Along with several tracks off this album, “needy” is one of Grande’s most personal songs yet. In it, Ariana shares her deepest insecurities and how much she craves attention and emotional support. Although being “needy” is seen as a negative trait to have, Ariana simply can’t help it after everythin...
[Verse 1]
If you take too long to hit me back
I can't promise you how I’ll react
But all I can say is at least I'll wait for you
Lately, I've been on a roller coaster
Tryna get a hold of my emotions
But all that I know is I need you close
[Pre-Chorus]
I’ma scream and shout for what I love
Passionate, but I don't give no fucks
I admit that I'm a lil' messed up
But I can hide it when I'm all dressed up
I'm obsessive and I love too hard
Good at overthinking with my heart
How you even think it got this far, this far?
[Chorus]
And I can be needy, way too damn needy
I can be needy, tell me how good it feels to be needed
I can be needy, so hard to please me
I know it feels so good to be needed
[Verse 2]
Sorry if I'm up and down a lot (Yeah)
Sorry that I think I'm not enough
And sorry if I say sorry way too much
You can go ahead and call me selfish (Selfish)
But after all this damage, I can’t help it (Help it)
But what you can trust is I need your touch
[Pre-Chorus]
I’ma scream and shout for what I love
Passionate, but I don't give no fucks
I admit that I’m a lil' messed up
But I can hide it when I'm all dressed up
I'm obsessive and I love too hard
Good at overthinking with my heart
How you even think it got this far, this far?
[Chorus]
And I can be needy, way too damn needy
I can be needy, tell me how good it feels to be needed
I can be needy, so hard to please me
I know it feels so good to be needed
needy was written by Tayla Parx & TBHits & Victoria Monét & Ariana Grande.
needy was produced by Tayla Parx & Victoria Monét & TBHits.
Ariana Grande released needy on Fri Feb 08 2019.
The track was first teased in a 45-second long snippet on 4 October 2018, prior to the release of “thank u, next” by Ariana on her Twitter. On November 5, her friend, Victoria Monét posted a second snippet of the song two days before the release of the music video for “breathin” where the track was...
The strings at the end of needy are very similar to the strings used at the start of “I Don’t Care” from her third studio album, Dangerous Woman.
During the week ending February 23, 2019, “needy” debuted at #14 on the Hot 100.
Rolling Stone ranked the track as Ariana’s #22 best song, saying:
The word ‘needy’ generally has a negative connotation — particularly toward women. But instead, Ariana embraces the term and explains why she craves that emotional support and delivers a solid argument for why it should be reassessed...