I Need You
~ Recording by The Pointer Sisters
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official | |||||||||
| 1.4 | I Need You | 4:05 | The Pointer Sisters | Break Out | The Pointer Sisters | Album |
| Planet (imprint of Planet Records, a funk/disco label active 1978–1985) | BXL1-4705 |
| 1.4 | I Need You | 4:01 | The Pointer Sisters | Break Out | The Pointer Sisters | Album |
| Planet (imprint of Planet Records, a funk/disco label active 1978–1985) | FK 84705 |
| 1.4 | I Need You | 4:02 | The Pointer Sisters | Break Out | The Pointer Sisters | Album |
| Planet (imprint of Planet Records, a funk/disco label active 1978–1985) | FD89450 |
| 1.4 | I Need You | 4:01 | The Pointer Sisters | Break Out | The Pointer Sisters | Album |
| Planet (imprint of Planet Records, a funk/disco label active 1978–1985) | FL89450 |
| 1.4 | I Need You | 4:02 | The Pointer Sisters | Break Out | The Pointer Sisters | Album |
| Planet (imprint of Planet Records, a funk/disco label active 1978–1985) | PCD1-4705A |
| 1.13 | I Need You | 4:02 | The Pointer Sisters | Jump: The Best of the Pointer Sisters | The Pointer Sisters | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | PL 90319 |
| 1.14 | I Need You | 4:05 | The Pointer Sisters | Jump: The Best of The Pointer Sisters | The Pointer Sisters | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | PD90319 |
| 1.14 | I Need You | 4:05 | The Pointer Sisters | Jump: The Best of The Pointer Sisters | The Pointer Sisters | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 74321 28986 2 |
| 1.11 | I Need You | 4:04 | The Pointer Sisters | The Collection | The Pointer Sisters | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 74321 13957 2 |
| 2.7 | I Need You | 4:07 | The Pointer Sisters | Fire: The Very Best of the Pointer Sisters | The Pointer Sisters | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 07863 66863-2 |
| 1.10 | I Need You | 4:04 | The Pointer Sisters | Greatest Hits | The Pointer Sisters | Album + Compilation |
| Camden (launched circa 1973; UK only as of 2004) | 74321 487332 |
| 4.14 | I Need You | 4:02 | The Pointer Sisters | Highlights of Rock & Pop of the 60-70-80th | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Euro Sound (Falcon Neue Medien sublabel) | 3319, 3320, 3321, 3322 |
| 1.4 | I Need You | 4:04 | The Pointer Sisters | The Collection | The Pointer Sisters | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 74321 56561 2 |
| 1.9 | I Need You | 4:02 | The Pointer Sisters | Best of the Pointer Sisters | The Pointer Sisters | Album + Compilation | RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 74321581072 | |
| 1.4 | I Need You | 4:04 | The Pointer Sisters | The Pointer Sisters | The Pointer Sisters | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | 37 189 8 |
| 1.8 | I Need You | 4:06 | The Pointer Sisters | Hits! | The Pointer Sisters | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | BVCM-37268 |
| 1.8 | I Need You | 4:06 | The Pointer Sisters | Hits! | The Pointer Sisters | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | |
| 1.4 | I Need You | 4:04 | The Pointer Sisters | The Best of Pointer Sisters | Pointer Sisters | Album + Compilation |
| Paradiso (Belgian label) | PA 760/2 |
| 1.6 | I Need You | 4:01 | The Pointer Sisters | The Very Best | The Pointer Sisters | Album + Compilation |
| Universe (Compilations — Attention, some releases may be bootlegs) | 4149 |
| 1.9 | I Need You | 4:04 | The Pointer Sisters | I'm So Excited: The Very Best of The Pointer Sisters | The Pointer Sisters | Album + Compilation |
| Camden (launched circa 1973; UK only as of 2004) | 82876 52768 2 |
| 1.9 | I Need You | 4:04 | The Pointer Sisters | Jump: The Best of The Pointer Sisters | The Pointer Sisters | Album + Compilation |
| BMG UK & Ireland | |
| 2.6 | I Need You | 4:07 | The Pointer Sisters | Legends | The Pointer Sisters | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008) | 82876 711522 |
| 1.4 | I Need You | 4:02 | The Pointer Sisters | Break Out | The Pointer Sisters | Album |
| Planet (imprint of Planet Records, a funk/disco label active 1978–1985), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | |
| 1.9 | I Need You | 4:04 | The Pointer Sisters | Jump: The Best of The Pointer Sisters | The Pointer Sisters | Album + Compilation |
| Camden (launched circa 1973; UK only as of 2004) | 88697519762 |
| 1.4 | I Need You | 4:02 | The Pointer Sisters | Break Out | The Pointer Sisters | Album |
| Big Break Records | CDBBRXD 0075 |
| 2.4 | I Need You | 4:01 | The Pointer Sisters | Break Out | The Pointer Sisters | Album |
| Big Break Records | CDBBRXD 0075 |
| 2.17 | I Need You | 4:02 | Pointer Sisters | 100 Hits: Ultimate Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 100 Hits | DMGN 100 141 |
| 1.4 | I Need You | 4:02 | The Pointer Sisters | Break Out (1983 version — expanded) | The Pointer Sisters | Album |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | |
| 1.4 | I Need You | 4:03 | The Pointer Sisters | Break Out (1984 version — expanded) | The Pointer Sisters | Album |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | |
| 3.9 | I Need You | 4:02 | The Pointer Sisters | NOW Yearbook Extra ’80–’84: The Final Chapter | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | CDYBENOW8084 |
| 2.7 | I Need You | 4:04 | The Pointer Sisters | Fire! The Very Best of The Pointer Sisters | The Pointer Sisters | Album + Compilation | RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | ||
| 2.7 | I Need You | 4:04 | The Pointer Sisters | Fire! The Very Best of The Pointer Sisters | The Pointer Sisters | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | |
| 1.8 | I Need You | 4:04 | The Pointer Sisters | Hits! | The Pointer Sisters | Album + Compilation | RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | ||
| Pseudo-Release | |||||||||
| 1.8 | アイ・ニード・ユー | ?:?? | ポインター・シスターズ | グレイテスト・ヒッツ | ポインター・シスターズ | Album + Compilation |
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Relationships
| recorded in: | Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1983) |
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| recording engineer: | Michael Brooks (sound engineer and remixer, notably associated with The Pointer Sisters) |
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| drum machine programming: | Bob Mithoff Howie Rice |
| electronic drum set programming: | Reek Havoc |
| producer: | Richard Perry (producer) |
| bass, electronic drum set and percussion and guitar: | Howie Rice (in 1983) |
| instruments: | Howie Rice (in 1983) |
| percussion: | Paulinho da Costa (in 1983) |
| Rhodes piano: | Vince Melamed (in 1983) |
| synthesizer: | Stephen Mitchell (US musician, composer, songwriter, producer et al.) (in 1983) Howie Rice (in 1983) John Van Tongeren (in 1983) |
| lead vocals: | Anita Pointer (in 1983) June Pointer (in 1983) Ruth Pointer (in 1983) |
| remixer: | Bill Schnee |