<Tr> <Th> Label </Th> <Td> King (Cat . no . 4841) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Mertis John Jr . </Td> </Tr> <P> "Need Your Love So Bad" sometimes known as "I Need Your Love So Bad", is a blues song first published in 1955 and written by Mertis John Jr . </P> <P> The first recording of the song was by Mertis John's younger brother Little Willie John and was released by King Records . Willie John's single achieved No. 5 on the Billboard R&B chart in 1956 and the B - side "Home at Last" reached No. 6 in the same chart . While using the AABA form and a harmonic layout typical for the R&B ballad, "Need Your Love So Bad" has been described as "A tightly wound and intense plea for love, (...) quite different from the usual R&B ballad fare". The songwriting credit has often been incorrectly attributed to Little Willie John . An example of this is the 1969 Fleetwood Mac album The Pious Bird of Good Omen, on which the original label gave the credit to Little Willie John . The performing rights organisation BMI credits the song to both John brothers . </P>

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