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 15 November 1997. David Foster came up with the idea of recording Leo Sayer's hit "When I Need You". Dion and her manager and husband René Angélil wanted to include few cover versions on it. Background and release Īfter Dion finished her Falling into You Tour in June 1997, she began to record her next English album. " When I Need You" is a promotional single from Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love album, released on 7 September 1998 in Brazil only. This version was produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and was released as the second single from the album, though it did not chart in the US or UK.Ĭeline Dion version "When I Need You"ġ997 Chartmarker Studios, Paramount Studios Rod Stewart recorded the song for his 1996 ballad compilation album If We Fall in Love Tonight. Sylvie Vartan recorded a French version of the song, titled "Je Pardonne," from Album 1977 Georges. Perry Como covered this song for his 1977 album Where You're Concerned. Mia Martini recorded an Italian version of the song, titled "se ti voglio", for her 1977 album per amarti Perry Como version Lani Hall recorded the Spanish version of the song, "Si Me Amaras," for her Grammy-winning 1985 album Es Fácil Amar, which was produced by Hammond. He also recorded a Spanish version, titled "Si Me Amaras" ("If You Loved Me"), which was included in his 1977 album Mi Álbum de Recuerdos and can also be found in CD reissues of his 1976 album My Spanish Album. Other versions Albert Hammond version Īlbert Hammond's version, which was recorded prior to Sayer's, appeared in his record When I Need You, released in 1977. The same melody can be heard in Elton John's " Little Jeannie" in the lyrics: "Stepped into my life from a bad dream / Making the life that I had seem / Suddenly shiny and new" 'Somebody sued them on my behalf … and they did settle', even though, he laughs, 'they hired a musicologist, who said, that particular motif was in the public domain and, in fact, could be traced back as far as Schubert. Do you remember that song 'When I Need You'?" Cohen sings the chorus of Sayer's number one hit from 1977, then segues into 'And Jane came by with a lock of your hair', a lyric from 'Famous Blue Raincoat'. I once had that nicking happen with Leo Sayer. In a 2006 interview with The Globe and Mail Cohen said: The melody of these lyrics matches the lyrics of "When I Need You" as follows: "(When I) need you, I just close my eyes and I'm with you, and all that I so want to give you, is only a heart beat away".
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The melody of the "hook" line, or chorus of "When I Need You" is identical to the part of the Leonard Cohen song " Famous Blue Raincoat", where the lyrics are as follows: "Jane came by with a lock of your hair, she said that you gave it to her that night, that you planned to go clear".