Cliff Richard - When I Need You [Single/Album Version]Details

"New Cliff Richard releases may well be little more than final footnotes to his long and distinguished career, but even his legion of fans will be rather shocked at the Number 38 entry of his new single When I Need You. Written by songwriting legend Carole Bayer Sager, the song was a Number One hit for Leo Sayer in 1977 and was more recently covered by Will Mellor who made Number 5 with a version in 1998. Cliff, on the other hand, can't repeat the feat of a Hollyoaks actor and shocking though it may seem this will wind up as his smallest chart hit since Be With Me Always hit a lowly Number 52 in early 1997."
James Masterton (November 4, 2007 - dotmusic.net)


  • Running Time: 4:10
  • Record Date: May to June, 2007
  • Record Location: Sound Kitchen, Franklin, Tennessee, USA and/or Sound House, Franklin, Tennessee, USA and/or Blue Wave Studios on Bayleys Plantation, St. Phillip, Barbados (Cliff's vocals on the latter)
  • Written By: Carole Bayer Sager & Albert Hammond
  • Produced By: Michael Omartian
  • Engineered By: Terry Christian
  • Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals, backing vocals), Unknown (backing vocals), Unknown (piano), Unknown (drums), Unknown (orchestra), Unknown (guitar)

  • Released On:
    • When I Need You CD single (2007 October 29 — UK — EMI 5114522/50999 511452 2 4)
    • When I Need You digital single (2007 October 29 — UK — EMI 50999 511452 5 5)
    • Love... The Album CD album (2007 November 12 — UK — EMI 5093702/50999 509370 2 8)
    • Love... The Album digital album (2007 November 12 — UK — EMI 50999 509370 5 9)
    • The Collection CD album (2011 — UK — Reader's Digest RDCD7221-4/3 801410 000003)

  • Top UK Chart Position: 38