50+ Music<p>"When I Need You" is a popular <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/song" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>song</span></a> written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AlbertHammond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlbertHammond</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CaroleBayerSager" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CaroleBayerSager</span></a>. Its first appearance was as the title track of Hammond's 1976 album When I Need You. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LeoSayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeoSayer</span></a>'s version, produced by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RichardPerry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RichardPerry</span></a>, was a massive hit worldwide, reaching number 1 on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UKSinglesChart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKSinglesChart</span></a> for three weeks in February 1977 after three of his earlier singles had stalled at number 2. It also reached number 1 on both the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Billboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Billboard</span></a> Hot 100 for a single week in May 1977;. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2hjep-WcW4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=Q2hjep-WcW4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>