"Everybody Needs Love" is a 1977 song recorded by American soul singer

Marvin Gaye Marvin Pentz Gay Jr., who also spelled his surname as Gaye (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), was an American singer and songwriter. He helped to shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo ar ...

, co-composed with " Let's Get It On" co-writer Ed Townsend. The song was issued on the singer's confessional 1978 album, ''

Here, My Dear ''Here, My Dear'' is the fifteenth studio album by music artist Marvin Gaye, released as a double album on December 15, 1978, on Motown-subsidiary label Tamla Records. allmusic - Here, My Dear overview/ref> Recording sessions for the album took pl ...

''. Though most of the songs on the album were based on a mostly antagonistic view of Gaye's first wife, Anna Gaye, a few songs like this stood out which discussed how everybody needed love.

Background

The song was based on a religious theme and was switched around by Marvin in certain areas including the lyrics ''And my father/he needs love/that's true, baby/and I need love too'' hinting at the tempestuous relationship between Marvin and his minister-father Marvin, Sr. The song's musical background was also used to introduce the album on the title track.

Personnel

*All vocals, piano and synthesizers by Marvin Gaye *Drums by Bugsy Wilcox *Bass by Frank Blair *Guitar by Gordon Banks *Trumpet by Nolan Smith

References

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