I Want You to Need Me

On 5 April 2000, "I Want You to Need Me" was released as the second single from All the Way... A Decade of Song in Japan. On 19 July 2000, another "I Want You to Need Me" single was issued there, this time with remixes by Thunderpuss. In the United States, the song impacted AC/Hot AC radio on 17 April 2000 and CHR/Pop radio on 25 April 2000. The physical single was released in the US as a double A-side with "That's the Way It Is" on 1 August 2000. "I Want You to Need Me" was also sent to radio in several European countries in June 2000, and was physically released there in July 2000.

Chuck Taylor reviewed "I Want You to Need Me" and wrote that linking Dion and Diane Warren has always been about "as fine a fit as a trusty pair of Thom McAn's." Between Warren's "heart-drenched" words and dramatic melody writing and Dion's "potent vocals straight from soulside, divadom has never sounded so mighty." According to him, for fans of Dion's "high-caliber" power ballads, this is truly among the best ever and a highlight on All the Way... A Decade of Song. Taylor stated that Warren's trusty melody is wholly natural and free-flowing, while production from the usually rock-oriented Matt Serletic is "sheer perfection. It all peaks from the glorious midsection through to the end, where Dion delivers exactly what we've come to expect: a crescendo as "spine-tingling" as those first few times we heard 'My Heart Will Go On.'"{{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8A4EAAAAMBAJ|title=Billboard|date=22 April 2000|magazine=Billboard}} Michael Paoletta from Billboard wrote about this song "a consummate love song ripe for a second single".{{Cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_fAgEAAAAMBAJ|title=Billboard|date=13 November 1999|magazine=Billboard}} Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic said that "this song isn't bad it just isn't that particularly memorable, especially compared to the hits."{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r444648|title=All the Way: A Decade of Song - Céline Dion {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=10 April 2016}} Jose F. Promis reviewed the US CD maxi single and gave it 3 out 5 stars. He called the mixes "impassioned, high-NRG Thunderpuss remixes (...) which became something of an underground club hit. That song, in its original form, is a big bombastic ballad (and isn't on this disc), and is precisely the type of grand ballad that lends itself effortlessly to dancefloor transformation. However, the dance mixes can be a bit loud and a bit strident for those not into this sort of thing."{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/search/albums/thats+the+way+it+is+us+cd|title=Album Search for "thats the way it is us cd"|website=AllMusic|access-date=10 April 2016}}

"I Want You to Need Me" entered the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart in April 2000 and peaked at number 19. In late June 2000, it debuted at number one on the Canadian Singles Chart. The song also entered the US Adult Contemporary chart in April 2000, peaking at number 12. After being physically released, it debuted on the US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales and Hot Singles Sales charts in August 2000, reaching number 7 and 62, respectively.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?artist=dion&f[0]=ts_chart_artistname%3Adion&f[1]=ss_chart_search_title%3A%2AThat%27s%20The%20Way%20It%20Is%2A&f[2]=itm_field_chart_id%3ADance%20Singles%20Sales&f[3]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&solrsort=ds_peakdate%3Aasc&title=That%27s%20The%20Way%20It%20Is&type=1|title=Dance Singles Sales|magazine=Billboard|date=19 August 2000|access-date=4 October 2014}} "I Want You to Need Me" also reached top 40 in Sweden and Switzerland.

The original music video was directed by Paul Hunter in February 2000, but it was never released. It had a story line where a girl, played by Angela Sarafyan, had a bad boyfriend and was rebelling against her mother.{{cite web|url=https://coveteur.com/2019/05/13/angela-sarafyan-talks-first-acting-gig/|title=Westworld's Angela Sarafyan's First Acting Gig? A Céline Dion Music Video|publisher=coveteur.com|author=Noah Lehava|date=13 May 2019|access-date=18 May 2020}} The song's second music video was directed by Liz Friedlander and released on 1 May 2000.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7633386/|title=Céline Dion: I Want You to Need Me|publisher=IMDb|access-date=18 May 2020}} It was included later on Dion's All the Way... A Decade of Song & Video DVD.

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• European CD single

1. "I Want You to Need Me" – 4:34
2. "I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss Radio Mix) – 4:32

• European CD maxi-single

1. "I Want You to Need Me" – 4:34
2. "I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss Radio Mix) – 4:32
3. "I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss Tribapella) – 7:41
4. "That's the Way It Is" (The Metro Club Remix) – 5:28

• European 12-inch single

1. "I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss Club Mix) – 8:09
2. "I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss Tribapella) – 7:41
3. "I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderdub) – 6:45
4. "I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss Club Instrumental) – 8:10

• Japanese CD single

1. "I Want You to Need Me" – 4:34
2. "Then You Look at Me" – 4:09
3. "My Heart Will Go On" (Live) – 5:23

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• Japanese CD maxi-single

1. "I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss Radio Mix) – 4:32
2. "I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss Club Mix) – 8:10
3. "I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss Tribapella) – 7:42
4. "I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderdub) – 6:43
5. "That's the Way It Is" (Metro Mix - Edit) – 3:15
6. "That's the Way It Is" (The Metro Club Remix) – 5:30

• US CD and 12-inch single

1. "That's the Way It Is" (Album Version) – 4:01
2. "That's the Way It Is" (The Metro Club Remix) – 5:28
3. "I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss Radio Mix) – 4:32
4. "I Want You to Need Me" (Thunderpuss Club Mix) – 8:09

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