"When You Need My Love" is a debut song co-written and recorded by American
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
artist
Darryl Worley
Darryl Wade Worley (born October 31, 1964) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to DreamWorks Records Nashville in 1999, Worley released four albums for the label: ''Hard Rain Don't Last'' (2000), '' I Miss My Friend'' (20 ...
. It was released in March 2000 as the first single from his debut album ''
Hard Rain Don't Last''. It peaked at #15 on the United States country chart and at #75 on the Hot 100. It also peaked at #30 on the Canadian country chart. The song was written by Worley and
Wynn Varble
George Edwin Varble is an American country music musician and songwriter. Varble co-wrote the hit songs '' Have You Forgotten?'', ''Waitin' on a Woman'', '' Things That Never Cross a Man's Mind'' and '' A Little More Country Than That''.
In 20 ...
.
Content
The song is about a girl that thinks she can keep coming back to the narrator when she has problems in her new relationship. The narrator wishes he could get over her because she just uses him for when she needs him because he can't tell her no.
Music video
Darryl Worley's first music video was co-directed by Mark Tucker and Jimmy Abegg.
Chart performance
"When You Need My Love" debuted at number 70 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the chart week of April 1, 2000.
Year-end charts
References
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2000 debut singles
2000 songs
Darryl Worley songs
Songs written by Darryl Worley
Songs written by Wynn Varble
Song recordings produced by Frank Rogers (record producer)
Song recordings produced by James Stroud
DreamWorks Records singles