Entertainment Weekly editor David Browne called the cover, "an obligatory remake (a precisely enunciated version of Leo Sayer's When I Need You)". " 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, and reached number 55 in Canada. Rod Stewart recorded the song for his 1996 ballad compilation album If We Fall in Love Tonight. 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". Ring New Songs to the Lord, Vol.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".1 (easy settings of praise and worship songs blended with traditional hymns) Simple Solos for Sunday (Instrumental Solos for Beginners with Piano Accompaniment).Precious Lord, Take My Hand with "I Need Thee Every Hour".A Gospel Prelude - Duet for Piano and Organ.Gospel Hymns We Love (Your favorite composers share a few of their favorites).Another combination is the gospel song “Precious Lord, Take My Hand” with “I Need Thee Every Hour” for choir and piano, with optional rhythm parts.įor more traditional services, piano solo settings of “I Need Thee Every Hour” are included in the collections “Gospel Hymns We Love” and “Hymnprovisations.” Try this anthem with any vocal ensemble of youth or adults and an accompaniment varying from just the piano to the whole praise team. One is “Draw Me Close/I Need Thee Every Hour,” a combination of a contemporary worship song and this hymn, that is flexible enough for a variety of musical resources. Mark Hayes has written two medley settings including “I Need Thee Every Hour” that are suitable for contemporary or blended worship services. It could be used as a prelude, offertory, or choral anthem to provide the congregation with a time for reflection and silent prayer. This hymn can be used whenever a hymn of devotion is needed. It has a repeating rhythmic pattern that makes it easy to learn, and its range is within a octave. His widow wanted the tune called I NEED THEE EVERY HOUR, but hymnal editors usually shorten the name. When his parishioner, Annie Hawks, showed him her hymn, Robert Lowry wrote the tune NEED, to which this hymn is always sung. The first four stanzas each deal with a particular part of life, and the fifth stanza intensifies the plea that we truly become disciples of Christ. The theme of the text is our constant need for God's presence. Some contain all five, while others omit one stanza, usually either the fourth (second line “teach me thy will”) or the fifth (second line “Most Holy One”). There are slight variances on which of the original five stanzas are included in hymnals. The first line of each stanza is identical. Doane, Royal Diadem for the Sunday School. Its first publication was in 1873 in a Sunday School hymnbook compiled by Lowry and William H.
The song was first sung publicly at the 1872 meeting of the National Baptist Sunday School Association in Cincinnati, Ohio. She belonged to the church where Robert Lowry was pastor, and she showed him her poem. The stanzas of this hymn were written by a housewife, Annie S.
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