I Need You Now (1954 song)

"I Need You Now" is a

The recorded version by Eddie Fisher reached number 1 on Billboard charts in 1954^[2]

Background

The song was written for

Because M-G-M had already had three major songs scheduled in sequence for release ("My Love, My Love" and "I'll Never Stand in Your Way" and "I Need You Now," all done at the same recording session!) when the Fisher version was released, it was not possible for M-G-M to market the James original at that point.^{[citation needed]} Seven years later, Joni James recorded a new version of "I Need You Now", at Abbey Road Studios in London.^{[citation needed]} It was released as a single in 1960.^[8] Jacobs and Crane later gave James another song "My Believing Heart," which became the follow-up to her million selling "You Are My Love."

Charts

Other versions

• This song was recorded as a demo by Jerry Lee Lewis in 1954.
• The song was also performed by Russell Arms on several 1954 episodes of the popular TV series Your Hit Parade. A kinescope of one of these performances survives and can be viewed online.^{[citation needed]}
• Floyd Cramer - included in his album Last Date (1960).^[10]
• Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1954^[11] for use on his radio show and it was subsequently included in the box set The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings (1954-56) issued by Mosaic Records (catalog MD7-245) in 2009.^[12]
• Hot 100 in 1969 with his version. It was his last entry on that chart.^[13]
• Hank Locklin (1962)^[14]
• Les Paul and Mary Ford - included in their EP release for Capitol Records Les Paul and Mary Ford (1954).^[15]

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