When I Need You

Infobox Single
Name = When I Need You


Artist = Leo Sayer
from Album = Endless Flight
B-side = "I Think We Fell in Love Too Fast"
Released = 1977
Format = 7" single
Recorded =
Genre = Pop, Adult contemporary
Length = 4:09
Label = Warner
Writer = Albert Hammond, Carole Bayer Sager
Producer = Richard Perry
Certification =
Last single = "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing"
(1976)
This single = "When I Need You"
(1977)
Next single = "How Much Love"
(1977)Infobox Single
Name = When I Need You


Artist = Céline Dion
from Album = Let's Talk About Love
Released = Start date|1998|9|7
Format = Radio single
Recorded = Chartmarker Studios, Paramount Studios
Genre = Pop
Length = 4:12
Label = Columbia, Epic
Writer = Albert Hammond, Carole Bayer Sager
Producer = David Foster
Last single = "Immortality"
(1998)
This single = "When I Need You"
(1998)
Next single = "I Hate You Then I Love You"
(1998)Infobox Single
Name = When I Need You


Artist = Cliff Richard
from Album = Love... The Album
Released = October 29 2007 [http://www.cliffrichard.org/news/index.cfm?page_id=16]
Format = CD, Digital download
Recorded = Sound Kitchen, Sound House and Blue Wave Studios
Genre = Pop
Length = 4:14
Label = EMI
Writer = Albert Hammond, Carole Bayer Sager
Producer = Michael Omartian
Last single = "21st Century Christmas / Move It"
(2006)
This single = "When I Need You"
(2007)
Next single =

"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 number 1 on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in February 1977 after three of his earlier singles had stalled at number 2. A massive hit worldwide, it reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a single week in May 1977; [Bronson, Fred (2003). "The Billboard Book of #1 Hits", 5th Edition (Billboard Publications)] the song also went to number 1 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart. [Whitburn, Joel (1996). "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits", 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)] He performed it on the second show of the third season of "The Muppet Show".

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. In 2007, Cliff Richard covered this song for his 2007 album "Love: The Album". On a QVC bonus disc for his CD "On My Way Here", Clay Aiken covered the song in 2008.

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. [cite book | author=Glatzer, Jenna| title=Céline Dion: For Keeps | publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing| year=2005 | id=ISBN 0-7407-5559-5]

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 of 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).

Formats and track listings

Brazilian promotional CD single
#"When I Need You" – 4:12

Cliff Richard version

On 29 October 2007, Cliff Richard released "When I Need You" and reached to number 38 on the UK Singles Chart. It is also one of the five new recordings that feature in his latest album "Love... The Album".

Format and track listings

#"When I Need You"
#"My Pretty One"
#"Never Let Go"

References