Following the release of 18 Months, "I Need Your Love" debuted at number 85 on the UK Singles Chart and at number 58 on the Irish Singles Chart in early November 2012. The song re-entered the UK chart at number 75 during the week ending 17 March 2013, selling 3,256 copies. In its fourth week, the track jumped from number 41 to number 25 with 13,909 copies sold, becoming Harris's 16th top-40 single and Goulding's ninth. On 21 April 2013, when "I Need Your Love" jumped from number eleven to number seven with sales of 33,052 copies, Harris made chart history by becoming the first artist to achieve eight UK top-10 singles from one studio album, breaking the previous record of seven set by Michael Jackson's 1987 album Bad and subsequently equalled by 1991's Dangerous. The single jumped to its peak position of number four the following week, selling 43,971 copies. As of August 2013, "I Need Your Love" had sold 395,462 copies in the United Kingdom.
