Patti LaBelle, “Love, Need and Want You” | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶

In the 135^th edition of Throwback Vibez (2022), we recollect and reflect on “Love, Need and Want You” by Patti LaBelle.   

The vibes, the vibes, those Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶! Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 is a column that celebrates awesome songs from the past.  The records that grace Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 are older, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re ancient – no fossils 🦴! All genres of music are welcome – we don’t discriminate ‘round here! In the 135^th edition of Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 (2022), we recollect and reflect on 🎵 “Love, Need and Want You”, performed by 🎙 Patti LaBelle.  

“Honey, I love you / I do / More than you’ll ever know / It’s for sure / You can always count on my love / Forevermore.”🏆 two-time Grammy winner, 🎙 Patti LaBelle exhibited no shortage of love and devotion on 🎵 “Love, Need and Want You”, a single and surefire highlight from her sixth studio album, 💿 I’m In Love Again (1983). This smooth, 1980s Philly soul joint was written and produced by a formidable team: 🎼✍ 🎛 Kenneth Gamble and the late, great,  🎼✍ 🎛 Bunny Sigler. One of many career hits, “Love, Need and Want You” had a tough act to follow — 🎵 “If Only You Knew” graced the same LP, earning pop success as well. “Love, Need and Want You” was a success on the R&B charts but failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 – go figure!

Despite the fact that “Love, Need and Want You” didn’t make a bigger splash on the mainstream, it ranks among the finest songs in the Patti LaBelie catalog.  With elite songwriting and that sweet Philly production supporting her, Ms. Patti is on fire 🔥. “Sugar, I want you so bad / I got a burning desire,” she sings so amorously, continuing, “My soul’s on fire / Can’t you see / You’re my everything.” She’s infatuated 🤩! Besides the unifying titular lyrics, arguably the best moment from this beloved Patti classic is when she sings:

“Baby, when we

When we’re together

Said, I’m alright and you’re alright

It’s like paradise

And I just want you to know how I feel

How I feel.”

🎵 “Love, Need and Want You” – a surefire, certified, Patti LaBelle classic!

🎙 Patti LaBelle • 💿 I’m In Love Again • 🏷 Philadelphia International • 🗓 1983

Patti LaBelle, “Love, Need and Want You”: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 135 (2022) [📷: Brent Faulkner, John Alan Sperry, PIRO, LaFace, The Musical Hype, Philadelphia International, Pixabay]