I Need Your Love Tonight
"I Need Your Love Tonight" | ||||
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Single by Elvis Presley | ||||
from the album 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong | ||||
A-side | "A Fool Such as I" | |||
Released | March 10, 1959 | |||
Format | 7", 45rpm | |||
Recorded | June 10, 1958, RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee | |||
Genre | Rock and roll | |||
Label | RCA | |||
Writer(s) | Sid Wayne, Bix Reichner | |||
Elvis Presley singles chronology | ||||
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"I Need Your Love Tonight" is a song written by Sid Wayne and Bix Reichner[1] and recorded by Elvis Presley on June 10, 1958, in RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.[2] It was the first of several single releases recorded at a final session conducted just prior to Presley leaving the US for Germany to serve in the United States Army; he would not return to a recording studio until the spring of 1960.
The song reached number four on the Billboard pop singles chart in 1959.[3] Released as a double A-side with "A Fool Such as I", the song reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in May 1959 for five weeks.[1]
In popular culture
In 1985, Alvin and the Chipmunks recorded a version titled "I Need That Gold Tonight" for international versions of the Alvin and the Chipmunks episode "The Gold of My Dreams".
References
- 1 2 Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 43. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
- ↑ "I Need Your Love Tonight : by Elvis Presley : Elvis Australia : Official Elvis Presley Fan Club". Lyrics.elvispresley.com.au. Retrieved 2014-04-04.
- ↑ "Sitemap". Elvis.com. Retrieved 2014-04-04.