Reincarnation" "You Can Leave, but It's Going to Cost You" "Falling in Love Again" "When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You (reprise)"

"Everybody Needs Love" is a 1977 song recorded by American soul singer Marvin Gaye and issued on the singer's confessional 1978 album, Here, My Dear. Though most of the songs on the album were based on a mostly antagonistic view of Marvin's first wife, Anna Gaye, a few songs like this stood out which discussed how everybody needed love. Co-composed with "Let's Get It On" co-writer Ed Townsend, the song was based on a religious theme and was switched around by Marvin in certain areas including the lyrics And my father/he needs love/that's true, baby/and I need love too hinting at the tempestuous relationship between Marvin and his minister-father Marvin, Sr. The song's musical background was also used to introduce the album on the title track.

Personnel

All vocals, piano and synthesizers by Marvin Gaye
Drums by Bugsy Wilcox
Bass by Frank Blair
Guitar by Gordon Banks
Trumpet by Nolan Smith

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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