| "When I Need You" | ||||
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 Portuguese vinyl single | ||||
| Single by Leo Sayer | ||||
| from the album Endless Flight | ||||
| B-side | "I Think We Fell in Love Too Fast" | |||
| Released | February 1977 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock[1][2] | |||
| Length | 4:09 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Richard Perry | |||
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"When I Need You" is a popular song written by Albert Hammond and Carole Bayer Sager. Its first appearance was as the title track of Hammond's 1976 album When I Need You. Leo Sayer's version, produced by Richard Perry, was a massive hit worldwide, reaching number 1 on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in February 1977 after three of his earlier singles had stalled at number 2.[3] It also reached number 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 for a single week in May 1977;[4] and the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks.[5] Billboard ranked it as the No. 24 song of 1977. Sayer performed it on the second show of the third season of The Muppet Show.
- ^ "VH1's 40 Most Softsational Soft-Rock Songs". Stereogum. SpinMedia. 31 May 2007. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (17 July 2000). "The Linen: Soft Rock". Night Moves - Pop Music in the Late 70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-312-19821-3.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 336–7. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Bronson, Fred (2003). The Billboard Book of #1 Hits, 5th Edition (Billboard Publications)
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)