When I Need You
First release by Albert Hammond (August 1976)
- Written by
- Carole Bayer Sager, Albert Hammond
- Language
- English
- ISWC
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T-071.017.436-9 ASCAP, BMI, GEMA, ISWC, JASRAC
- Uses parts from
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Famous Blue Raincoat written by Leonard Cohen - Element
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Part of the melody
- Comments
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The melody of the chorus:
"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"
is exactly the same as in the sequence of Cohen's song that goes
"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".
Albert Hammond and Carole Bayer Sager were sued and settled the case out of court, although Carole Bayer Sager claimed she only wrote the lyrics and, astonishingly, at the time not to have known who Leonard Cohen was. - Published by
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BEGONIA MELODIES INC
BMI, GEMA
ALBERT HAMMOND MUSIC ASCAP, GEMA
SIS'N BRO MUSIC COMPANY GEMA
COPYRIGHT CONTROL SHARES GEMA
SPOILED ROTTEN KIDDIES PUBLISHING ASCAP, GEMA
SONY/ATV TREE PUBLISHING BMI
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