I Want You to Need Me

Infobox Single
Name = I Want You to Need Me


Artist = Céline Dion
from Album = All the Way… A Decade of Song
Released = Start date|2000|7|15
Format = CD single
Recorded = Paradise Sounds, Record Plant Studios, The Hit Factory
Genre = Pop
Length = 4:34
Label = Columbia, Epic
Writer = Diane Warren
Producer = Matt Serletic
Last single = "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
(2000)
This single = "I Want You to Need Me"
(2000)
Next single = "If Walls Could Talk"
(2000)
Misc = Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate covers
Type = Single


Lower caption = U.S. double A-side single Extra album cover


Lower caption = Japanese maxi-single Extra album cover


Lower caption = Mexican radio single

"I Want You to Need Me" is the fourth and last single from Céline Dion's "All the Way… A Decade of Song" album, released on July 15 2000. [cite book | author=Glatzer, Jenna| title=Céline Dion: For Keeps | publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing| year=2005 | id=ISBN 0-7407-5559-5]

"I Want You to Need Me" was written by Diane Warren, who also wrote for Céline Dion "Because You Loved Me" among others. Several club remixes were created by Thunderpuss.

"I Want You to Need Me" second music video was directed by Liz Friedlander and released on May 1 2000. It was included on Céline Dion's "All the Way… A Decade of Song & Video" DVD. First video, directed by Paul Hunter (February 2000) was never released.

The song reached number 1 in Canada (for 1 week) and number 7 on the Hot Dance Singles Sales in the United States. It was popular on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks, peaking at number 12. "I Want You to Need Me" reached also top 40 in Sweden, Argentina and Switzerland. The U.S. single was released as a double A-side with "That's the Way It Is." According to Nielsen SoundScan it sold 58,000 copies in the U.S.

Formats and track listings

European CD single
#"I Want You to Need Me" (album version) – 4:34
#"I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss radio mix) – 4:32

European CD maxi single
#"I Want You to Need Me" (album version) – 4:34
#"I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss radio mix) – 4:32
#"I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss tribapella) – 7:41
#"That's the Way It Is" (Metro club remix) – 5:28

Japanese CD maxi single #1
#"I Want You to Need Me" (album version) – 4:34
#"Then You Look at Me" – 4:09
#"My Heart Will Go On" (live) – 5:23

Japanese CD maxi single #2
#"I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss radio mix) – 4:32
#"I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss club mix) – 8:10
#"I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss tribapella) – 7:41
#"I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderdub) – 6:43
#"That's the Way It Is" (Metro mix edit) – 3:12
#"That's the Way It Is" (Metro club remix) – 5:28

U.S. CD maxi single
#"That's the Way It Is" (album version) – 4:01
#"That's the Way It Is" (Metro club remix) – 5:28
#"I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss radio mix) – 4:32
#"I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss club mix) – 8:10

Official versions

#"I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss radio mix) – 4:32
#"I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss club mix) – 8:10
#"I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss tribapella) – 7:41
#"I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderdub) – 6:43
#"I Want You to Need Me" (album version) – 4:34

Charts

References