I NEED YOU

Take #2

[Spoken:] "I Need You". Backgrounds.

Ooooooooooooh, ooooooooooh
Ooooh, oooooooooooh, oooooooooooh
Oooh, ooh, ooh... oooooooooh, oooooooooh
Ooooooh, oooh

[Spoken:] Snare drum

I need you (kah)
I need you (kah)
I need you (kah... kah... kah...)

[Spoken:] That's it, that's it.

Music and lyrics by Bruce Springsteen, this Nebraska acoustic home demo was recorded at Springsteen's home in Colt's Neck, NJ, sometime between mid-September 1981 and May 1982.

Two takes of I NEED YOU are in circulation, and the above lyrics are for take #1.

• Take #1 is not fully realized
• Take #2 consists of only background vocals

Both takes can be found on The Lost Masters Vol. 10 (Labour Of Love) bootleg.

Bruce Springsteen -- The Lost Masters Vol. 10 (Labour Of Love)

As far as it's known, this outtake was never played live.

Recording info taken from Brucebase. Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake at BTX and Greasy Lake) for the lyrics help.

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Page last updated: 02 Oct 2007