You Need Love (Styx song)

"You Need Love"
"You Need Love"
Single by Styx
from the album Styx II
B-side	"You Better Ask"
Released	2 May 1975
Recorded	1972
Genre	Rock
Length	3:47
Label	Wooden Nickel
Songwriter(s)	Dennis DeYoung
Producer(s)	John Ryan
Styx singles chronology

"You Need Love" is a song by Styx written by Dennis DeYoung.^[2] Following the success of the 1974 re-release of the single "Lady" from the album Styx II, "You Need Love" from that album was released as a follow-up single.^[3]

Cash Box said "with a dynamite synthesizer-guitar-rhythm-vocal intro leading the way, Styx explodes with lightning-quick guitar work and a slick pace that breaks it all up" and praised the guitar solos and organ passage.^[4] Record World said that "Guitar virtuosity melds with [Styx'] brilliant vocal harmonies, adding further excitement to their burgeoning career."^[5]

Personnel

James Young: lead vocals, lead guitar
Dennis DeYoung: keyboards, backing vocals
John Curulewski: rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Chuck Panozzo: bass guitar
John Panozzo: drums

Charts

Chart (1975)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100^[6]	88

References

^ "Styx singles".
^ Rock on MV (2014-09-23), Styx - You Need Love? - 4/2/1976 - Winterland (Official), retrieved 2018-02-20^{[dead YouTube link]}
^ downhilldreamer (2006-03-04), Styx - Lady, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2018-02-20
^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. April 26, 1975. p. 26. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. April 26, 1975. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
^ "Styx Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2024.

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[1] "Styx singles".

[2] Rock on MV (2014-09-23), Styx - You Need Love? - 4/2/1976 - Winterland (Official), retrieved 2018-02-20^{[dead YouTube link]}

[3] wnhilldreamer (2006-03-04), Styx - Lady, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2018-02-20

[cb-4] "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. April 26, 1975. p. 26. Retrieved 2021-12-11.

[rw-5] "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. April 26, 1975. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-10.

[sc_Billboardhot100_Styx-6] "Styx Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2024.

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v t e Styx
Chuck Panozzo James "J.Y." Young Tommy Shaw Todd Sucherman Lawrence Gowan Will Evankovich Terry Gowan John "J.C." Curulewski Dennis DeYoung John Panozzo Glen Burtnik Ricky Phillips
Studio albums	Styx Styx II The Serpent Is Rising Man of Miracles Equinox Crystal Ball The Grand Illusion Pieces of Eight Cornerstone Paradise Theatre Kilroy Was Here Edge of the Century Brave New World Cyclorama Big Bang Theory The Mission Crash of the Crown
Extended plays	Regeneration: Volume I Regeneration: Volume II
Live albums	Caught in the Act Return to Paradise Arch Allies: Live at Riverport Styx World: Live 2001 At the River's Edge: Live in St. Louis 21st Century Live One with Everything: Styx and the Contemporary Youth Orchestra
Compilations	Best of Styx Lady Styx - Classics, Volume 15 Styx Greatest Hits Greatest Hits Part 2 Extended Versions Styx Yesterday & Today Rockers Come Sail Away – The Styx Anthology The Complete Wooden Nickel Recordings
Songs	"Best Thing" "Lies" "Lady" "You Need Love" "Lorelei" "Mademoiselle" "Crystal Ball" "The Grand Illusion" "Come Sail Away" "Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)" "Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)" "Sing for the Day" "Renegade" "Babe" "Why Me" "Boat on the River" "Borrowed Time" "The Best of Times" "Too Much Time on My Hands" "Nothing Ever Goes as Planned" "Rockin' the Paradise" "Snowblind" "Mr. Roboto" "Don't Let It End" "High Time" "Music Time" / "Heavy Metal Poisoning" "Love Is the Ritual" "Show Me the Way" "Love at First Sight" "Paradise" "I Am the Walrus"
Related articles	Discography Kilroy Was Here
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