I Need You (album)

I Need You
Original cover art
Compilation album by LeAnn Rimes
Released	January 30, 2001 (original) March 26, 2002 (re-release)
Recorded	1999–2002
Studio	SARM West Coast, The Town House (London, England) Royal Tone, The Village Recorders (Los Angeles, California) East Iris (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Adult contemporary pop country pop
Length	39:07
Label	Curb
Producer	Wilbur C. Rimes LeAnn Rimes Chuck Howard Mike Curb Trevor Horn Peter Collins David Foster
LeAnn Rimes chronology
LeAnn Rimes (1999) I Need You (2001) God Bless America (2001)
Singles from I Need You
"But I Do Love You" Released: February 9, 2001 "I Need You" Released: March 19, 2001 (international) "Soon" Released: August 2001

I Need You is the third compilation album from American recording artist LeAnn Rimes. The album was first released on January 30, 2001, through Curb Records to help satisfy Rimes's recording contract obligations following her issuance of a lawsuit against the label. The original release of the album consists of four previously released soundtrack appearances alongside six new tracks. Rimes publicly disowned the album just days after its release, but despite her comments, Curb continued to promote the record and released three singles in support of the album. The album was re-released on March 26, 2002, with four additional remixes and the new recording "Light the Fire Within".

I Need You received positive to mixed reviews from music critics, who noted Rimes's gradual move away from country and towards pop-leaning adult contemporary music. In the United States, the album peaked at number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and reached number ten on the Billboard 200. Internationally, it peaked at number four on the Finnish Albums Chart, number ten on the Canadian Albums Chart, and number eleven on both the Austrian Albums Chart and the Irish Album Chart. The album was certified Platinum in the United States and Canada and was certified Gold in four further countries.

The album contains the hit singles "Written in the Stars", "I Need You", and "Can't Fight the Moonlight", which were released as singles from soundtracks prior to the album's release. Following the release of I Need You, Curb Records released "But I Do Love You" and "Soon" as singles; both songs were also featured on soundtracks. Internationally, "I Need You" served as the second single from the album.