He Needs Me

The story behind

Nina Simone recorded He Needs Me in 1957, before the release of her first album. The song was part of an album called Little Girl Blue, but it was delayed a lot. There was no promotional song from that album, and that frustrated her. In April 1959, she moved to another label, Colpix, and recorded another song. That song was called I Loves You, Porgy, and it was a hit. With that single, the album Little Girl Blue sold better. He Needs Me is a slow song, with soft piano and a voice that moves between sad and intense. People listen to it a lot, more than 260 thousand times on Last.fm.