I Need You (The Walker Brothers EP)

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1966 EP by The Walker Brothers

I Need You

EP by The Walker Brothers

Released

June 1966 (1966-06)

Recorded

1966

Genre

Pop, baroque pop, blue-eyed soul

Length

10:10

The Walker Brothers chronology

The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
(1966)

I Need You
(1966)

(Baby) You Don't Have to Tell Me
(1966)

I Need You is an extended play by the American pop group The Walker Brothers. It was released in 1966 reached number one on the UK EP Chart. It was released following the group's second UK #1 single when the group were at the height of their popularity.

The EP was produced by John Franz, Ivor Raymonde and Reg Guest directed the musical accompaniment and the group's live backing band The Quotations performed on "Everything's Gonna Be All Right". The EP is also notable as it includes the original Scott Walker and John Franz composition "Young Man Cried". In Australia "Young Man Cried" was omitted from the EP and replaced with the album track "Land of 1,000 Dances" from the group's debut album.

All four tracks have since been re-released on the expanded edition of the group's début album.

Track listing

Philips - 434 568 BE (UK)

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Looking for Me"	Randy Newman	2:11
2.	"Young Man Cried"	Scott Engel, John Franz	2:33

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
3.	"Everything's Gonna Be All Right"	Willie Mitchell	2:16
4.	"I Need You"	Carole King, Gerry Goffin	3:10

Philips - PE 45 (Australia)

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Need You"	Carole King, Gerry Goffin	3:10
2.	"Looking For Me"	Randy Newman	2:11

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
3.	"Land of 1,000 Dances"	Chris Kenner	2:35
4.	"Everything's Gonna Be All Right"	Willie Mitchell	2:16

Personnel

Ivor Raymonde - Accompaniment Direction ("Looking For Me")
Reg Guest - Accompaniment Direction ("Young Man Cried" and "I Need You")
The Quotations - Featured ("Everything's Gonna Be All Right")

Chart positions

Chart (1966)	Peak position
UK EP chart	1

References

"45cat - The Walker Brothers - I Need You - Philips - UK". 45cat. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
^ "UK EP chart listing". www.everyhit.com. 2000-03-16. Archived from the original on 2007-02-17. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
"45cat - The Walker Brothers - I Need You - Philips - Australia". 45cat. Retrieved 2014-09-20.

v t e The Walker Brothers
Scott Walker Gary Walker John Walker
Albums	Take It Easy with the Walker Brothers Introducing the Walker Brothers Portrait The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore Images No Regrets Lines Nite Flights
Compilations	The Walker Brothers' Story No Regrets – The Best of Scott Walker and The Walker Brothers 1965–1976 If You Could Hear Me Now
EPs	I Need You Solo John/Solo Scott
Singles	"Pretty Girls Everywhere" "Love Her" "Make It Easy on Yourself" "My Ship is Coming In" "Land of 1000 Dances" "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" "(Baby) You Don't Have to Tell Me" "Another Tear Falls" "Deadlier Than the Male" "Stay With Me Baby" "Walking in the Rain" "No Regrets" "Lines" "We're All Alone" "The Electrician"
Related articles	Johnny Franz Ivor Raymonde "Nite Flights"
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