Carly Rae Jepsen
Carly Rae Jepsen
Carly Rae Jepsen
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Carly Rae Jepsen
Carly Rae Jepsen
Carly Rae Jepsen
Carly Rae Jepsen
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Carly Rae Jepsen & Electric Guest
Carly Rae Jepsen
Carly Rae Jepsen
Carly Rae Jepsen
Carly Rae Jepsen
Carly Rae Jepsen
Carly Rae Jepsen
“Everything He Needs” is a buoyant pop track from Carly Rae Jepsen’s fourth studio album, Dedicated. The chorus is built around an interpolation of “He Needs Me,” a song written by Harry Nilsson for the soundtrack to the 1980 film Popeye.
[Verse 1]
He's strong, not one to settle down
You know he’s that guy
Electric, those lips can wear me out
Wild thing he's all mine
[Pre-Chorus]
It's crazy, but when he can’t sleep, I understand
Like pressure points, my love can ease him in my hand
'Cause (He needs me)
[Chorus]
He needs me, he needs me
He needs me, he needs me
He needs me, he needs me
(I got everything he needs)
(He needs me)
He needs me, he needs me
He needs me, he needs me
He needs me, he needs me
(I got everything he needs)
[Verse 2]
Soft rain (Soft rain), we roll the windows down
Sweat disco all night
It's clear (It's clear), we'd like to fool around
His hands reach for mine
[Pre-Chorus 2]
I know it's tough, baby, keep both eyes on the road
Pull right, a burnt-out streetlight, only halfway home
(He needs me)
[Chorus]
He needs me, he needs me
He needs me, he needs me
He needs me, he needs me
(I got everything he needs)
(He needs me)
He needs me, he needs me
He needs me, he needs me
He needs me, he needs me
(I got everything he needs)
[Post-Chorus]
Could never give him enough
Enough of my love, enough of my love
Enough of my
I could never give him enough
Enough of my love (He needs me)
Could never give him enough
Enough of my love, enough of my love
Enough of my
I could never give him enough
Enough of my love (He needs me)
[Bridge]
You know, not just physically
Emotionally, spiritually, intellectually, sexually
All the ways
[Chorus]
He needs me, he needs me
He needs me, he needs me
He needs me, he needs me
(I got everything he needs)
(He needs me)
He needs me, he needs me
He needs me, he needs me
He needs me, he needs me
(He needs me)
(I got everything he needs)
[Post-Chorus]
Could never give him enough
Enough of my love, enough of my love
Enough of my
I could never give him enough
Enough of my love (He needs me)
Could never give him enough
Enough of my love, enough of my love
Enough of my
I could never give him enough
Enough of my love (He needs me)
Everything He Needs was written by Ben Romans & Carly Rae Jepsen & CJ Baran & Harry Nilsson & MNDR.
Everything He Needs was produced by Ben Romans & CJ Baran.
Carly Rae Jepsen released Everything He Needs on Fri May 17 2019.
On an Interview with i-D, Carly explains the Interpolate of the song from the 1980 Popeye’s movie:
The boys who I was writing it with, CJ Baran and Ben Romans, even though we’re all writers and musicians in our own right, we all share a common theme: we’re all total musical theatre nerds. So we got...
According to The Guardian, after Carly was told that Disney (who owned the Popeye soundtrack rights) would never license the song, she took things into her own hands:
[Carly] drove to Disneyland with a fake contract for Mickey Mouse, got the mouse to sign it, then sent a photo to her record label w...