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I Need to Be in Love

1976 single by The Carpenters
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I Need to Be in Love

Summary

I Need to Be in Love is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (160 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • I Need to Be in Love's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • I Need to Be in Love's composer is recorded as Richard Carpenter[4].
  • I Need to Be in Love's composer is recorded as Albert Hammond[5].
  • I Need to Be in Love's composer is recorded as John Bettis[6].
  • I Need to Be in Love's genre is pop music[7].
  • I Need to Be in Love followed There's a Kind of Hush[8].
  • I Need to Be in Love was followed by Goofus[9].
  • I Need to Be in Love was performed by The Carpenters[10].
  • I Need to Be in Love's record label is recorded as A&M Records[11].
  • I Need to Be in Love's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • I Need to Be in Love's country of origin is recorded as United States[13].
  • I Need to Be in Love was published on May 21, 1976[14].
  • I Need to Be in Love's single taken from the album or EP is recorded as A Kind of Hush[15].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[16]

  • Genre(s): pop, rock, soft rock[17]

  • Community tags: pop, rock, soft rock[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a3bdb522-bce0-4b2e-999a-424eaaa950ed[19]

Body

Authorship and Creation

I Need to Be in Love was performed by The Carpenters[10].

Publication

I Need to Be in Love was released on May 21, 1976[14]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Its genre is pop music[7].

Adaptations and Inspiration

I Need to Be in Love followed There's a Kind of Hush[8]. It was followed by Goofus[9].

Why It Matters

I Need to Be in Love ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (160 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 7w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Babelnet id → 00238495n
    Single taken from the album or ep → A Kind of Hush
    Freebase id → /m/02r202r
    Instance of → single
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0700813724, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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