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I Need You So

Rating:
4.3 / 5

Words & Music: Ivory Joe Hunter

I need you so
To keep me happy
If I can't have you
I cannot go on

I need your arms
Around me tightly
Yes, I miss them nightly
When you're not at home

When the day is done
I miss you so
I lie and wait
To hear you knock on the door

When you leave me
I try not to worry
Come back in a hurry
'Cause I need you so

When the day is done
I miss you so
I lie and wait
To hear you knock on the door

When you leave me
I try not to worry
Come back in a hurry
'Cause I need you so

Recordingdate: 1957/02/23, first released on: Loving You (album)

Musicians

Musicians who contributed to the first recording of I Need You So:

(guitar)
(guitar)
(bass)
(drums)
(piano)
(vocals)
(vocals)
(vocals)
(vocals)

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Marty_TCE wrote on October 30, 2008
I re-discovered this song late last light on random play on my ipod and had to leave a comment on here. Elvis is in wonderful voice - not a classic but still a very likeable and under-rated track.
JerryNodak wrote on November 25, 2008
This is one of those take it or leave it songs for me. Depends on the mood I'm in.
JimmyCool wrote on November 25, 2008
Awesome! I don't know why it's so unknown to people... Friends of mine (young non-Elvis fans) really love this song! And so do I
Pedro Nuno wrote on November 25, 2008
One of my all time favourites Elvis ballads. The innocence that the Kings puts in his voice and the nostalgic way he sings the 3Th verse almost convince me that he truly is perpetually in love...
Natha wrote on November 25, 2008
Here the young Elvis bursts out in such a sweet and tender love song in which he drives home an urgent need. And he is doing it so compelling that it draws you into the feeling. Top beyond any doubt.
sitdown68 wrote on November 25, 2008
I remember being very happy to find this gem on the B-side of the Loving You-soundtrack LP. Truly underrrated. These were the first bonus-tacks on a Presley-movie product so far...With the difference that the original movie tracks also were on par with them.
Steve V wrote on November 25, 2008
This was my favorite song on the Just For You EP. I didnt have an LP player in 1957 so I only knew it from that 45 RPM. Its still my favorite non-soundtrack song on the Loving You LP. Underrated and should be more known.
commoneverybody wrote on November 25, 2008
Never liked this one. A bit ´too much´ in my opinion. One of my least fav Elvis songs.
old shep wrote on November 25, 2008
The fifties were my favourite Elvis period. I remember buying the EP but not liking this song. I played it recently and changed my mind about it. A great song re discovered.
dgirl wrote on May 06, 2009
I like it - lots of feeling. Joe Hunter was a good artist for Elvis to cover.
Jesse Garon Presley wrote on May 06, 2009
really love this song, i did send the song to a girlfriend of mine. we had an argument after she heard the song. all was ok between us again,because i told her I Need You so. Great song, lot's of power in this song I LOVE IT
Deano1 wrote on July 08, 2011
The five bonus songs on the "Loving You" LP were hit and miss and this one is easily the best of the five. A 50's track that along with "One Sided Love Affair", "Is It So Strange" and "Playing For Keeps" (among others), qualifies as an overlooked gem.
Cruiser621 wrote on July 08, 2011
This is one of my all-time favorites from 1957. I had it initially on the Just For You extended play 45 RPM record and later on my first Elvis long playing album Loving You. His extended play 45 RPM records were all a 12 year old could afford back then at $1.29 or $1.49 each plus tax and that was a lot. I rate this song an easy 5-stars.
GEORGE (GK) wrote on November 30, 2011
This song, is an overlooked gem. Such a great song, and Elvis and the band, and the background singers, are excellent ! Each decade had gems like this.
Rob Wanders wrote on November 30, 2011
one of the best ballads from the 50's. I've always loved this song
freedom101 wrote on November 30, 2011
"Loving You" is one of the greatest albums in history and this song is one of the reasons why.
Nariel wrote on April 24, 2012
To me it's definitely one of the underrated gems from the 50s. I also like the other Ivory Joe Hunter songs sung by Elvis (especially "It's still here" and "I will be true").
Gorse wrote on November 12, 2012
Easily the best song on the Just For You EP or extra songs added to the Loving You album tracks. He really pours his heart and soul into this one resulting in a mini masterpiece.
ElvisSacramento wrote on January 19, 2013
This is such a sensational, overlooked and underrated ballad and Elvis' rendition of it was stellar. I love every song from the "Loving You" soundtrack album.
GEORGE (GK) wrote on January 19, 2013
Without a doubt, this one and others like "Is it so Strange" are some of the best songs, ever recorded by anyone !
Cruiser621 wrote on January 19, 2013
One of my all time favorite songs from my all time favorite album, the soundtrack from "Loving You" with the flip side consisting of great ballads. I could never understand why RCA never included "Is It So Strange" on the B-side of this album also. It was on the extended play 45 RPM, "Just For You", which like a few of the comments listed by others, is how I first came to discover this tune as I couldn't afford an album at my than youthful age. Great song! Great album!
Steve V wrote on January 19, 2013
Loving You was not the greatest of albums (one of the greatest in history is my laugh for the day) , but this is a great track. So much better than most anything on any 1962-68 LPs. Elvis really did Ivroy Joe Hunter songs well.
alanfalk wrote on January 20, 2013
Love this heartfelt song, and loved the album too, and it beats any Tom jones album thats for sure !!
sugartummy wrote on March 16, 2013
Elvis proved that you could have hard hittin' drums on a ballad. Jimmy Page have listened well.
shoesuedeblues wrote on September 11, 2014
A good song from the 1950s which I remember buying with my pocket money on an EP.Nice bluesy Elvis a little known gem
NONE000000 wrote on September 11, 2014
One of those hidden tracks most non-Elvis people don't know. Any time Elvis sang the blues or even something tinged with blues it was pretty much a masterpiece to me and this is no exception. A little reminiscent of "Don't Leave Me Now"--which is also a great song, but this is just a little better. A real beauty!
jwedwards835 wrote on October 14, 2014
A true classic from one of the greatest albums in history! And that's no laughing matter. I give it the same amount of stars that are in the heavens.
Milky White Way wrote on March 12, 2023
Going to go completely against the grain here. But it’s a song I don’t care for, very similar to Don’t leave me now which I also don’t like.
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