I Need to Be in Love

Infobox Single
Name = I Need to Be in Love

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Caption = Cover to the Carpenters' single, "I Need to Be in Love"
Artist = The Carpenters
from Album = A Kind of Hush
A-side = "I Need to Be in Love"
B-side = "Sandy"
Released = May 21, 1976
Format = 7" single
Recorded = 1976
Genre = Pop
Length = 03:25 (Single Version)
03:49 (Album Version)
Label = A&M Records
Writer = Richard Carpenter; John Bettis; Albert Hammond
Producer = Richard Carpenter
Certification =
Chart position = * #25 (U.S. Billboard Hot 100), #1 (U.S. AC), #5 (Oricon - 1995 re-release)
Last single = "There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)" (1976)
This single = "I Need to Be in Love" (1976)
Next single = "Goofus" (1976)
Misc = | Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = A Kind of Hush
Type = studio
Tracks = ;Side one
# "There's a Kind of Hush"
# "You"
# "Sandy"
# "Goofus"
# "Can't Smile Without You";Side two
# "I Need to Be in Love"
# "One More Time"
# "Boat to Sail"
# "I Have You"
# "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"

"I Need to Be in Love" is a song written by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis. It was released as a single on May 21, 1976. It was featured on the "A Kind of Hush" album, which was released on June 11 of the same year. The single featured a version without the piano lead-in and starts immediately with a flute introduction by Bob Messenger. Many fans treasure this song, as Richard Carpenter himself revealed that of all the songs the Carpenters recorded, this was Karen Carpenter's favorite. [ [http://www.richardandkarencarpenter.com/SN_INeedToBeInLove.htm Carpenters •• I Need To Be In Love ] ] .

Mr. Carpenter states that although the song only peaked at #25 on the Billboard Hot 100, it was released as a CD single in Japan in 1995 from the best-selling compilation "22 Hits of the Carpenters" (promoted as a double A-side with "Top of the World"). "It became one of the biggest sellers of 1995, ultimately going quadruple platinum. In more ways than one, Karen would have loved that!" [ [http://www.richardandkarencarpenter.com/SN_INeedToBeInLove.htm Carpenters •• I Need To Be In Love ] ]

Cover versions

*Filipino bossa nova singer Sitti recorded a cover of this song for her second album "My Bossa Nova".
*This song was sung by the Pakistani pop singer Hadiqa Kiyani as a tribute to The Carpenters.

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