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"I Need You" is the second single by the band America from their eponymous debut album America, released in 1972. The song was written by Gerry Beckley. Cash Box described it as "a gentle, 'Something'-ish ballad." [1] It appears on the live albums Live (1977), In Concert (1985), In Concert (King Biscuit), Horse with No Name – Live!
It produced two hit singles, with "A Horse with No Name" which spent three weeks on top of the Billboard singles chart in 1972, and "I Need You" hit the ninth position on the Billboard singles chart. [5] Several other songs received radio airplay on FM stations, including "Sandman" and "Three Roses".
Trying to find a song that would be popular in both the United States and Europe, Warner Bros. was reluctant to release the ballad "I Need You" as the first single from America. The label asked the band if it had any other material, then arranged for America to record four more songs at Morgan Studios, in Willesden, London. [9] "A Horse with No ...
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"I Need You" (America song), 1972 "I Need You" (Beatles song), 1965 "I Need You" (Dave Gahan song), 2003 "I Need You" (Eric Carmen song), 1977; first sung by Frankie Valli, and then covered by the Euclid Beach Band (1979) and 3T (1996) "I Need You" (Jars of Clay song), 2002 "I Need You" (The Kinks song), 1965 "I Need You" (LeAnn Rimes song), 2000
America signed a recording contract with the British division of Warner Bros. Records and found success in 1972 with "A Horse with No Name." Beckley wrote and sang America's 1972 top-10 hit "I Need You" and its 1975 number-one hit "Sister Golden Hair", as well as its top-20 followup "Daisy Jane". He also sang their '80s top-10 hit "You Can Do ...
I asked him to elaborate on the song’s theme. “Well, you know, I drive across America, and the highways are messed up, ande our bridges are falling through,” Haggard said.
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