| Everybody Needs Love | |
| Artist: | The Temptations |
| Album: | The Temptin' Temptations |
| Released: | November 1, 1965 |
| Recorded: | Hitsville USA (Studio A); 1965 |
| Genre: | Soul |
| Length: | 3:00 |
| Label: | Gordy |
| Producer: | Norman Whitfield |
| Everybody Needs Love | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Gladys Knight & the Pips |
| Album: | Everybody Needs Love |
| B-Side: | Stepping Closer To Your Heart |
| Released: | June 12, 1967 |
| Recorded: | Hitsville USA (Studio A); 1966 |
| Genre: | Soul |
| Length: | 3:04 |
| Label: | Soul S 35034 |
| Producer: | Norman Whitfield |
| Prev Title: | Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me |
| Prev Year: | 1967 |
| Next Title: | I Heard It Through the Grapevine |
| Next Year: | 1967 |
| Everybody Needs Love | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Jimmy Ruffin |
| Album: | Ruff 'N' Ready |
| A-Side: | I'll Say Forever My Love |
| Released: | February 13, 1968 |
| Recorded: | Hitsville USA (Studio A); 1965 |
| Genre: | Soul |
| Length: | 3:04 |
| Label: | Soul S 35043 |
| Producer: | Norman Whitfield |
| Prev Title: | Don't You Miss Me A Little Bit, Baby? |
| Prev Year: | 1967 |
| Next Title: | Don't Let Him Take Your Love From Me |
| Next Year: | 1968 |
"Everybody Needs Love" is a 1964 Motown song by Norman Whitfield and Edward Holland, Jr. The first version released was by The Temptations for their album The Temptin' Temptations in 1965[1] (it also got airplay on some radio stations in the U.S.), but the most successful version was on a single by Gladys Knight & the Pips, which peaked at #39 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and #3 on the Billboard R&B singles chart, in 1967.[2] Other Motown acts that recorded this song were Mary Wells (who was the first to record it, though it was not released until after she left the company),[3] which featured Eddie Kendricks of The Temptations in the background, Jimmy Ruffin, The Velvelettes, and The Miracles.[4] All versions of the song were produced by Whitfield.