For once in my life, I have someone who needs me Someone I've needed so long For once, unafraid, I can go where life leads me Somehow, I know I'll be strong For once, I can touch what my heart used to dream of Long before I knew Oh, someone warm like you Would make my dreams come true, yeah, yeah, yeah (for once in my life) For once in my life, I won't let sorrow hurt me Not like it's hurt me before (not like it's hurt before) For once, I have something I know won't desert me I'm not alone anymore (I'm not alone anymore) For once, I can say: This is mine, you can't take it As long as I know I have love, I can make it For once in my life, I have someone who needs me (someone who needs me) Hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah (someone who needs me) Oh, baby, love, baby (For once in my life) For once in my life (for once in my life), I won't let sorrow hurt me Not like it's hurt me before (not like it's hurt before) For once, I have something I know won't desert me I'm not alone anymore (I'm not alone anymore) For once, I can say: This is mine, you can't take it Long as I know I have love, I can make it For once in my life, I have someone who needs me (someone who needs me, yeah) Oh, for once in my life (someone who needs me, yeah) Somebody that needs me (someone who needs me, yeah) Ooh, baby, for once in my life
For once in my life, I have someone who needs me Someone I've needed so long For once, unafraid, I can go where life leads me Somehow, I know I'll be strong For once, I can touch what my heart used to dream of Long before I knew Oh, someone warm like you Would make my dreams come true, yeah, yeah, yeah (for once in my life) For once in my life, I won't let sorrow hurt me Not like it's hurt me before (not like it's hurt before) For once, I have something I know won't desert me I'm not alone anymore (I'm not alone anymore) For once, I can say: This is mine, you can't take it As long as I know I have love, I can make it For once in my life, I have someone who needs me (someone who needs me) Hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah (someone who needs me) Oh, baby, love, baby (For once in my life) For once in my life (for once in my life), I won't let sorrow hurt me Not like it's hurt me before (not like it's hurt before) For once, I have something I know won't desert me I'm not alone anymore (I'm not alone anymore) For once, I can say: This is mine, you can't take it Long as I know I have love, I can make it For once in my life, I have someone who needs me (someone who needs me, yeah) Oh, for once in my life (someone who needs me, yeah) Somebody that needs me (someone who needs me, yeah) Ooh, baby, for once in my life
A canção foi escrita por Ron Miller e Orlando Murden para a editora Stein & Van Stock da Motown Records, sendo gravada pela primeira vez em 1965.
Embora a primeira gravação tenha sido feita como balada lenta por Connie Haines, a primeira versão lançada comercialmente foi a de Jean DuShon em 1966.
Diversas versões de balada foram lançadas logo depois, incluindo interpretações de Nancy Wilson, Four Tops, The Temptations, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Frank Sinatra e Tony Bennett, sendo a gravação de Bennett a primeira a entrar nas paradas pop.
A versão mais conhecida e bem‑sucedida é a interpretação em ritmo mais acelerado de Stevie Wonder, gravada em 1967 e lançada pelo selo Tamla da Motown, alcançando o top‑3 nos charts dos Estados Unidos e do Reino Unido entre o final de 1968 e o início de 1969.
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