"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 4574 | |||
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.