A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do) Explained

A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)
Cover:A_Woman_Needs_Love_(Just_Like_You_Do)_-_Ray_Parker_Jr._&_Raydio.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio
Album:A Woman Needs Love
B-Side:So Into You
Released:February 21, 1981
Genre:Pop, R&B
Length:3:46 (7")
4:07 (album version)
Label:Arista
Producer:Ray Parker Jr.
Prev Title:Can't Keep You from Cryin'
Prev Year:1980
Next Title:Still in the Groove
Next Year:1981

"A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)" is a 1981 song recorded by American R&B vocalist and songwriter Ray Parker Jr., along with his group, Raydio. It led their 1981 album, A Woman Needs Love, the last Parker recorded with Raydio.

Background

The song was written as an antithetical answer to the earlier Raydio hit, "Jack and Jill," also written and performed by Ray Parker, Jr. "Jack and Jill" is written from "Jack's" perspective of being neglected, just as "A Woman Needs Love" is written from "Jill's" perspective, as indicated by the lyrics, "by the time poor Jack returned up the hill, somebody else had been loving Jill."

Chart performance

The song was a hit on both the Billboard pop and soul charts in early 1981. It was Parker's first song to hit number-one on the R&B chart, and also reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] It is ranked as the 16th biggest U.S. hit of 1981.

Weekly charts

Chart (1981)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 22
Canada RPM Top Singles[3] 8
Canada CBC Top Singles[4] 8
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[5] 16

Year-end charts

Chart (1981) Position
Canada[6] 61
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[7] 92
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 16

Personnel

Raydio

Additional personnel

External links

Notes and References

  1. [Joel Whitburn|Whitburn, Joel]
  2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 229.
  3. Web site: RPM Top 50 Singles - June 27, 1981.
  4. Book: Nanda Lwin. Nanda Lwin. Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide. Music Data Canada. 1999. 1-896594-13-1.
  5. Web site: SA Charts 1965–March 1989. September 5, 2018.
  6. The 1981 Top 100 Singles chart is identified by the RPM Year-End article Web site: Top 100 Singles (1981). . 2018-01-05.
  7. Web site: Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1981. Dutch Top 40. September 30, 2021.
  8. December 26, 1981 . Number One Awards – Billboard's 1981 Year-End Charts : Pop Singles . YE-9 . Billboard . 93 . 51. April 5, 2020.