"I love you. I want you. I need you." Hence three times a lady. This Lionel Richie penned song became the first #1 for the Communards. It also topped the charts in UK, Ireland, Canada and Australia - among others - in 1978. Nate Harvell took the song to #28 in the country charts the same year, and Conway Twitty to #7 in 1983, Countless other covers have followed later: a1 , The Shadows , Kenny Rogers