I Need to Know (Marc Anthony song)
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"I Need to Know" is a song by Marc Anthony
, and was released as the lead single of his first English language
album Marc Anthony
, in August 1999.
, and also a Spanish version (titled Dímelo) was released with the collaboration of Robert Blades and Angie Chirino, and the lyrics are about a man who wants to know about a woman's feelings for him, going with the title "I need to know". Both versions of the track were very successful in the United States
. The English version peaked at number 3 in the Billboard Hot 100 and at number-one in the Hot Latin Tracks for 5 consecutive weeks.
This track received three Latin Grammy nominations, Song of the Year
, Record of the Year
and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, winning for Song of the Year at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2000
. Also on the Grammy Awards received a nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
, which lost out to Sting's "Brand New Day".
"I Need To Know" was included on the compilation album
NOW: That's What I Call Music Vol. 4
. "Dímelo" was included on the compilation album
released for the 1st. Latin Grammy Awards, since it was nominated for "Record of the Year".
The opening of the song is featured in the 2008 US Nissan Versa
commercial.
In 2009, the song features in the episode American Dad, Wife Insurance as a way to seduce Colombian
women.
.
On the Entertainment Weekly
's Chart Flashback by Whitney Pastorek, posted on December 1, 2006, analyzing the Billboard Hot 100 chart of December 4, 1999, she gave the single a "B" grade:
.
was directed by Paula Walker. In the video Marc Anthony is performing the song along with five female dancers in front of the audience of a crowded club, with a few extra scenes with Marc performing the song in a window and under a staircase to his love interest. The video can be seen in You Tube following this link.
CD Single #2 (B00001QELW)
"Dímelo", the Spanish version of the song, also debuted on the Hot Latin Tracks chart on September 11, 1999 at number 31, climbing to number-one three weeks later (the fastest for any single by the performer), spending five consecutive weeks at pole position. The single became his third chart topper in the Latin Market and spent 23 non-consecutive weeks within the Top 10 and 40 weeks total in the chart.
, the runner-up of the sixth season
of American Idol
, performed the song on the show on April 6, 2007. Anthony's wife Jennifer Lopez
was the guest mentor. Lewis' studio version was released on the American Idol official website
and later included on his Blake Lewis - EP
, as well as in the American Idol Season 6: The Collector's Edition, the compilation
of the studio versions of song performed by the finalists of Idol.
Marc Anthony
Marc Anthony is an American singer-songwriter, actor and producer. Anthony is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. The two-time Grammy and three-time Latin Grammy–winner has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. He is best known for his Latin salsa numbers and ballads...
, and was released as the lead single of his first English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
album Marc Anthony
Marc Anthony (album)
Marc Anthony is the self-titled Latin/pop album by Marc Anthony. It is Marc Anthony's first solo album in English, and fourth overall. The album debuted in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 and has since gone Platinum in the US. This was Anthony's first English album since his 1991 effort, "When the...
, in August 1999.
Song information
The song was written and produced by Marc Anthony and Cory RooneyCory Rooney
Cory Rooney is an American songwriter, record producer, and C.E.O. of Cory Rooney Group. He has written, produced, and developed many hits and careers for artists such as Mariah Carey, Mary J...
, and also a Spanish version (titled Dímelo) was released with the collaboration of Robert Blades and Angie Chirino, and the lyrics are about a man who wants to know about a woman's feelings for him, going with the title "I need to know". Both versions of the track were very successful in the United States
United States
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. The English version peaked at number 3 in the Billboard Hot 100 and at number-one in the Hot Latin Tracks for 5 consecutive weeks.
This track received three Latin Grammy nominations, Song of the Year
Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year
The Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence, creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally...
, Record of the Year
Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year
The Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally...
and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, winning for Song of the Year at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2000
Latin Grammy Awards of 2000
The "1st Annual Latin Grammy Awards" were held in Los Angeles at the Staples Center on Friday, September 13, 2000. The big winners were Luis Miguel, Santana and Maná with 3 awards; Juan Luis Guerra, Shakira, Fito Páez and Emilio Estefan Jr. received 2 awards each.Winners were chosen by voting...
. Also on the Grammy Awards received a nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance was awarded between 1966 and 2011...
, which lost out to Sting's "Brand New Day".
"I Need To Know" was included on the compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
NOW: That's What I Call Music Vol. 4
Now That's What I Call Music! 4 (U.S. series)
-Chart performance:...
. "Dímelo" was included on the compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
released for the 1st. Latin Grammy Awards, since it was nominated for "Record of the Year".
The opening of the song is featured in the 2008 US Nissan Versa
Nissan Tiida
The Nissan Tiida is a compact car, manufactured by Japanese automaker Nissan, replacing the Pulsar and the Sunny, and marketed also as the Nissan Versa, prominently in the United States...
commercial.
In 2009, the song features in the episode American Dad, Wife Insurance as a way to seduce Colombian
Colombian people
Colombian people are from a multiethnic Spanish speaking nation in South America called Colombia. Colombians are predominantly Roman Catholic and are a mixture of Europeans, Africans, and Amerindians.-Demography:...
women.
