0038 – Baby, I need your loving - The Four Tops (1964)

Compositores: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier e Eddie Holland

• Foi gravada em 8 de julho de 1964, em Hitsville, USA e lançada em 10 de julho de 1964 no compacto que tinha Call on me como Lado B. 
   
• Chegou ao número 11 Billboard Hot 100.
  
  
• É a canção de número 390 da lista 500 Greatest Songs of all time da revista Rolling Stone. 
   
• Levi Stubbs fez os vocais principais, background vocals foram feitos por Renaldo Benson, Lawrence Payton, Abdul Fakir e The Andantes. Piano foi tocado por Earl Van Dyke, baixo por James Jamerson, guitarra por Robert White e bateria por Benny Benjamin. 
   
• Foi regravada por Johnny Rivers, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

Baby, I need your lovin'
Baby, I need your lovin'
Although you're never near
Your voice I often hear
Another day, 'nother night
I long to hold you tight
'Cause I'm so lonely

Baby, I need your lovin'
Got to have all your lovin'
Baby, I need your lovin'
Got to have all you lovin'

Some say it's a sign of weakness
For a man to beg
Then weak I'd rather be
If it means having you to keep
'Cause lately I've been losing sleep

Baby, I need your lovin'
Got to have all your lovin'
Baby, I need your lovin'
Got to have all you lovin'

Empty nights echo your name
Whoa, sometimes I wonder
Will I ever be the same?
Oh yeah!

When you see me smiling, you know
Things have gotten worse
Any smile you might see
Has all been rehearsed

Darling, I can't go on without you
This emptiness won't let me live without you
This loneliness inside, darling
Makes me feel half alive

Baby, I need your lovin'
Got to have all your lovin'
Baby, I need your lovin'
Got to have all your lovin'
Baby, I need your lovin'
Got to have all your lovin'

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