When I Need You
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| "When I Need You" | ||
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| Single by Leo Sayer | ||
| from the album Endless Flight | ||
| B-side(s) | "I Think We Fell in Love Too Fast" | |
| Released | 1977 | |
| Format | 7" single | |
| Length | 4:09 | |
| Label | Warner | |
| Writer(s) | Albert Hammond, Carole Bayer Sager | |
| Producer(s) | Richard Perry | |
| Chart positions | ||
| Leo Sayer singles chronology | ||
| "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" (1976) |
"When I Need You" (1977) |
"How Much Love" (1977) |
"When I Need You" is a popular song.
Written by Albert Hammond and Carole Bayer Sager, the song was first recorded by Hammond on his 1976 album When I Need You. Produced by Richard Perry, Leo Sayer's version made #1 on the UK singles chart for two weeks in February 1977 after three of his earlier singles had stalled at #2. A massive hit worldwide, it reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a single week in May 1977.
Céline Dion covered this song for her 1997 album Let's Talk About Love and it has been covered by Perry Como and Rod Stewart as well.
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| Single by Céline Dion | ||
| from the album Let's Talk About Love | ||
| Released | September 7, 1998 | |
| Format | CD single | |
| Recorded | Chartmarker Studios, Paramount Studios | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 4:12 | |
| Label | Columbia, Epic | |
| Writer(s) | Albert Hammond, Carole Bayer Sager | |
| Producer(s) | David Foster | |
| Céline Dion singles chronology | ||
| "Immortality" (1998) |
"When I Need You" (1998) |
"I Hate You Then I Love You" (1998) |
[edit] Céline Dion version
When I Need You" is a promotional single from Céline Dion's Let's Talk About Love album, released on September 7, 1998 in Brazil only.
After Céline Dion finished her Falling into You Tour in June 1997, she began to record her next English album. Dion and her manager and husband René Angélil wanted to include few cover versions on it. David Foster came up with the idea of recording Leo Sayer's hit "When I Need You." The song, recorded at Paramount Studios and Chartmaker Studios, was produced by Foster and included on Dion's Let's Talk About Love album, released on November 15, 1997. Céline Dion performed this song during the Let's Talk About Love avec Julie Snyder Canadian TV show in late 1997.
After a string od successful singles like "My Heart Will Go On" and "Immortality," Sony Music Entertainment decided to release "When I Need You" as a promotional single in Brazil (September 1998). Previous two singles reached number 1 on the Brazilian Hot 100 Singles & Tracks airplay chart. However, with no music video and no promotion "When I Need You" failed to repeat the success of Céline Dion previous songs.
Authors of "When I Need You" worked with Dion also on several new songs. Albert Hammond wrote "Just Walk Away," included on The Colour of My Love album (1993) and Carole Bayer Sager wrote "The Prayer," which became a part of These Are Special Times (1998).
[edit] Formats and track listings
Promotional 1-Track CD-Single - (BR)
- "When I Need You" 4:12
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[edit] References
| Preceded by "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" by Julie Covington |
UK number one single February 19, 1977 |
Succeeded by "Chanson D'Amour" by The Manhattan Transfer |
| Preceded by "Hotel California" by The Eagles |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single May 7, 1977 |
Succeeded by "Sir Duke" by Stevie Wonder |
