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"You Needed Me" is a song written by Randy 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 singer Anne Murray , for which she won a Grammy Award.
The second single released, "You Needed Me", would ultimately become one of the biggest hits of Murray's career, topping all three Canadian charts; in the U.S. it reached No. 1 on the U.S. pop singles charts (becoming Murray's sole chart-topper on the Hot 100 charts), as well as No. 4 on the country singles charts, and No. 3 on the A/C charts.
1978 – Record of the Year, "You Needed Me"; Best Country Vocal Performance, Female, "Walk Right Back"; Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female, "You Needed Me" (WON) 1979 – Best Recording for Children, Anne Murray Sings for the Sesame Street Generation; 1980 – Best Country Vocal Performance, Female, "Could I Have This Dance" (WON)
“You said some things that I can’t unabsorb / You turned me into an idea of sorts,” she sings in the second verse. “You needed me, but you needed drugs more / And I couldn’t watch it ...
[62] [nb 7] Other than "I Need You", all the songs in the film were Lennon–McCartney compositions. As the end credits stated this on screen, a voiceover from Harrison repeatedly said, "'I Need You' by George Harrison!", increasing in volume each time. [67] The album and film enjoyed major commercial success around the world. [68]
Her 1980 release "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" and 1984 lovelorn rock ballad "We Belong" also make for excellent sing-alongs, but it's hard to beat "Love Is a Battlefield"—just ask Jennifer ...
Harrison likened "If I Needed Someone" to "a million other songs" that are based on a guitarist's finger movements around the D major chord. [22] [nb 3] The song is founded on a riff played on a Rickenbacker 360/12, [24] [25] which was the twelve-string electric guitar that McGuinn had adopted as the Byrds' signature instrument after seeing Harrison playing one in A Hard Day's Night.
The basic backing track was recorded at Olympic Sound Studios in Barnes on 6 May 1969. Recording started at 3pm and went on until 4am the next morning. [8] McCartney sang lead and played piano, Lennon played an Epiphone Casino guitar, George Harrison played a Fender Telecaster guitar fed through a Leslie speaker, and Ringo Starr played drums. [9]