Sunday Music – You Needed Me

Today’s music video is ‘You Needed Me’ from Anne Murray.

This video was posted to You Tube by happysun3000

There are some wonderful female voices out there, and Anne Murray can be ranked in with them. She is one of those legion of good singers to come out of Canada. She was the first Canadian to earn a Gold Record in the U.S. with her breakthrough single ‘Snowbird’ released in 1970, and she is credited as paving the way for female singers from Canada who followed, Celine Dion, Shania Twain, Sarah McLachlan, and k.d. lang to name just a few. Anne has won 4 Grammy Awards over her long career, and her soft vocals hit a spot not only with audiences, but also with those actually shelling out their hard earned for singles and albums. She has produced more than 30 studio albums in a career spanning  nearly 40 years. From those albums, 75 singles were lifted, and many of those made the mainstream charts, five of them in fact into Top Ten Positions, with one of them going to Number 1, while her hits on the U.S. Country Charts have been even more prolific with 26 in the Top Ten, and 10 of those going to Number 1, while in her home of Canada, even more of those went to the top.

Singers have their favourite songs and you might think that the one that brings you the most success would be the favourite, but Anne’s personal favourite song, ‘I Just Fall In Love Again’ only made Number 4 on the big Country charts, and she had numerous hits that did better than that.

This song ‘You Needed Me’ was that song that went to Number One on most mainstream charts around the World, and this was far and away her biggest hit. Written by Randy Goodrum in 1978, Anne sent it into the hearts of everyone who has ever heard this song, and if you don’t like this song, then don’t tell your partner. A wonderful song from a lady with a wonderful voice, her signature song.