Just What I Needed

Name: Just What I Needed
Duration: 3 min 45 s

~ Recording by The Cars

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USEE11200765 is ISRC for 2012 remaster

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Country/Date
Official
1.3	Just What I Needed	3:43	The Cars	The Cars	1978-06-06 US
1.6	Just What I Needed	3:44	The Cars	The Cars	1978-06-06 US
1.1	Just What I Needed	3:44	The Cars	Just What I Needed / I’m in Touch With Your World	1978 NL
1.3	Just What I Needed	3:43	The Cars	The Cars	1978 GB
1.6	Just What I Needed	3:43	The Cars	Over the Edge (original Sound Track)	1979 DE
1.3	Just What I Needed	3:43	The Cars	The Cars	1983-08-17 XE
1.3	Just What I Needed	3:43	The Cars	The Cars	1983-08-23 US
1.3	Just What I Needed	3:44	The Cars	The Cars	1983-08-23 CA
1.1	Just What I Needed	3:45	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits (BMG club release)	1985-10-01 US
1.1	Just What I Needed	3:44	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits	1985-10-25 DE
1.1	Just What I Needed	3:45	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits	1985-12-17 XE
1.1	Just What I Needed	3:45	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits (Manufactured by CDT)	1985 ZA
1.1	Just What I Needed	3:45	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits	1985 US
1.1	Just What I Needed	3:44	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits (off-center made in USA)	1985 US
1.1	Just What I Needed	3:44	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits	1985 US
1.1	Just What I Needed	3:44	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits	1985 US
1.1	Just What I Needed	3:44	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits	1985 US
1.1	Just What I Needed	3:45	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits (Manufactured by CTP)	1985 ZA
1.1	Just What I Needed	3:44	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits	1985 FR
1.1	Just What I Needed	3:44	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits	1985 DE
1.1	Just What I Needed	3:44	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits	1985 US
1.1	Just What I Needed	3:44	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits	1985 GB
1.2	Just What I Needed	3:44	The Cars	Tonight She Comes	1985 US
1.3	Just What I Needed	3:43	The Cars	The Cars	1990 US
1.6	Just What I Needed	3:47	The Cars	Sounds of the Seventies: 1978, Take Two	1991 US
1.6	Just What I Needed	3:45	The Cars	Sounds of the Seventies: 1978, Take Two	1991 US
2.2	Just What I Needed	3:45	The Cars	The Best of the Old Grey Whistle Test	1991 GB
2.2	Just What I Needed	3:47	The Cars	The Rock Collection: Rock USA	1991 XE
1.5	Just What I Needed	3:46	The Cars	25 Years of Rock ’n’ Roll: 1979, Volume 2	1992-07 GB
1.5	Just What I Needed	3:46	The Cars	25 Years of Rock ’n’ Roll: 1979, Volume 2	1992 DE
3.9	Just What I Needed	3:42	The Cars	Classic Rock Box: WNEW-FM 25th Anniversary Collection	1992 US
5.11	Just What I Needed	3:46	The Cars	The Rolling Stone Collection: 25 Years of Essential Rock	1993-01 US
5.11	Just What I Needed	3:45	The Cars	The Rolling Stone Collection: 25 Years of Essential Rock	1993-01 US
1.3	Just What I Needed	3:44	The Cars	The Cars	1993-02-10 US
1.5	Just What I Needed	3:47	The Cars	Guitar Rock: 1978-1979	1993 US
1.1	Just What I Needed	3:47	The Cars	Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology	1995-11-07 CA
1.1	Just What I Needed	3:47	The Cars	Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology	1995-11-07 US
1.1	Just What I Needed	3:47	The Cars	Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology	1995 XE
1.7	Just What I Needed	3:46	The Cars	Only Rock ’n’ Roll 1975-1979: #1 Radio Hits	1996-07-09 US
1.11	Just What I Needed	3:45	The Cars	Ultimate Rock ’n’ Roll Collection	1996-09-24 US
2.13	Just What I Needed	3:46	The Cars	70’s Party Mix	1996 US
2.13	Just What I Needed	3:46	The Cars	70’s Party Mix	1996 US
2.6	Just What I Needed	3:46	The Cars	Classic Rock: 1978-1979	1996 XE 1996 DE
2.6	Just What I Needed	3:46	The Cars	Classic Rock: 1978–1979	1996 XE
1.3	Just What I Needed	3:45	The Cars	Triple M Unleashed	1996 AU
1.11	Just What I Needed	?:??	The Cars	Ultimate Rock ’n’ Roll Collection	1996 US
1.7	Just What I Needed	3:39	The Cars	Ultimate New Wave Party 1998	1997-08-26 US
