Something I Need (song)

**"Something I Need"** is a song recorded by American pop rock band OneRepublic. It was released on August 25, 2013 through Mosley Music and Interscope Records as the fourth single from their third studio album, *Native* (2013). The song was written and produced by Ryan Tedder and Benny Blanco. It peaked at number six in Australia, where it has been certified 3× Platinum, and number four in New Zealand, where it has been certified Gold.

## Background

A video explaining the story behind Burning Bridges was posted on OneRepublicVEVO's YouTube channel on March 25, 2013. Ryan Tedder explains that it was originally written on guitar in Denver, before being adapted in New York with Benny Blanco. They band regard it as their pub or last call song, and imagine intoxicated people singing it as bars close. To get this effect, thirty to fourty people provide vocals on the track.

At the Hollywood Bowl on June 5, 2014, Tedder explained more about Something I Need:

> I'm not a good sleep, historically, and so one night I literally woke up right after I turned 30... and I had this kind of panic attack. "Oh my God, I'm like over a third of the way to whatever and this is freaking me out." And I turn over and my wife is sleeping next to me and all of a sudden I calm down and I thought "Well hell, if you only die once, at least I'm dying with her."
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On August 23, 2013, in a response to a question from an Australian fan on Twitter, OneRepublic revealed that "Something I Need" would be the next single released from *Native*. The track debuted on Australian radio on August 25 and premiered on U.S. radio in mid-September.

## Chart performance

The song peaked at number six in Australia, where it has been certified 3x Platinum for sales of over 210,000. In New Zealand, it charted at number four and has been certified Gold after selling 7,500 copies. The song has also charted at number one in Poland, number five in Austria, number 72 in Germany and number 21 in Switzerland.

## Music video

The official music video was filmed in September 2013 and was directed by Cameron Duddy. Speaking about the video via their Twitter page, OneRepublic said: "The video for 'Something I Need' will hands down be the craziest video we've done. And funniest. And hopefully best. Time for a risk." The music video was released on October 7, 2013.

## Lyrics

I had a dream the other night
About how we only get one life
Woke me up right after two
Stayed awake and stared at you
So I wouldn't lose my mind

And I had the week that came from hell
And yes I know that you could tell
But you're like the net under the ledge
When I go flying off the edge
You go flying off as well

And if you only die once I wanna die with
You got something I need
In this world full of people there's one killing me
And if we only die once, (hey)
I wanna die with you (you, you, you)
You got something I need
In this world full of people there's one killing me
And if we only die once, (hey)
I wanna die with you (you, you)

Last night I think I drank too much, yeah
Call it our temporary crutch, hey
With broken words I've tried to say
Honey don't you be afraid
If we got nothing we got us (Yeah)

And if you only die once I wanna die with
You got something I need
In this world full of people there's one killing me
And if we only die once, (hey)
I wanna die with you (you, you, you)
You got something I need
In this world full of people there's one killing me
And if we only die once, (hey)
I wanna die with you (you, you, you)

I know that we're not the same
But I'm so damn glad that we made it
To this time, this time, now (yeah)

You got something I need
Yeah in this world full of people there's one killing me
And if we only die once I wanna die with you (heeyy)
You got something I need
In this world full of people there's one killing me
And if we only die once, (hey)
I wanna die with you (you, you, you)
You got something I need
In this world full of people there's one killing me
And if we only die once, (hey)
I wanna die with you (you, you, you)

If we only die once (hey) I wanna die with
If we only live once I wanna live with you

## Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of *Native*

## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4fw2QT841E Ryan Tedder explains his inspiration
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/OneRepublic/status/371053961135915008 Twitter confirmation
3. ↑ http://www.josepvinaixa.com/blog/onerepublic-something-i-need-video-premiere/ Video Premiere
4. ↑ http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=2313 NZ Top 40 Singles Chart & The Official New Zealand Music Chart
5. ↑ https://twitter.com/onerepublic/status/376156136589635584 OneRepublic on Twitter