What You Need
The Weeknd * Track #2 On House of Balloons
Download "What You Need"
What You Need by The Weeknd
Release Date
Performed by
The WeekndAbout
This slow, seductive ballad draws on a metaphor equating The Weeknd to the collective group of drugs he ingests and provides to his lovers. The female being serenaded here is victim to both a physical dependency on drugs and an emotional dependency for connection with Abel.
The original version of...
What You Need Lyrics
[Intro: Aaliyah]
Baby, now hold me close
Baby, now hold me close
Baby, now hold me close
Baby, now hold me close
Baby, now hold me close
Baby, now hold me close
[Verse 1: The Weeknd]
I just want to take you there
He don't gotta know where
Does he touch you here like this, this, this, this?
Let me take the friction from your lips (Ooh woah)
[Pre-Chorus: The Weeknd]
And I'ma love you, girl, the way you need
Ain't no one gon' stop us, ain't no one gon' stop us
And I'ma give you, girl, what you fiend
I'm the drug in your veins, just fight through the pain
[Chorus: The Weeknd]
He's what you want, he's what you want
He's what you want, he's what you want
I'm what you need, what you need, what you need, what you-
I'm what you need, what you need, what you need
He's what you want, he's what you want
He's what you want, he's what you want
I'm what you need, what you need, what you need, what you-
I'm what you need, what you need, what you need
[Verse 2: The Weeknd]
I got everything you want with me
I do everything he does times three
And he don't gotta know
I got you on the floor
Doing things you never thought you'd do
Baby, leave them high-heel shoes
'Cause I love it when you're looking down at me
I'm looking up at you
And I don't give a damn, shawty
Watch me knock your boots off
[Pre-Chorus: The Weeknd]
And I'ma love you, girl, the way you need
Ain't no one gon' stop us, ain't no one gon' stop us
And I'ma give you, girl, what you fiend
I'm the drug in your veins, just fight through the pain
[Chorus: The Weeknd]
He's what you want, he's what you want
He's what you want, he's what you want
I'm what you need, what you need, what you need, what you-
I'm what you need, what you need, what you need, what you-
He's what you want, he's what you want
He's what you want, he's what you want
I'm what you need, what you need, what you need, what you-
I'm what you need, what you need, what you need, what you-
[Outro]
Woah, woah, woah, woah
Woah, woah, ahh
What You Need Q&A
Who wrote What You Need's ?
What You Need was written by Jeremy Rose & The Weeknd.
Who produced What You Need's ?
What You Need was produced by Jeremy Rose & The Weeknd.
When did The Weeknd release What You Need?
The Weeknd released What You Need on Sun Jan 02 2011.
What did The Weeknd say about "What You Need"?
In a 2020 interview with Esquire, he named it as one of the five songs that he thinks defines him. When asked what the song means to him, he said, “No real meaning. Just a sexy R&B song.”