| I Need You | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Maurice White |
| Album: | Maurice White |
| B-Side: | Believe in Magic |
| Released: | 1985 |
| Genre: | Rhythm and blues, soul |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Maurice White |
| Next Title: | Stand by Me |
| Next Year: | 1985 |
" I Need You" is a song by American singer-songwriter Maurice White released in 1985 by Columbia Records.[1] The song reached No. 20 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and No. 30 on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart.[2] [3]
"I Need You" was produced by Maurice White and composed by Mary Unobsky, Priscilla Coolidge and William Smith.
The single's B-side was "Believe in Magic". Both "I Need You" and "Believe in Magic" came from Maurice White's 1985 self-titled album.
People proclaimed that "the brisk ballad (I) Need You is terrific too, especially welcome for White’s stirring vocal."[4] Simon Warner of Popmatters noted that the song has "enough lush hooks".[5] Andrew Hamilton of Allmusic also called I Need You "a classy ballad tenderized by White's crafty read."[6]