I Need Love

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"I Need Love"
Single by LL Cool J
from the album Bigger and Deffer
B-side	"My Rhyme Ain't Done"
Released	July 13, 1987
Recorded	1987
Genre	Hip hop soul
Length	5:23
Label	Def Jam Columbia CBS
Songwriter(s)	James Smith L.A. Posse
Producer(s)	LL Cool J L.A. Posse
LL Cool J singles chronology
"I'm Bad" (1987) "I Need Love" (1987) "Going Back to Cali" (1988)
Music video
"I Need Love" on YouTube

"I Need Love" is the second single from LL Cool J's second album, Bigger and Deffer. The single reached number 1 on the Hot Black Singles and number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 while becoming one of the first rap songs to enjoy mainstream popularity in the UK, rising to number 8 in the UK Singles Chart. The single won a Soul Train Music Award for Best Rap Single in 1988 Soul Train Music Awards. The song was listed as number 13 on About.com's Top 100 Rap Songs.^[1]