"I Need You" is a song by American rock band Relient K. It was released in July 2007, as the second Christian radio single and fourth overall from their fifth studio album, Five Score and Seven Years Ago. The reached No. 1 on Radio and Records Christian Rock Songs chart. In February 2008, the single was nominated for a dove award in the "Rock Song of the Year" category.
"I Need You" was written by Matt Thiessen and produced by Howard Benson. According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com, by Alfred Music Publishing, the track runs at 190 BPM and is in the key of C-sharp minor. Thiessen's range in the song spans from the notes D4 to B5. Lyrically, the song is about Thiessen's "desperate plea for answered prayer and restoration" to God.
Jesus Freak Hideout ranked the song at fourth on their "Relient K's Top 20 Songs" list, writing, "this is an excellent song much deserving of top twenty Relient K status. One of the harder rocking songs they ever did."
In 2008, the song was nominated for a Dove Award for Rock Recorded Song of the Year at the 39th GMA Dove Awards.
Credits for "I Need You" adapted from album's liner notes.
Relient K
Additional musicians
Production