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Just When I Needed You Most
"Just When I Needed You Most" is the title of a 1979 hit single by the American singer-songwriter Randy VanWarmer.
==Background==
VanWarmer was inspired to write "Just When I Needed You Most" by a "devastating" breakup with a girlfriend: he wrote the song six months after that breakup co-writing it with Tony Wilson of the group Hot Chocolate〔The Item August 14 1988 p.41〕 two years before it became a hit.〔Klingman Daily Miner July 20 1978 p.15〕 After recording "Just When I Needed You Most" for an album recorded for the UK division of Bearsville Records, VanWarmer then flew to the US to pressure Bearsville's head office to promote the album which was duly remixed and released with "Just When I Needed You Most" as lead single although VanWarmer would recall that Bearsville evinced little enthusiasm for the track: "Nobody thought my version was an especially good version of the song () a few other people were thinking of cutting...Everybody just assumed mine was a demo for people to listen to who'd () cut the definitive version".〔The Evening Independent August 24 1979 p.15〕 It has also been asserted that "Your Light" the flip was the original intended A-side of VanWarmer's single.〔Hyatt, Wesley (1999). ''The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits'' (Billboard Publications), pages 228-9.〕
Released as a single in February 1979, VanWarmer's "Just When I Needed You Most" spent two weeks atop the US ''Billboard'' adult contemporary chart in May of that year 〔 and in June 1979 reached its peak position of No. 4 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart accruing an overall Top 40 tenure of 14 weeks and earning RIAA Gold record status.〔Whitburn, Joel (2004). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 657.〕 In addition, the track reached No. 71 on the ''Billboard'' country music chart.〔 and in September 1979 made the Top 10 on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 8.〔(UK Singles Chart info from chartstats.com )〕 VanWarmer attributed his single's success to empathy for its heartbreak scenario: "It's happened to everyone. That emotion is universal...I always hoped the record wasn't wallowing in self-pity and it had some redeeming value, and I guess it does."〔 VanWarmer also attributed his single's success to the autoharp instrumental break between the second and third verses, performed by John Sebastian.〔
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