Released February 18, 1992 | ||
"I'm the One You Need"(1992) "It All Begins with You"(1992) | ||
"I'm the One You Need" is the second single from Jody Watley's third album, Affairs of the Heart.
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History
Produced by house music pioneer, David Morales, "I'm the One You Need" constitutes Watley's initial foray into house music (though its "Affairs of the Heart" predecessor, "I Want You", boasted a house version). "I'm the One You Need" was Watley's seventh Top 20 pop single in the US, and sixth Top five dance single, charting at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #6 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts, respectively.
Significance
"I'm the One You Need" is often credited with introducing DJ David Morales' then-darker sound to the worldwide remixing community. Indeed, British DJ, John Digweed re-edited the Morales' Def Dub version of the song for its inclusion on his [Digweed] edition of the Azuli Records compilation, Choice - A Collection of classics, and cited it as an influence on the UK DJ-ing community in the compilation's liner notes: