You Needed Me

"You Needed Me"
Single by Anne Murray
from the album Let'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 Murray singles chronology
"Walk Right Back"
(1978) 		"You Needed Me"
(1978) 		"Hey, Daddy"
(1978)

"You Needed Me" is a 1978 song by Canadian singer Anne Murray and was taken from her 14th studio album Let's Keep It That Way. It went to number 1 in the United States and Canada, number 22 in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, number 2 in Australia, number 7 in Ireland, number 6 in New Zealand and number 5 in South Africa. It won a Grammy Award in 1979. It was covered by Boyzone in 1999 and went to number 1 in the United Kingdom and New Zealand and number 2 in Ireland.

References

  1. ↑ "VH1's 40 Most Softsational Soft-Rock Songs". Stereogum. May 31, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  2. ↑ Smith, Troy L. (December 14, 2021). "Every No. 1 song of the 1970s ranked from worst to best". Cleveland.com. Retrieved January 30, 2023.