You Need Love (Styx song)
| "You Need Love" | ||||
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| Single by Styx | ||||
| from the album Styx II | ||||
| B-side | "You Better Ask" | |||
| Released | 2 May 1975 | |||
| Recorded | 1972 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 3:47 | |||
| Label | Wooden Nickel | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Dennis DeYoung | |||
| Producer(s) | John Ryan | |||
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"You Need Love" is a song by Styx written by Dennis DeYoung. Following the success of the 1974 re-release of the single "Lady" from the album Styx II, "You Need Love" from that album was released as a follow-up single.
Cash Box said "with a dynamite synthesizer-guitar-rhythm-vocal intro leading the way, Styx explodes with lightning-quick guitar work and a slick pace that breaks it all up" and praised the guitar solos and organ passage. Record World said that "Guitar virtuosity melds with [Styx'] brilliant vocal harmonies, adding further excitement to their burgeoning career."