Songfacts®:

• Denon Reed is a DJ/producer from Birmingham. He got his start mucking about with grime beats with his school friends before refining his style into a richer stew of dancehall, hip-hop, rap, and whatever else made the windows rattle.
  
  "I Need to Know" is an energetic bassline/UK garage track released in September 2024.
• Reed provides the vocals himself, which revolve around finding clarity in a relationship.
  
  I need to know if you wanna be with me
  See, I ain't go no time, no time for playing games
  Can't you see it's killing me?
• The track is listed as by "Denon Reed & Cru2," which sounds like a formidable duo until you discover that Cru2 isn't a person at all, but an events brand and label Reed founded. Cru2 exists to promote large-scale bassline and UKG events, particularly in party-forward cities like Birmingham and Leeds.
• "I Need To Know" became a viral hit, widely played in clubs and on radio. The song's popularity led to multiple remixes, including one featuring rappers Silky, MIST, Dizzee Rascal, and KAV.