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Need to Be Next to You

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"Need to Be Next to You"
Single by Leigh Nash
from the album Bounce: Music from and Inspired by the Miramax Motion Picture
Released2000 (2000)
GenrePop
Length3:43
Label
Songwriter(s)Diane Warren
Producer(s)Matt Serletic
Leigh Nash singles chronology
"Need to Be Next to You"
(2000)
"My Idea of Heaven"
(2006)
Music video
"Need to Be Next to You" on YouTube

"Need to Be Next to You" is a song by American singer and songwriter Leigh Nash. It was released in 2000 on Miramax Records, East West Records, and The Engine Entertainment as the artist's debut solo single. It was released as part and as well as the opening track from the film soundtrack album Bounce: Music from and Inspired by the Miramax Motion Picture (2000) to accompany the Bounce film. It is a pop song that was written by Diane Warren and produced by Matt Serletic.

Track listing

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Germany CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Need to Be Next to You" (radio edit) 
2."Need to Be Next to You" (movie mix) 
UK promo CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Need to Be Next to You" (radio edit) 

All tracks are written by Diane Warren, except for "Walking with Strangers" which was jointly composed by Katisse Buckingham, Marilyn Scott and Terri Lyne Carrington

Europe CD maxi single
No.TitleVocalsLength
1."Need to Be Next to You" (radio edit)Leigh Nash3:42
2."Need to Be Next to You" (movie mix)Nash4:55
3."Walking with Strangers"Marilyn Scott4:52
Video
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Need to Be Next to You"Diane Warren 

Charts

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Chart performance for "Need to Be Next to You"
Chart (2000–2001) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[1] 94
US Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks[2] 23
US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[3] 21

Cover versions

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  • American country music singer Sara Evans covered this song on her 2003 album Restless.
  • British girl group Bellefire covered it on their 2004 album Spin the Wheel, under the title "I Need to Be Next to You".
  • South African singer Nádine released a cover on her 2007 album As Jy Wonder and also released it as a single.

References

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  1. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 199.
  2. ^ "Leigh Nash Chart History (Adult Top 40)". Billboard. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  3. ^ "Leigh Nash Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
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