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You Needed Me

This article is about the Anne Murray song. For the Rihanna song, seeNeeded Me.

"You Needed Me"is a song written byRandy Goodrum,who describes it as being about "unconditional undeserved love".[3]It was a number-one single in the United States in 1978 for Canadian singerAnne Murray,for which she won a Grammy Award. In 1999, Irish pop bandBoyzonerecorded a hit cover of the song that reached number one on theUK Singles Chart.

"You Needed Me"
SinglebyAnne Murray
from the albumLet's Keep It That Way
B-side"I Still Wish the Very Best for You"
ReleasedMay 1978
RecordedJanuary 1978
GenreSoft rock[1][2]
Length3:41
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Randy Goodrum
Producer(s)Jim Ed Norman
Anne Murraysingles chronology
"Walk Right Back"
(1978) 		"You Needed Me"
(1978) 		"Hey, Daddy"
(1978)

Original Anne Murray version

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"You Needed Me" was first recorded by singer Anne Murray in 1978. The song peaked at number one on theBillboardHot 100 chart and revitalized her career after several years of declining popularity as it became her first Top 40 US single since her 1974 remake ofThe Beatles' "You Won't See Me".The song, included on her 1978 albumLet's Keep It That Way,was also a top-five country single and won Song of the Year at theAcademy of Country Musicawards, and is her most successful single in the United Kingdom, where it made the top 30. Murray is quoted inThe Billboard Book of Number One HitsbyFred Bronsonas saying she was not surprised by the song's success, as she knew from the start the song would be a hit because she broke down in tears the first time she tried to sing it.

Although the song reached number one on theBillboardHot 100chart (and is her only song to top that chart), it never topped the twoBillboardcharts where Murray has had the most success—CountryandAdult Contemporary.However, it spent a then-record 36 weeks on the Adult Contemporary chart, a record for chart longevity that stood until 1990. The song spent 10 weeks at number one in Malaysia.

The song earned Murray theGrammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performanceat the21st Grammy Awards,[4]the first to be awarded to a Canadian artist. The single was certified Platinum in Canada and Gold in the US.

Anne Murray re-recorded the song withShania Twainfor Murray's 2007 albumDuets: Friends & Legends.

The song was featured in an ongoing storyline on the CBS soapGuiding Lightin 1980–81, as a theme song for the characters Kelly Nelson and Morgan Richards. In 2013, the song was performed bySeth MacFarlanein character asStewie Griffinon theFamily Guyepisode "Chris Cross", in which Anne Murray herself guest-starred.

Chart performance

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Boyzone version

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"You Needed Me"
SinglebyBoyzone
from the albumBy Request
B-side"Words Can't Describe"
ReleasedMay 10, 1999(1999-05-10)
StudioLondon, England
Length3:27
LabelPolydor
Songwriter(s)Randy Goodrum
Producer(s)Steve Mac
Boyzonesingles chronology
"When the Going Gets Tough"
(1999) 		"You Needed Me"
(1999) 		"Every Day I Love You"
(1999)
Music video
"You Needed Me"onYouTube

"You Needed Me" was covered by Irish boy bandBoyzonein 1999. It was released as the second single from their albumBy Request.It became their sixth and final single to reach number one on theUK Singles Chart,[19]outselling Spice GirlGeri Halliwell's debut single, "Look at Me",by 748 copies.[20]The song received a silver disc for shipping 200,000 copies in the UK.[21]

Track listings

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Irish maxi-CD single[22]

  1. "You Needed Me"
  2. "When the Going Gets Tough"
  3. "You Needed Me" (Jewels & Stone Remix)
  4. "Megamix (Love to Infinity)"

UK CD1[23]

  1. "You Needed Me"
  2. "Words Can't Describe"
  3. "Megamix (Love to Infinity)"

UK CD2[24]

  1. "You Needed Me"
  2. "You Needed Me" (Jewels & Stone Remix)
  3. "Too Late Tonight"
  4. "You Needed Me" (video)

UK cassette single[25]

  1. "You Needed Me"
  2. "Words Can't Describe"

Credits and personnel

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Credits are lifted from theBy Requestalbum booklet.[26]

Studio

  • Engineered and programmed at Rokstone Studios (London, England)

Personnel

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)[45] Gold 5,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[21] Silver 200,000^

*Sales figures based on certification alone.
^Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom May 10, 1999
  • CD
  • cassette
 Polydor [46]
Japan May 19, 1999 CD [47]

Other versions

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