I Need Love

Infobox Single
Name = I Need Love


Artist = LL Cool J
from Album = Bigger and Deffer
Released = 1987
Format = 12" vinyl
Recorded = 1987
Genre = Hip hop
Length = 5:23
Label = Def Jam
Writer = James Todd Smith
Producer = LL Cool J, L.A. Posse
Last single = "I'm Bad"
(1987)
This single = "I Need Love"
(1987)
Next single = "Go Cut Creator Go"
(1987)

"I Need Love" was the second single from LL Cool J's second album, "Bigger and Deffer". The song is considered the first rap ballad and was released in the fall of 1987. It reached #1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 while becoming one of the first rap songs to enjoy mainstream popularity in the UK, reaching #8 in the UK Singles Chart. The single won a Soul Train Music Award for Best Rap - Single in 1987. The song ranked #13 on About.com's Top 100 Rap Songs. [ [http://rap.about.com/od/top10songs/ss/Top100RapSongs_9.htm Top 100 Rap Songs] ]

Track listing

A-Side

#"I Need Love"- 5:30

B-Side

#"I Need Love" (Edit)- 4:15
#"My Rhyme Ain't Done"- 3:45

References