Upon release, the single only reached number 32 in the UK, which prompted Fontana to pursue a solo career while the Mindbenders continued as a trio.

Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders had enjoyed a cross-atlantic hit with the song "The Game of Love", which topped the Billboard Hot 100 and reached number two in the UK's Record Retailer in mid-1965.

[3] Knowing that the Mindbenders had made it big, he offered them another of his compositions, "It's Just a Little Bit Too Late" which was released in the summer of 1965 and became a minor hit on both Billboard Hot 100 and Record Retailer.

[4] Without informing the band, he continued to perform with them until he suddenly walked off-stage during a show in October of that year, saying to their guitarist Eric Stewart "it's all yours.

"[11] Record Mirror's Norman Jopling and Peter Jones states that "She Needs Love" has a "powerhouse instrumental opening", which "settles into a swing-beat ballad.

[13] She compliments the heavy beat of the song, comparing the drumming to "The Game Of Love", which she believes fits perfectly together with the guitar riff.

In Billboard magazine it's described as a "much awaited and hot rhythm follow-up to their past hit" and states that the single will certainly reach the charts without problem.

[15] They write that the single has strong potential of charting with an "easy-going, rhythmic blues-tinged" influence and note the love-related lyrics of the song.