| "You Needed Me" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by Anne Murray | ||||
| from the album Let's Keep It That Way | ||||
| B-side | "I Still Wish the Very Best for You" | |||
| Released | May 1978 | |||
| Recorded | January 1978 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock[1][2] | |||
| Length | 3:41 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Randy Goodrum | |||
| Producer(s) | Jim Ed Norman | |||
| Anne Murray singles chronology | ||||
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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. In 1999, Irish pop band Boyzone recorded a hit cover of the song that reached number one on the UK Singles Chart.
- ^ "VH1's 40 Most Softsational Soft-Rock Songs". Stereogum. May 31, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
- ^ Smith, Troy L. (December 14, 2021). "Every No. 1 song of the 1970s ranked from worst to best". Cleveland.com. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
- ^ "You Needed Me by Anne Murray Songfacts". Songfacts.com. Retrieved April 1, 2014.