1.9	Just What I Needed	3:46	The Cars	The Number One 70’s Album	1997-11 GB
1.3	Just What I Needed	3:43	The Cars	The Cars	1997 US
2.11	Just What I Needed	3:44	The Cars	The No. 1 Classic Rock Album	1997 AU
3.17	Just What I Needed	3:46	The Cars	The Ultimate Rock Collection: Gold and Platinum	1997 US
1.11	Just What I Needed	3:46	The Cars	Chart Toppers: Rock Hits of the 70’s	1998-05-26 US
1.2	Just What I Needed	3:47	The Cars	Rock On: 1978: Hot Blooded	1998 US
1.1	Just What I Needed	3:44	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits	1998 US
1.1	Just What I Needed	3:44	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits	1998 US
1.3	Just What I Needed	3:45	The Cars	200 Cigarettes: Music From the Motion Picture	1999-02-23 US
1.3	Just What I Needed	3:43	The Cars	The Cars (deluxe edition)	1999-04-20 US
1.10	Just What I Needed	3:46	The Cars	Millennium '80s New Wave Party	1999-10-05 US
1.3	Just What I Needed	3:45	The Cars	200 Cigarettes: Music From the Motion Picture	1999 CA
1.10	Just What I Needed	3:47	The Cars	Modern Rock: The 70’s	1999 US
1.10	Just What I Needed	3:42	The Cars	Shake It Up and Other Hits	2001-06-19 US
1.5	Just What I Needed	3:45	The Cars	The Best Beer Drinking Songs in the World... Ever! Volume 3	2001 NZ
1.3	Just What I Needed	3:43	The Cars	The Cars (digitally remastered)	2001 CA
1.1	Just What I Needed	3:46	The Cars	Complete Greatest Hits	2002-02-19 US
1.1	Just What I Needed	3:46	The Cars	Complete Greatest Hits	2002-02-19 XW
1.1	Just What I Needed	3:45	The Cars	Complete Greatest Hits	2002-02-19 US
1.1	Just What I Needed	3:44	The Cars	Complete Greatest Hits	2002-02-19 XW
1.14	Just What I Needed	3:45	The Cars	Rock This	2002-02-19 US
1.3	Just What I Needed	3:46	The Cars	The Definitive	2002-04-26 XE
1.1	Just What I Needed	3:45	The Cars	Complete Greatest Hits	2002 CA
1.1	Just What I Needed	3:46	The Cars	Complete Greatest Hits (BMG Direct)	2002 US
1.3	Just What I Needed	3:46	The Cars	The Definitive	2002 TH
1.1	Just What I Needed	3:46	The Cars	The Very Best of The Cars	2002 US
2.14	Just What I Needed	3:46	The Cars	Essential 70s	2003 XE
2.11	Just What I Need	3:46	The Cars	Rock Platinum	2003 XE
1.1	Just What I Needed	3:46	The Cars	Complete Greatest Hits	2004-01-13 XW
1.3	Just What I Needed	3:44	The Cars	The Cars	2004-04-13 US 2004-06-15 FR (show 121 more) 2020-04-21 YE
1.13	Just What I Needed	3:47	The Cars	Legends: Ultimate Rock Collection: Let’s Get It On	2004-06-21 US
1.17	Just What I Needed	3:46	The Cars	Legends: Ultimate Rock Collection: We Will Rock You	2004 US
2.9	Just What I Needed	3:46	The Cars	Classic Rock Gold	2005-04-26 US
2.9	Just What I Needed	3:46	The Cars	Classic Rock Gold (BMG club edition)	2005-04-26 US
1.5	Just What I Needed	3:43	The Cars	The Essentials	2005-10-04 CA
1.4	Just What I Needed	3:46	The Cars	Rhino Hi‐Five: The Cars	2005-12-20 US
1.7	Just What I Needed	3:44	The Cars	Ultimate 16 Originals: The Very Best of Classic Rock	2005 US
2.12	Just What I Needed	3:47	The Cars	Time in a Bottle: Great Original Hits of the '70s	2006-11-28 CA
1.1	Just What I Needed	3:45	The Cars	The Very Best of The Cars (international)	2006-12-18 AF 2006-12-18 AL (show 196 more) 2006-12-18 ZW
1.9	Just What I Needed	3:47	The Cars	Munich Rock Disco	2007-03-05 DE
2.5	Just What I Needed	3:46	The Cars	100 Hits: 70s	2007-10-15 GB
2.8	Just What I Needed	3:45	The Cars	100 Hits: Rock	2007-10-15 GB
1.3	Just What I Needed	3:46	The Cars	The Cars	2008-12-16 AF 2008-12-16 AL (show 205 more) 2008-12-16 ZW
1.1	Just What I Needed	3:46	The Cars	Classic Tracks	2008 US
1.12	Just What I Needed	3:47	The Cars	Greatest Hits & More	2008 US
2.3	Just What I Needed	3:43	The Cars	Heartbeat City / The Cars	2008 ZA
2.3	Just What I Needed	3:43	The Cars	Heartbeat City / The Cars	2008 XE 2008 GB
1.1	Just What I Needed	3:42	The Cars	Just What I Needed / I’m in Touch With Your World	2009-09-15 AI 2009-09-15 AG (show 57 more) 2009-09-15 ZW
1.1	Just What I Needed	3:44	The Cars	Just What I Needed / I’m in Touch With Your World	2009-09-15 US
Promotion
1.15	Just What I Needed	3:48	The Cars	Rock Explosion	1997 US
1.8	Just What I Needed	3:44	The Cars	Super Saver Greatest Hits	1999 US
1.3	Just What I Needed	3:44	The Cars	Pop Selects (Sampler)	2000 US
Bootleg
4.37	Just What I Needed	3:44	The Cars	Bacobens Rock Top 500	2007 RU

