I Need You (The Kinks song)

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"I Need You"
UK B-side label
Single by the Kinks
A-side"Set Me Free"
Released21 May 1965
Recorded13–14 April 1965[1]
StudioPye, London[1]
GenreHard rock
Length2:29
Label
Songwriter(s)Ray Davies
Producer(s)Shel Talmy
The Kinks singles chronology
"Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy"
(1965)
"Set Me Free" / "I Need You"
(1965)
"See My Friends"
(1965)

"I Need You" is a song by British rock band the Kinks. It was released as a B-Side to "Set Me Free". The song, along with "You Really Got Me" and "All Day and All of the Night", has been cited as one of the influences which shifted the focus from rock 'n' roll to hard-hitting rock music. Never a part of the Kinks live act, it has since been revived live by both Davies brothers solo in the 21st Century.[2]

Personnel[edit]

According to band researcher Doug Hinman:[3]

The Kinks

Additional musician

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Hinman writes Dave also "possibly [played] doubled rhythm [guitar]" on the track.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Hinman 2004, pp. 53, 56.
  2. ^ Harrington, Joe S. Sonic Cool: The Life & Death of Rock 'n' Roll (2002), p. 165
  3. ^ a b Hinman 2004, p. 56.

Sources[edit]

  • Hinman, Doug (2004). The Kinks: All Day and All of the Night: Day-by-Day Concerts, Recordings and Broadcasts, 1961–1996. San Francisco, California: Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-0-87930-765-3.