Critical reception
The review of the single by Billboard magazine was a very positive one:.
On the Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
's Chart Flashback by Whitney Pastorek, posted on December 1, 2006, analyzing the Billboard Hot 100 chart of December 4, 1999, she gave the single a "B" grade:
.
Video release
The music videoMusic video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
was directed by Paula Walker. In the video Marc Anthony is performing the song along with five female dancers in front of the audience of a crowded club, with a few extra scenes with Marc performing the song in a window and under a staircase to his love interest. The video can be seen in You Tube following this link.
Tracklisting
CD Single #1 (B000046PT1)- I Need to Know (Album version)
- I Need to Know (Track Masters Remix)
- I Need to Know (Pablo's Miami Mix Radio Edit)
- I Need to Know (D'Ambrosio Club Mix Radio Edit)
CD Single #2 (B00001QELW)
- I Need to Know (Pablo's Club-Dub)
- I Need to Know (Pablo's Miami Mix Radio Edit)
- I Need to Know (TrackmastersTrackmastersThe Trackmasters are the successful production duo of Poke and Tone , sometimes credited as Poke & Tone, best known for their commercial hit records in the late 90s and early 2000s. Throughout their career they have worked with various hip-hop and R&B artists including R...
Remix) - I Need to Know (D'Ambrosio Hectic Dub)
- I Need to Know (D'Ambrosio Club Mix Radio Edit)
Chart performance
The single entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart at number 70 in the week of September 11, 1999. On its fourth week the track rocketed to number 10, jumping 46 notches, and peaked at number 3 for two weeks. The single spent 19 weeks in the Top 10 and 40 weeks total in that chart and ranked at number 79 on the Year-End Chart of 1999 and at number 23 on the 2000 recap."Dímelo", the Spanish version of the song, also debuted on the Hot Latin Tracks chart on September 11, 1999 at number 31, climbing to number-one three weeks later (the fastest for any single by the performer), spending five consecutive weeks at pole position. The single became his third chart topper in the Latin Market and spent 23 non-consecutive weeks within the Top 10 and 40 weeks total in the chart.
Peak positions
| Chart (1999)/(2000) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
3 |
| US Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Hot Latin Tracks |
1 |
| US Billboard Tropical Airplay Latin Tropical Airplay The Tropical Songs is a record chart published on Billboard magazine established in 1994 with the first number-one song to be published was "En Las Nubes" by Edgar Joel. It features Latin music information from tropical music such as salsa, merengue, bachata, cumbia, and vallenato... |
1 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Recurrents | 1 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay Hot 100 Airplay The Hot 100 Airplay chart is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It measures radio airplay, and is one of the three component charts, along with the Hot Singles Sales and the Hot Digital Songs charts, that determine the chart positions of singles on the Billboard... |
5 |
| US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 1 |
| US Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks Adult Top 40 is a variation on the United States Billboard charts... |
7 |
| US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States... |
21 |
| US Billboard Top 40 Tracks Top 40 Tracks Top 40 Tracks is a defunct airplay chart from Billboard Magazine. It was created in 1998, when Billboard Magazine changed the airplay profile of The Hot 100 Airplay to include more R&B, Country, and Rock stations to its profile . To preserve the notion of the former chart, Top 40 Tracks was... |
4 |
| US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs... |
12 |
| UK Singles Chart | 28 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 16 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 16 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 18 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 19 |
| Finnish Singles Chart | 8 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart | 11 |
| Australian ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... Singles Chart |
20 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart | 20 |
End of year charts
| End of year chart (1999) | Position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 79 |
| End of year chart (2000) | Position |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 23 |
Cerftications
Blake Lewis version
Blake LewisBlake Lewis
Blake Colin Lewis is an American singer-songwriter and beatboxer who was the runner-up on the sixth season of American Idol. His major label debut album A.D.D. was released on December 4, 2007 through 19 Recordings/Arista Records. On October 30, 2007, his first single "Break Anotha" was released....
, the runner-up of the sixth season
American Idol (Season 6)
The sixth season of American Idol premiered on the Fox Broadcasting Company as a two-night, four-hour premiere special on January 16 and January 17, and ran until May 23, 2007. Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, and Randy Jackson returned to judge once again, and Ryan Seacrest returned as host...
of American Idol
American Idol
American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
, performed the song on the show on April 6, 2007. Anthony's wife Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller...
was the guest mentor. Lewis' studio version was released on the American Idol official website
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and later included on his Blake Lewis - EP
Blake Lewis (EP)
Blake Lewis is an EP by Blake Lewis, the runner-up on the sixth season of American Idol. It was released digitally on May 22, 2007.-Background:...
, as well as in the American Idol Season 6: The Collector's Edition, the compilation
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
of the studio versions of song performed by the finalists of Idol.
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles The Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It lists the top 25 singles below number 100 that have not yet charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Sometimes, however, singles halt their progress on this chart, and never appear on the Hot 100... |
19 |