Relationships

assistant engineer:	Nigel Walker
engineer:	Geoff Workman
producer:	Roy Thomas Baker

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Elektra Entertainment Group (in 1978) Elektra Records (in 1978) Elektra/Asylum Records (in 1978) WEA International Inc. (in 1978)

recorded at and mixed at:	Air Studios in London, England, United Kingdom (in 1978-02)

mash-ups:	Stacy’s Beautiful Mom Is Just What I Needed (Fountains of Wayne & One Direction vs. The Cars) by Talk Hard Productions Do Your Thang by E-603 (order: 1)

part of:	Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 112) (order: 112) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 369) (order: 369)

recording of:	Just What I Needed (in 1978-02)

Just What I Needed

lyricist and composer:	Ric Ocasek

publisher:	BMG Music Publishing Ltd. Lido Music, Inc. Lido Music (in 1978)

referred to in medleys:	Just What I Needed/Not Just What I Needed (order: 2)
later parody versions:	Jephthah You Needed
music quoted in:	Getting Naked, Playing With Guns

Just What I Needed

Genres: rock, pop rock, new wave, classic rock, pop

Other tags: album rock

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Just What I Needed

Just What I Needed

Genres: rock, pop rock, new wave, classic rock, pop

Other tags: album rock

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Just What I Needed