[2] During April 1956, Variety reported that Presley's sixth RCA Victor single, "Heartbreak Hotel", had sold one million copies.

[3] RCA Victor producer Steve Sholes wanted a strong single for the next release, aware that there was not much good material available.

[3] Presley arrived at the RCA Victor Studios without ideas for the recording session and therefore had no choice but to use Sholes' suggestions, one of which was "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You".

At the time of its release, Presley had three songs in the Top 20: "Heartbreak Hotel/I Was the One," "My Baby Left Me", and "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You".

On June 5, 1956, Presley performed the song on The Milton Berle Show, as well as an early version of "Hound Dog"[5] that resulted in both overwhelmingly favorable audience reaction and outrage.

[6] John Lennon mentioned the song in the final interview he recorded on December 8, 1980, noting, "If I hear Elvis, I heard him singing "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" the other day, I mean I was just in heaven.