
Peak
11
Weeks
25
Score
3,190
Chart Year
2000
The music video for the song features Rimes singing solo in a minimally furnished, abandoned house. The first 2/3's of the video features Rimes in a tan and white shirt with tan leather pants while in the darkness lit by a spotlight that travels across the room in the background while different colored leaves are billowing about. There are close-up shots of her face as she's singing and various poses of her swaying, moving and dancing to the song. After the second verse the spotlight stops in her midsection and the scenes are flooded with light. Then her outfit changes to white but she and the music video continue as before. The video was directed by Joe Rey.[28] On July 22, 2014, as a promotion for her Dance Like You Don't Give a.... Greatest Hits Remixes (2014) album, Rimes released the Digital Dog remix of the music video
LeAnn Rimes passionately expresses her devotion to God on this Christian country-pop ballad she recorded for the 1999 TV miniseries Jesus. Peaking at #11, it was her biggest hit on the Hot 100 since "How Do I Live" went to #2 in 1997. It also reached #8 on the Country chart and #2 on the Adult Contemporary chart. This was written by Dennis Matkosky and Ty Lacy, the songwriters behind Keith Urban's hit "You'll Think Of Me." Matkosky, who also co-wrote the Flashdance hit "Maniac," went on to write Rimes' Top 40 country single "Some People" from her 2005 album, This Woman. Matkosky admitted to the Songcraft podcast that it took a bit of deception to get this song pushed through. He was playing the tune in his studio when his wife told him it sounded like it could be a hit for Faith Hill. Unfortunately, Hill's people turned it down, so he went to Curb Records in the hopes someone on the label's roster would record it. The fortuitous lie was formed in the waiting room. "I was reading a Variety magazine and I noticed that Kevin Costner was doing a movie called For Love Of The Game," he recalled. "So when I went in to the A&R person, I said, 'Hey, I wanna play you a song, and I'm working on this movie For Love Of The Game with Kevin Costner, and I need to find a singer right away, within 24 hours." Shortly after, he was contacted by the label's founder, Mike Curb, who offered LeAnn Rimes for the job, but it had tie into the Jesus miniseries rather than the Costner movie. Obviously, Matksosky was willing to "sacrifice" the latter gig. I Need You is also the name of Rimes' third compilation album, released in 2001. The singer was in the midst of suing Curb Records to be released from her contract (which was signed on her behalf by her parents when she was 12 years old), when the label issued I Need You. Rimes promptly denounced the release. "This album was made without my creative input," she explained. "It consists largely of unfinished material and songs that didn't make other albums... I want to make abundantly clear to you that this album is not a reflection of myself as an artist but is solely the conception of Curb Records, and for that I am truly and deeply sorry." Because of Rimes' statement, the album was discontinued mere days after its release, but the singer re-released it in March 2002 with additional songs. Rimes sang this with Katharine McPhee during an appearance on the Netflix comedy series Country Comfort, which stars Rimes' husband Eddie Cibrian as a widowed single father. In the 2021 episode, we learn that his late wife's favorite song was "I Need You."
I don't need a lot of things I can get by with nothing But all the blessings life can bring I've always needed something But I've got all I want when it comes to loving you You're my only reason You're my only truth I need you like water, like breath, like rain I need you like mercy from Heaven's gate There's a freedom in your arms That carries me through I need you You're the hope that moves me To courage again, oh yeah You're the love that rescues me When the cold winds rage And it's so amazing 'Cause that's just how you are And I can't turn back now 'Cause you've brought me too far I need you like water, like breath, like rain I need you like mercy from Heaven's gate There's a freedom in your arms That carries me through I need you Oh, yes I do, oh I need you like water, like breath, like rain I need you like mercy from Heaven's gate There's a freedom in your arms and it carries me through I need you Oh, yes I do I need you I need you, oh I need you
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 27, 2000 | 77 | 49 |
| 2 | Jun 3, 2000 | 68 | 58 |
| 3 | Jun 10, 2000 | 67 | 59 |
| 4 | Jun 17, 2000 | 63 | 63 |
| 5 | Jun 24, 2000 | 59 | 67 |
| 6 | Jul 1, 2000 | 59 | 67 |
| 7 | Jul 8, 2000 | 59 | 67 |
| 8 | Jul 15, 2000 | 53 | 73 |
| 9 | Jul 22, 2000 | 51 | 75 |
| 10 | Jul 29, 2000 | 50 | 76 |
| 11 | Aug 5, 2000 | 13 | 113 |
| 12 | Aug 12, 2000 | 11 | 115 |
| 13 | Aug 19, 2000 | 11 | 115 |
| 14 | Aug 26, 2000 | 15 | 111 |
| 15 | Sep 2, 2000 | 12 | 114 |
| 16 | Sep 9, 2000 | 12 | 114 |
| 17 | Sep 16, 2000 | 13 | 113 |
| 18 | Sep 23, 2000 | 16 | 110 |
| 19 | Sep 30, 2000 | 19 | 107 |
| 20 | Oct 7, 2000 | 21 | 105 |