Need Your Love So Bad

"Need Your Love So Bad"
Single by Little Willie John
B-side"Home at Last"
Released1955 (1955)
RecordedNew York City, September 28, 1955
GenreBlues, rhythm & blues
Length2:14
LabelKing
Songwriter(s)
  • William Edward John a.k.a. Little Willie John
  • Mertis John Jr.

"Need Your Love So Bad", sometimes known as "I Need Your Love So Bad", is a song first recorded by Little Willie John in 1955. Called a "unique amalgam of gospel, blues and rhythm & blues",[1] it was John's second single as well as his second record to reach the US charts.

The song is one of John's best known and appears on various compilation albums. Several other artists have also recorded renditions of the song.

  1. ^ Whitall, Susan (2011). Fever: Little Willie John. London: Titan Books. p. 60. ISBN 978-0857687968.