I Need to Be in Love

~ Recording by Carpenters

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.6I Need To Be In Love3:46CarpentersA Kind Of HushCarpentersAlbum
  • -1976-01-01
A&M Records
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
  • US1976-06-11
A&M RecordsSP 4581
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M Records27 400 XOT
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsAMLK 64581
1.6I Need to Be in Love?:??CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsCS-3197
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M Records985 035
1.10I Need to Be in Love?:??CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M Records8T-4581
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsGP 2001
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsSP 4581
1.6I Need to Be in Love?:??CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsCS-4581
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsAMLH 64581
1.6I Need to Be in Love?:??CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsCKM 64581
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsSLAM 64581
1.6Necesito Estar Enamorada = I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsSLAM-080
1.10I Need to Be in Love?:??CarpentersA Kind of Hush (Club edition, Flourescent orange shell)CarpentersAlbum
A&M Records, Columbia Record Club8T-4581
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
PGP-RTB, A&M RecordsLP-55-5619, SP-4581
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersA Kind of Hush (Club Edition)CarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsSP 4581, SP-4581
1.6I Need to Be in Love?:??CarpentersA Kind of Hush (3 ¾ ips, 4‐Track Stereo)CarpentersAlbum
A&M Records, Columbia Record ClubOR 4581
1.10I Need to Be in Love?:??CarpentersA Kind of Hush (Black shell, Club edition – CRC)CarpentersAlbum
A&M Records8T-4581
1.6I Need to Be in Love?:??CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsD 56.063, D-56063
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsP-SP-4581
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsL 35872, L-35,872, SP 4581
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsSP 4581
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsSP-4581
1.6I Need to Be in Love?:??CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsTC-SP 4581
1.6I Need to Be in Love?:??CarpentersA Kind of Hush (Club Edition – CRC)CarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsCS-4581
1.6I Need to Be in Love?:??CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsTC-SP 4581
1.10I Need to Be in Love?:??CarpentersA Kind of Hush (Club edition Flourescent orange shell)CarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsAM8TC-4581
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersA Kind of Hush (Club edition)CarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsSP 4581, SP-4581
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M Records27 400 XOT
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsAMLH 64581, AMLK 64581
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsL 35872, SP 4581
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersA Kind of Hush (Club Edition)CarpentersAlbum
A&M Records65 355
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsSP 4581, SP-4581
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsL 35872
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersA Kind of Hush (Club Edition, CRC)CarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsSP 4581, SP-4581
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past)27400-1
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M Records27 400 XOT
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsSA&M 2177, SA&M-2177, SP 4581
1.6Necesito Estar Enamorada = I Need to Be in Love?:??CarpenterHay Una Especie de Silencio = A Kind of HushCarpenterAlbum
A&M Records19155
1.6Necesito Estar Enamorada = I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersHay Una Especie de Silencio = A Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M Records9155
1.6Necesito Estar Enamorada = I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersHay Una Forma de Silencio = A Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsLPS 88649, LPS-88.649
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsAMLK 64581
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsAMLK 64581
1.4I Need to Be in Love?:??CarpentersYesterday Once MoreCarpentersAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records, EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)
1.4I Need to Be in Love3:29CarpentersYesterday Once MoreCarpentersAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), A&M RecordsCDS 26 0296 8
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:46CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
  • JP1986-11-05
A&M RecordsD32Y3106
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:37CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsCD 3197, DX 834
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsC25Y3120
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:35CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsCD 3197, DX 384
1.13I Need to Be in Love3:37CarpentersA&M Composers Series, Vol. 2: Richard Carpenter & John BettisVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • JP1988-09-21
A&M RecordsD25Y3269
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:35CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
  • JP1989-03-08
A&M RecordsD20Y4013
1.6I Need to Be in Love?:??CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsD20Y4013
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:37CarpentersA Kind of Hush (Karen in My Memories Series)CarpentersAlbum
  • JP1993-03-01
A&M RecordsPOCM-1815
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:37CarpentersA Kind of Hush (Remastered Classics Series)CarpentersAlbum
  • US1998-12-08
A&M Records82839 3197 2
1.6I Need to Be in Love?:??CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
  • JP1998-12-23
A&M RecordsPOCM-9057
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:37CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M Records393 197-2
7.6I Need to Be in Love?:??Carpenters40th Anniversary Collector's EditionCarpentersAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2009-06-24
A&M RecordsUICY-91361
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:37CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
  • JP2009-08-26
A&M RecordsUICY-94227
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:35CarpentersA Kind of Hush (Carpenters 40)CarpentersAlbum
A&M Records3980122
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:35CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
  • JP2012-09-19
A&M RecordsUICY-25300
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersA Kind of Hush (180g vinyl)CarpentersAlbum
A&M Records00602557404975
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:37CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M Records393 197-2, CDMID 142
Promotion
1.6I Need to Be in Love?:??CarpentersA Kind of Hush (Sample)CarpentersAlbum
  • JP1976-06-21
A&M RecordsGP-2001
1.6I Need to Be in Love3:47CarpentersA Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsSP 4581, SP-4581
1.6Necesito Estar Enamorada = I Need to Be in Love?:??CarpentersHay Una Especie de Silencio = A Kind of HushCarpentersAlbum
A&M RecordsSAML 70.589, SAML 70589

Relationships

bass guitar [bass]:Joe Osborn (American bass guitar player, session musician and songwriter)
drums (drum set) [drums]:Jim Gordon (US drummer with Derek and the Dominos)
flute:David Shostac (American flutist)
guitar [guitars]:Tony Peluso (American writer, producer and multi-instrumentalist)
harp:Gayle Levant (American studio musician, harpist)
horn [english horn]:Earl Dumler (multi-instrumentalist)
keyboard [keyboards]:Richard Carpenter (The Carpenters)
vocals:Karen Carpenter
Richard Carpenter (The Carpenters)
MOR Chorale
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/5CMPmGVhRhNLZ1PIyYJG5O [info]
https://www.deezer.com/track/1564362 [info]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE5-qtTfF1I [info]
other databases:https://www.whosampled.com/Carpenters/I-Need-to-Be-in-Love/ [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/46411 [info]
recording of:I Need to Be in Love

Related works

I Need to Be in Love

lyricist:John Bettis
Albert Hammond
composer:Richard Carpenter (The Carpenters)
publisher:Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
EMI April Music Inc.
Hammer and Nails Music, Inc.
Landers Roberts Music