I Want You to Need Me

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"I Want You to Need Me"
"I Want You to Need Me" cover
Single by Céline Dion
from the album All the Way... A Decade of Song
Released July 15, 2000
Format CD single
Recorded Paradise Sounds, Record Plant Studios, The Hit Factory
Genre Pop
Length 4:34
Label Columbia, Epic
Writer(s) Diane Warren
Producer(s) Matt Serletic
Chart positions
Céline Dion singles chronology
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
(2000)
"I Want You to Need Me"
(2000)
"If Walls Could Talk"
(2000)
Alternate cover
Promotional single
Promotional single

"I Want You to Need Me" is the fourth and last single from Céline Dion's All the Way... A Decade of Song album, released on July 15, 2000.

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[edit] Song information

Dion in the "I Want You to Need Me" music video (2000).
Dion in the "I Want You to Need Me" music video (2000).

"I Want You to Need Me" was written by the famous Diane Warren, who wrote for Céline Dion also "Because You Loved Me" among others. Several club remixes were created by the Thunderpuss.

"I Want You to Need Me" music video was directed by Liz Friedlander and released on May 1, 2000. It was included on Céline Dion's All the Way... A Decade of Song and Video DVD. First video, directed by Paul Hunter (February 2000) was never released.

The song reached #1 in Canada (for one week) and #7 on the Hot Dance Singles Sales in the U.S. It was popular on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks, peaking at #12. "I Want You to Need Me" reached also top forty in Sweden, Argentina and Switzerland. The U.S. single was a double A-side with "That's the Way It Is." According to Nielsen SoundScan it sold 58,000 copies in the U.S.

[edit] Formats and track listings

2-Track CD-Single - (EU)

  1. "I Want You to Need Me" (Album Version) 4:34
  2. "I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss Radio Mix) 4:32

4-Track CD-Single - (EU)

  1. "I Want You to Need Me" (Album Version) 4:34
  2. "I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss Radio Mix) 4:32
  3. "I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss Tribapella) 7:41
  4. "That's the Way It Is" (Metro Club Remix) 5:28

3-Track CD-Single - (JP)

  1. "I Want You to Need Me" (Album Version) 4:34
  2. "Then You Look at Me" 4:09
  3. "My Heart Will Go On" (Live) 5:23

6-track CD-Single - (JP)

  1. "I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss Radio Mix) 4:32
  2. "I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss Club Mix) 8:10
  3. "I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss Tribapella) 7:41
  4. "I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderdub) 6:43
  5. "That's the Way It Is" (Metro Mix Edit) 3:12
  6. "That's the Way It Is" (Metro Club Remix) 5:28

4-track CD-Single - (U.S.)

  1. "That's the Way It Is" (Album Version) 4:01
  2. "That's the Way It Is" (Metro Club Remix) 5:28
  3. "I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss Radio Mix) 4:32
  4. "I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss Club Mix) 8:10

[edit] Official versions

  1. "I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss Radio Mix) 4:32
  2. "I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss Club Mix) 8:10
  3. "I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss Tribapella) 7:41
  4. "I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderdub) 6:43
  5. "I Want You to Need Me" (Album Version) 4:34

[edit] Charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Argentinian Airplay Chart 34
Belgian Wallonie Singles Chart 73
Belgian Wallonie Airplay Chart 71
Belgian Flanders Singles Chart 75
Belgian Flanders Airplay Chart 69
Canadian Singles Chart 1
Canadian Adult Contemporary Chart 22
Dutch Singles Chart 49
Chart (2000) Peak
position
Norwegian Airplay Chart 85
Polish Radio 3 Chart 48
Swedish Singles Chart 25
Swiss Singles Chart 40
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales 7
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 12
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales 62

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