Everybody Needs Love is the third studio album by Gladys Knight & the Pips and their first album for Motown Records' Soul imprint. The LP, chiefly produced by Norman Whitfield, features the singles "Just Walk in My Shoes" (the 1966 group's Motown debut), "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me", "Everybody Needs Love" and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine".
"Everybody Needs Love", which peaked at number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100, was Knight & the Pips first major Motown hit, but "Grapevine", which peaked at number 2, was a major success for the group and Motown. Selling over 2.5 million copies, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" became Motown's best-selling single to that point.George, Nelson (1985, rev. 2003). Where Did Our Love Go: The Rise and Fall of the Motown. London: Omnibus Press. . Its success would be overshadowed by Marvin Gaye's version of the song, which would be issued on Motown's Tamla label a year after Knight & the Pips' recording.
Track listing
Charts Chart (1967)PeakU.S. Billboard Top LPs60U.S. Billboard Top R&B LPs12
Singles Year Single Chart positions US USR&B UK1966 "Just Walk in My Shoes" 129 — 351967 "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me" 98 — 13 "Everybody Needs Love" 39 3 — "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" 2 1 47
Personnel Gladys Knight – lead vocals Merald "Bubba" Knight, William Guest, Edward Patten – backing vocals The Andantes – backing vocals on "Just Walk in My Shoes" The Funk Brothers – instrumentation
References
External links Everybody Needs Love at Discogs