I Need Your Love Tonight
| "I Need Your Love Tonight" | ||||
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| Single by Elvis Presley | ||||
| B-side | "A Fool Such as I" | |||
| Released | March 10, 1959 | |||
| Recorded | June 10, 1958 | |||
| Studio | RCA Studio B, Nashville | |||
| Genre | rock and roll | |||
| Length | 2:04 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Songwriters | Sid Wayne, Bix Reichner | |||
| Elvis Presley singles chronology | ||||
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"I Need Your Love Tonight" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley and released as a single written by Sid Wayne and Bix Reichner.[1] It was published by Elvis Presley's company Gladys Music, Inc.
Background
Elvis Presley recorded the song on June 10, 1958, in RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.[2] It was the second of multiple single releases recorded at a final session conducted just prior to him 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]
"I Need Your Love Tonight" b/w "(Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I" was Presley's first single to not receive a 78 RPM pressing in the United States. [4]
In popular culture
The song is featured in the 2005 film Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch.
References
- ^ a b 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. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-04-04.
- ^ "Elvis Presley 78 RPM - Discography - USA - 78 RPM". 45worlds.com. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
