Shirley Bassey - You Needed Me (Live Recording) video free download

2005 Dame Shirley Bassey performed an exceptional cover of the song, 'You Needed Me' on her 2005 TV Special, 'Another Audience With Shirley Bassey. This song is a country/pop classic and it was a huge hit for the wonderful songstress, 'Anne Murray', who by the way, is another one of my favorite singers.

ABOUT this song:

"You Needed Me" is a song written by Randy Goodrum, who describes it as being about "unconditional undeserved love." It was a number one single in the United States in 1978 for Canadian singer Anne Murray. The song, included on her 1978 album Let's Keep It That Way, was also a top-five country single and won Song of the Year at the Academy of Country Music awards. Although the song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (and is her only song to top that chart), it never topped the two Billboard charts where Murray has had the most success -- Country and Adult Contemporary. The song earned Murray the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 21st Grammy Awards, the first to be awarded to a Canadian artist.

LYRICS (You Needed Me):

I cried a tear

You wiped it dry

I was confused

You cleared my mind

I sold my soul

You bought it back for me

And held me up and gave me dignity

Somehow you needed me.

You gave me strength

To stand alone again

To face the world

Out on my own again

You put me high upon a pedestal

So high that I could almost see eternity

You needed me

You needed me

And I can't believe it's you I can't believe it's true

I needed you and you were there

And I'll never leave, why should I leave

I'd be a fool

'Cause I've finally found someone who really cares

You held my hand

When it was cold

When I was lost

You took me home

You gave me hope

When I was at the end

And turned my lies

Back into truth again

You even called me friend

You gave me strength

To stand alone again

To face the world

Out on my own again

You put me high upon a pedestal

So high that I could almost see eternity

You needed me

You needed me

You needed me

Special Thanks to Pieter and Astrid from the Shirley Bassey blog and all those who have contributed wonderful pictures of Shirley!